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Saturday, October 8, 2011

Jan Harris Workshop

last weekend was fantastic. I loved it and Jan was so lovely and gracious. Had time for everybody, repeated stuff for latecomers and was very generous with the kits provided, plus some other bits for me. Thank you Jan.
Saturday saw us preparing our pewter piece for the Repousse
Jan started off by showing us how to do it, Above.......................
then we made ours ....... Right....





Completed Book...................
 Then Sunday was Waxy Layers.....................................
 At first  I did not like this at all, but as the day went on and the layers built, so did my enthusiasm, then when we added Shellac (below) WOW................... I was hooked, well we shall see if I spend $$$ on wax and pancake pastels etc etc.....and all the things required to go with it....................

 First off we built layers of wax that has been mixed with Resin, then added collage pics etc, then when finished we added Shellac and set fire to it, well Jan did LOL................. The one on the right has been done with different colours of wax in stripes and then added a transfer of the the owl and a piece of stamped tissue then added more layers of wax etc through stencils etc.  Yes I do like it................THANK YOU JAN.

7 comments:

Jan Harris Smith said...

Thanks, Glenda!! I so enjoyed meeting you and teaching the classes here! Teaching in Australia is a dream come true and such a pleasure to work with so talented a group!

Lucy said...

Hey Glenda,
It certainly was a fab weekend with the delightful,talented & patient Jan! Love your work!!!
Hugs Lucy

Margaret Weiss said...

Glenda, welcome to encaustics. It is messy, but fun. Jan is a great teacher. Love your first piece..... love the owl too!

Glenda said...

Thanks ladies for visiting my blog.
Yes Margaret, messy but fun.
Lucy, we need to get Jan back again soon permanently LOL

Debbi said...

very nice... how much fun is encaustic!! I love it too - although I'm yet to make something I would happily display on my blog! (Let alone in my house).... debxxx

Barb said...

this looks great GF...and I hope you didn't get wax on YOUR jeans!...LOL

Jen Crossley said...

Glenda wow your work turned out awesome.Jan is a special lady