Instructor: Dietlind Vander Schaaf
Tuesday - Wednesday
May 26 - 27
10am - 4pm
2 sessions

Join Dietlind Vander Schaaf for a fun two day exploration of paper and encaustic. In this workshop you will learn to work with Aqaba paper. We will make marks using brushes and tools, fold it, and dip it in encaustic, then into a dye bath. Once dry, these unique papers can be cut or torn and incorporated into encaustic paintings. Additional techniques highlighted include ways to collage a variety of papers and working with mixed media such as R&F Drawing Oils™ and Pigment Sticks®, graphite, ink, and drawing materials.

Dietlind Vander Schaaf holds an MFA from the University of San Francisco and an MA from the University of Southern Maine. Her work has been described as “the transformation of disparate objects into elegantly simple compositions of pattern and grace” (Artscope). Vander Schaaf has exhibited at the Cape Cod Museum of Art, The Fuller Craft Museum, and On Center Gallery, among others, and been featured in Maine Home + Design, Decor Maine, UPPERCASE, and Downeast magazines.

Vander Schaaf is a Core Instructor for R&F Handmade Paints, an Ampersand Ambassador, and the former president of New England Wax. She has taught workshops throughout the country, including Haystack, Arrowmont, Castle Hill, Snow Farm, Penland, Maine College of Art, R&F, and internationally at Zijdelings in The Netherlands, Essence of Mulranny in Ireland, and Kunstfreiraum in Switzerland. The recipient of grants from the Maine Arts Commission and International Encaustic Artists, as well as a Tending Space Artist Fellowship from the Hemera Foundation, she is represented by Portland Art Gallery and Artemis Gallery. Vander Schaaf is a 500 hr Kripalu yoga instructor with specialty training in meditation, advanced asana, Ayurveda, vinyasa, and pranayama, as well as a Level 2 Archery Instructor through USA Archery.