SOLARPLATE ETCHING WORKSHOP here at my studio!

I've been blessed with the opportunity to attend the International Encaustic Conference for the past two years, in Provincetown, MA. This conference was founded 6 years ago by Joanne Mattera, painter and author of the landmark book,The Art of Encaustic Painting. The Conference is also co-produced with Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill since last year, and its executive director, Cherie Mittenthal, also a painter.

Attending such a wonderful and enriching event, not only broadens my knowledge in the arts, in techniques and as a profession, but also opens doors to new opportunities, as you get to meet people working in the same field from all over the world!!!

This whole experience got me thinking. I'm fortunate to have a nice studio space, why not pay back to my community by inviting well-known professional artists from all over to give workshops in it?  They can bring new and exciting ideas and share their techniques for artists around here to learn and take in. Good idea right? So I started a series of Visiting Artist workshops here at my studio, and last April, artist Michelle Belto came all the way from San Antonio, Texas and taught her WAX + PAPER wonderful workshop (Here's a link to her upcoming BOOK.) We had people from Canada, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania, as well as from CT in the workshop. It was just fabulous!

So, continuing with this Visiting Artist series, I have invited New Jersey's artist Dorothy Cochran, "a well known East Coast printmaker, acknowledged for her expertise and broad command of multiple print methods." She'll be teaching SOLARPLATE ETCHING, a non-toxic printmaking method that uses the sun to imprint your plates. Sounds amazing right?

Specifics: Experience printmaking in a contemporary non-toxic environment using solarplates and Akua waterbase inks. Create your etching plates from personal photographs, drawings, collages, or working directly on the plate.  Learn exposure techniques with UV light sources to achieve beautiful editionable, archival prints on rag papers.  The process is simple, acid free and uses a water washout of etched areas with fast curing of the plate surface.  The plates can be printed with intaglio or relief methods.  Useful techniques of chine colle, stencils and multiple plate printing will be discussed.

This technique is a wonderful process for painters, mixed-media, and photo-based artists... to create fine art limited edition prints and installations.

Added Bonus!! Not only this workshop will be closer to you but you will also be the firsts to try our brand new Conrad Etching Press!! Yeay!!


The workshop will take place at my CT studio, Saturday, September 29th, and Sunday, September 30th - 10:00 to 4:00 each day.

To sign up email me at CorinaStudioGallery[at]gmail.com, you can pay for the workshop using the PayPal link HERE.

Looking forward to have you enjoying and learning at my studio soon!!


Stay tuned for upcoming workshops from visiting artists. Don't miss this amazing opportunity to learn from excellent artists/instructors from out of State, right here, close to you!

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WAX + PAPER with Michelle Belto

My new studio opened its doors to the public last year, a week before Thanksgiving. Perfect timing, don't you think? My opening was very successful, selling several paintings as well as prints from my works. I then started using my studio, but since now I have such a big space I felt the need to share it with others.

Therefor, last January, I started teaching there, and though slowly, my classes have started to pick up. But even though I had just started teaching in this new space, I took the risk of inviting a professional artist/instructor from out of state, into my space to bring her knowledge to our neck of the woods!

At first I was a little worried, and thought I wasn't going to be able to fill up her class... I guess nothing moves me more than a challenge, and thank goodness my efforts paid off. As last April, Texas artist Michelle Belto visited my studio to teach her three days PAPER + WAX workshop. We had students that came as far as Canada, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania, along with our Connecticut neighbors. My studio was filled with laughter and eagerness to learn, just look at the pictures from the workshop below and see everyone's smiling faces!

"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence." Helen Keller

Michelle demonstrating the class how to beat the
mixture of Cotton and Abaca Pulp

For technical information about the paper-making process and where to buy your pulp from, read my post From Pulp to Painting all the way to Dallas! 

Everyone eager to start, listening to Michelle's instructions
right before going outside to get our hands wet!

Michelle demonstrates how to pour the pulp into the mold and deckle to make our papers...

Now our turn...

The whole group having fun outdoors,
making hand-made paper!!

We were blessed with such a great weather all three days!!!

Everyone brought something to share for
our pot-luck lunches.
What a treat!

Time to put our hand-made papers into the press,
to squeeze the water out!

Making sure the press is very tight.

Pulp painting demonstration...

Back at the studio, on the next day, our papers are now dried, time to start painting on them! We were introduced to a variety of media and techniques to create paintings on our newly made papers...

Another alternative to wrapping the paper around foam core,
is just dipping the paper directly into the encaustic medium

Hands on everyone working hard!

 Torch and Shellac demonstration...

Some really loved the used of the torch!!

Michelle finished by showing us how to carefully pack our artworks for shipping...

We wrapped up the workshop with discussion and critique.

You can pre-order Michelle Belto's book, Wax and Paper Workshop: Techniques for Combining Encaustic Paint and Handmade Paper from Amazon.com at a special price.


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Trying to update my blog but not enough time to write...

So many things I want to write about, and so little time!! Hopefully I'll be able to come back to writing next week.

In the meantime, know that I haven't forgot about you. I've been very busy finishing up artworks, submitting works into juried exhibitions, teaching, and preparing to receive Texas artists, Michelle Belto in my studio for her workshop this weekend!! You can read about the one I took with her in Dallas last year here. Just know that I'll write about the whole experience and will post pictures soon!

Stay tuned!!

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