Instructor: Tracy Spadafora
Monday - Tuesday
June 3 - 4
10:00am - 4:00pm
2 Sessions

In this comprehensive hands-on workshop, you will learn the popular technique of transferring media and images onto an encaustic wax surface.  Students will be shown, step by step, the process of how to transfer black & white and color photographs or illustrations, various drawing media (such as pencil, charcoal, and pastel), dry-transfer type, gilding foils, and metal leaf.  Specific products, papers, and tools that are essential for the transfer process will be introduced, as well as potential supports. Learn about the preparation of a wax surface for a transfer, the archival qualities of each media used, and how to layer and protect the transferred images after they are applied to the wax.  

Tracy is a professional artist and art teacher who received a BFA from Boston Univ. (89’) and MFA from SUNY New Paltz (95’). She has been a recipient of a Frances Kinnicutt Award, Blanche Coleman Award, St. Botolph Foundation Grant, and a couple of Somerville Arts Council artist grants.  Her work has been exhibited across the country and is in many private and public collections, including Harvard University, the Danforth Museum, and Bank of America. Her work has also been featured in many publications, including Artist’s Magazine, Art Scope Magazine, and the Boston Globe.