Some of our favorite classes have been the Encaustic Collage classes. We've worked with women who say, "I could never do that." Then sit across the table and watch as their creativity blossoms into a beautiful piece of art. They are moved by what they create and so are we.
One day a woman came into the studio who had been broken in heart and soul. Ginger sat down with her after handing her a canvas. With minimal guidance, this woman began to pour out her broken heart onto that canvas. Using every dark color on the table, she created what she saw inside of her. It lasted a few hours as she applied layer upon layer until she announced she was almost done. She asked Ginger for a rhinestone and being an art studio...one was found quickly. She sunk the rhinestone into the beeswax and said, "Finished." When asked what the rhinestone meant in the midst of all the darkness, she said that she realized there is always HOPE. She saw that now. She didn't want to take it home, however. She said she was done with it all. So we hung it in the studio and get asked all the time if it's for sale. It's a dark piece that speaks to so many people. She left that day with some HOPE that she found inside her while creating.
The children that take the Mixed Media Encaustic class have some interesting responses, too. Some of the kids are so deep in thought as they carefully add the layers and yet others throw layer upon layer without thinking about it until they reach the finished project.
We LOVE what we do, hope that's evident to the people around us. Please come and collage something with us. Create, learn, grow and make a chaotic mess. We'll clean it all up.
So the answer to the question?
Always collage. Collage everything.
Create Wildly Today,
Ginger and Kimberly
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