This is an Encaustic Collagraph Printmaking workshop that takes place at Piramidal Gráfica — a paradise of an art compound just up the hill from from where we will be lodging at Alma del Sol. The studio has two large presses and ample workspace for up to 8 participants. This professional printmaking facility is well suited to serve all the creative needs of workshop attendees.

This five-day workshop will cover the various steps of the Encaustic Collagraph technique that I pioneered. You will learn the basic rudiments of encaustic using the common incising and heated tools of the medium along with embossing and exploiting texture. Daily demonstrations will focus on applying the wax and the various encaustic techniques that I married with collagraph printmaking. You will also learn about the vast world of printmaking such as paper registration, inks, color mixing, dry point etching, relief, intaglio, mark making, wiping and monotype vs. monoprint.