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Rogene Manas teaching at collage June 4th & 5th!

 

Paper Clay/Mixed-Media Workshop with Guest Artist 

Rogene Manas

Part One:  Saturday 6/4 10am-2pm
Part Two:  Sunday 6/5  1-5pm  

$140

Rogene Manas is an artist living in Eugene, OR.  
She was recently featured on a segment of ArtBeat

 


Have fun int his two-day Workshjop with Rogene Manas as she teaches you how she makes her mixed-media masterpieces.  Learn to create paper clay relief on boards while incorporating unique collage, mixed media and painting techniques.  This workshop is ideal for all levels.

Students will learn new methods of self expression and inventive mixed media techniques.  Using Creative Paper Clay participants will learn how to sculpt relief forms onto boards the first day.  The second day will be devoted to carving and sanding the air-dried pieces, and then finishing them using collage materials and acrylic paint.  The result is  a rich textural wood-carved effect that leaves people wondering how you made it.

Supply list

Each person needs:

--Acrylic paints-- ivory black, titanium white, a warm red and a cool red, a warm yellow and a cool yellow, and a warm blue and a cool blue.

--Paint brushes, one for detail plus at least 2-3 medium-small sizes. One should be cheap to use with glue.

--A wooden sculpting tool with a pointed end--available at collage

--Xacto knife (not a box cutter)

--Pencil, eraser and black stylist marker of some kind

--Elmer's Glue

--2 plastic containers for water and glue/water combo

--A palette for acrylic paint such as an 8x10 piece of glass, a white plate, a glass plate, or 2-3 white paper plates with plastic coating,

--Rolling pin or something that will work as a roller
--Tape, masking or whatever

--1 8x8 or 8x10 board (at least 1/4" thick)

--8 oz Creative Paper Clay®

--Small amount of Gesso

Things you can share with others:
--sand paper
--letter stamps, other things to stamp into the clay,
--heat guns or hair dryers to speed drying times
--scissors
--paper towels

Provided:
--Carbon paper for transfer
--Tissue paper, variety of colors
--Tissue for sketching designs
--Plastic sheeting for clay work
--The loan of wooden clay tool with a pointed end for those who do not have one (I only have about 10)
--Rubbing alcohol
--Inspirational images

 

Chris Cozen coming to teach 3 collage workshops at collage!

---SAVE THE DATE---

GOLDEN WORKING ARTIST AND THRICE PUBLISHED AUTHOR

CHRIS COZEN

IS COMING TO TEACH AT COLLAGE ON ALBERTA!

 

 

 

We're excited to announce that Chris Cozen is coming to teach

3 workshops in June at collage on Alberta St!

 
 

 

Collage: Design, Elements, & Infrastructures
Friday  June 24th  10am-4pm  $110

 @ Alberta St Store  503-249-2190

In this full day workshop you will learn how to utilize collage elements, textures and paint along with design elements to create dynamic, complex, and colorful backgrounds upon which to build your collage. You will have the opportunity to develop richness & depth through color and element placement, glazing and imbedded collage elements; textural products will be introduced and utilized to provide changing surface which receive paint in unique ways; we wil explore transfers applied on various levels of collage, utilize decorative stenciling to enhance your compositions and create lively interest. If you want to know more about the complexities of collage, this is the class for you!



:::SUPPLY LIST:::

*  3-5 gallery wrapped canvases, canvas boards, or gessoed boards (such as Ampersand gesso board) 8x10 size (can be square if preferred)---available at collage

*  Old book pages

*  collage elements (all must be toner copies, reversed for any you wish to use as transfers)

*  decorative papers to use on several pieces.

*  Soft Gel (gloss)

*  Any Golden Acrylic Paints you wish to use (or learn about)

*  a few synthetic paint brushes

*  package of baby wipes (non-oil, unscented)

 

Chris will bring additional tools, paints and products as well as samples of GOLDEN Products for those who attend.

Collage Elements: Printmaking for Papers & Fabrics PLUS Decorative Paper Techniques!
Saturday June 24th  10am-4pm  $110

@ Alberta St Store  503-249-2190

One of the demands of mixed-media work is finding the approriate element or color of element to work effectively in a new composition or complete a composition in process. Today mixed media is incorporating unique processes and applications which reinvent how we approach our work. THis workshop will introduce you to print-making technques using Acrylic products. We'll print on various papers as well as fabrics, do some deconstructed printing, learn positive/negative techniques, and more. In addition we'll make at leat a dozen "metallic" finish decorative papers which will enhance your future collage work!

:::SUPPLY LIST:::

*  1 yard of lightweight white fabric (PFD or prewashed and ironed)

*  a dozen or so pieces of deliwrap paper

*  a few deep cut rubber stamps

*  your favorite Golden Fluid Acrylics, including interference and iridescent colors!  

 

Chris will bring the print-making tools, the Acrylic mediums we need for printmaking, and any additional paints we might need for the class PLUS a GOLDEN “goodie” bag of samples!

 

 

 

Collage: Working on Alternative Surfaces
Sunday June 26th  10am-4pm  $110

@ Alberta St Store  503-249-2190

Plexiglas, Clear flexible vinyl, Tyvek, and Yupo make wonderful surfaces to explore with collage & paint! Win this workshop we will spend the day doing some "out of the box" collage-making together. We'll explore the beauty of working on these unusual surfaces and their unique responses to various paints. Lear do do "visual" color-mixing and reverse collage as well. Be sure to get a good night's sleep before class as you will be doing a lot of "inside out thinking!"

 :::SUPPLY LIST:::

*  2-3 Pieces of acrylic (Plexiglas or other brand) 8x10 or smaller

*  ½ yard of medium weight clear upholstery vinyl (try fabric stores or hardware stores)

*  Tyvek fabric (sold as “kite fabric) or paper or both if you can find it! 

*  Collage elements (toner copies no need for reversals)

*  soft gel or polymer medium

*  palette knife

*  package of makeup wedge sponges

*  your favorite GOLDEN Acrylic paint colors

*  baby wipes, unscented!

 

 Chris will bring YUPO paper, additional paints, tools, and a goodie bag of GOLDEN Acrylic samples for everyone who attends!

 

You can register over the phone with a credit card or in person at either collage store.

contact Maria   maria@collagepdx.com with any questions you may have.

 

He's Coming Baaaaaacccccckkkkkkk!

 

The reverend of rust, the master of the macabre, senor sinister, the duke of dinginess...

Michael deMeng is returning for a 3-day teaching stint at collage in June!

Michael is one of our favorite instructors!  He's known the world over for his macabre style of assemblage art.   As an author and nationally known assemblage artist Michael teaches at various venues/retreats throughout the year--across the US and in Mexico.  

We're very excited to have him back at collage!

Check out his upcoming creepy

(yet yummy) classes listed below...
 

 

 

:::MICHAEL DeMENG CLASSES:::

 

COLD BLOODED JOURNALS

Friday June 10th---9am-5pm---@ Alberta St Store---$135

 

 

“Sssssssssssssss” –translation from snake language: “Howdy”.

This class is all about reptiles and snaky things, and the reason is that I recently came across a product that creates a nice scaly surface. Ssssso it dawned on me that this would be an interesting technique to use one a semi-sculptural surface, and to make it even more interesting I thought that it would be interesting to make that surface an object that could be used everyday. That surface? A sketchbook, for the cold-blooded. Of course you can fill the sketchbook with whatever you like but the exterior is going to be built up and scaled up to the point in which if you’re not noticed walking down the street with this…well…there probably isn’t anyone on the street. Ssssssounds sssssssswell doesssssssn’t it? Yesssssssssssss!

 

::: Supply List :::

---Hardback Journal or sketchbook.

---Kroma Crackle – this is very very very important. You NEED this. You can get it here:  ---1/4lb (or more) Aves Apoxy Clay (non toxic epoxy putty)

---available at collage ---Variety of found objects that might be interesting. If you want a more creature inspired journal, then things like fake eyes, rubber snakes, bones, shells, claws or other weird taxidermy items might come in handy.

---Other items for extra decoration - like watch parts, gears, typewriter parts…. just about anything, really. Milagros, bolts, pieces of old metal, straps of leather…anything.

---Paint Brushes (a couple small detail brushes, and some cheap brushes (1/2 inch to 1 inch in size) ---Dap Kwik Seal Plus (white) or Molding Paste (also called modeling paste)

---E6000 adhesive ---Small bottle of Elmer's Glue (needs to be this particular brand)

 

---GOLDEN Acrylic Paints (either fluid or heavy body)--available at collage

Quinacridone Nickel Azo Gold

Black (Mars or Carbon)

Titanium White

Pthalo Green (blue shade)

Dioxazine Purple

Quinacridone Crimson

::Optional Paints::

Anthraquinone Blue

Pthalo Blue (red or green shade)

 

 

Pretty Vial Things

Saturday June 11th 9am-5pm---@ Alberta St Store---$135

When I was a kid I loved the idea of magic potions. Remember how Alice drank from the bottle to become very very tall, and of course Dr. Jekyll turned into his hairy eye-browed buddy Mr. Hyde the same way…different recipe apparently. There must be some very interesting mojo in those little containers …some good…some not so good. In this class we are not going to be making the elixirs (that might be illegal in some states) but rather we are going to be designing the little bottles that house these strange liquids. We will be using various assemblage techniques to create some pretty vial things; part of the fun is deciding what they are going to hold and coming up with the appropriate housing. Whether it for turning into hairy monsters (which comes in handy), a potion for invisibility (also very handy), or a place to store the water from the fountain of youth (send me two right away), the containers will be as rich and strange as the contents. Down the hatch!

 

::: Supply List :::

---A couple of empty bottles. They can be made out of anything and can be any size or shape. Even simple bottles can be turned into something bizarre. Variety of found objects that might be interesting additions to the vial.

---Items like watch parts, gears, typewriter parts…. Just about anything, really. Milagros, bolts, pieces of old metal, straps of leather…anything.

---Mesh, scraps of burlap, or cloth can make for nice decorative coverings

---Collage elements ---1/4lb Aves Apoxy Clay (non toxic epoxy putty). Available at collage

---Masking tape –Tan colored

---Paint Brushes (a couple small detail brushes, and some cheap brushes (1/2 inch to 1 inch in size) ---String, twine and wire (a couple of different smaller gauges)

---Basic Tools…pliers, scissors

---Golden Matte Medium – fluid--available at collage

---GOLDEN Acrylic Paint-- fluid or heavy body will work---available at collage

Quinacridone Nickel Azo Gold

Black (Mars or Carbon)

Titanium White

Pthalo Green (blue shade)

Dioxazine Purple

Van Dyke Brown

Paynes Gray

Quinacridone Crimson

 

 

Dr. X-Ray's Portrait

Sunday June 12th---9am-5pm---@ Alberta St Store---$135

 

 

Remember those ads in the back of comic books for X-ray glasses. I was always fascinated by these; I never owned a pair (mostly because my parents told me that it would be a waste of money and they wouldn’t work), but I really wanted to see what it would be like to have the powers of Superman. What I think was intriguing wasn’t the ability to see through something, but rather the ability to experience a variety of visual layers simultaneously. What an amazing experience that would be.

So here’s a class for you if you have had similar thoughts or ambitions. In this class we will be exploring the art of layered imagery using transparencies as well as a combination of painting, collage, and assemblage. Using mostly paint and glue, I’ll show you some nifty little tricks involving those see through images that will create some ghostly effects. Students will create a strange layered world that combines the visible and the semi-invisible…. way better than those X-ray glasses.

P.S. I wanted to title this class “I Can See Clearly Now” with the Johnny Nash song playing in the background. “Boom ba, ba boom ba boom ba”. After all you’ll see all obstacles in your way, AND I have no doubt that “it will be a bright, bright sunshiny day”.

::: Supply List :::

GOLDEN Acrylic Paint-either fluid or heavy body will work---available at collage

Titanium White

Mars (or Carbon) Black

Quinacridone Gold

Quinacridone Crimson

Dioxazine Purple

Pthalo Blue

Pthalo Green (blue shade)

Optional Paints (bring’em if you got’em)

Van Dyke Brown

Nickel Azo Yellow

Anthraquinone Blue

---Brushes:
 Bristle Brush ½ to 1 inch-ish in size
 A good quality liner brush

---Mica Spittings-hese are clear transparent sheets of mica---available at collage

---Small tube of E6000 (Household Goop works too)

---Cutting tools-Scissors or an exacto knife

---Old photos – these will go behind your transparencies. I like to use/bring a plethora of images…more is better. You’ll never know what will come in handy.

---Transparencies-Find some images you would like to work with. I like make transparencies out of the photos I’m using…that way you create a ghosty 3d effect. You can print these on a inkjet printer or a laser printer (the laser will be less likely to run). You can also take your images to a copy shop and have them made.

---Ephemera and non-transparent collage items. Could be anything from paper to fabric, to mesh to whatever.
 A variety of small doodads….and when I say variety, I mean variety. Anything that has an interesting shape, pattern or color would be good.

---A small box, frame, cigar box, or block of wood. This will be the base of your piece. Your photos and transparencies need to fit on this. I would say nothing over 5” x 7”.

 

Register for classes in store or by phone with a credit card.

Alberta St Store 503.249.2190

Payment must occur at time of registration

Full refunds will be issued forcancellations that occur at least 72 hours prior to class start time.

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Words Cannot Express!

Look at this amazing class coming up later this month!

Students will create a one-of-a-kind Soldered Reliquary Necklace!

Class is scheduled for Saturday April 23rd from 11am-5pm at the Alberta St Store--cost is $65.

Call us at 503-249-2190 to register.

 

New Japanese Masking Tapes, Fabric Tapes, and Lace Tapes in stock at both collage Stores!

We've been waiting for what seems like forever for our shipment of these beautiful decorative tapes!

They have arrived and we couldn't be happier!

Choose from Washi-paper tapes in solids and prints, Lace Tapes, and Fabric Tapes.  

These make wonderful decorative additions to papercraft-ing, book-making, and various mixed-media projects!   Come check 'em out and see what we're so happy about!

 

 

The new orders keep rolling in!

 

We are continuing to receive the orders we placed at the trade show we attended in January.

Fresh new German Scrap arrived earlier this week---Here are some pics for you to peruse...

 We love the pigeons and doves..

Just in time for Easter---some beautiful images... 

 More birds---yes! MORE BIRDS!

 

 BUNNIES TOO!

Some other new goods include these rolls of gorgeous lace, and the new Victorian Silhouette Papers!

 The images below are Rub-on Transfers!  You can apply them to paper, wood, glass, plastic, or metal.

 Also new to us are these vintage styled mini Tart Tins...super cute!

 Shrine Boxes in from Tim Holtz...

 We made these fun Tissue Paper Flowers out of Old Sewing Patters and Tissue Paper...

 

 The new Le Cirque & Curtain Call lines are here from Graphic 45!

Le Cirque features beautiful vintage Inspired circus papers and tags--complete with clowns!

 The curtain call line is Black and Cream and features vintage inspired images of Jazz Musicians, and old time theatre.

 Also new to us recently is this wonderful product--developed by Lesley Riley!  TAP-which stands for Transfer Artist Paper. This paper fits in your home-ink-jet-printer and whatever you choose to copy can then be transferred onto a variety of surfaces---including paper, wood, glass, fabric, metal, and canvas!

Maria will be using this product in an upcoming $5 Friday Class in April!

 We are now carrying our lovely collage sheets in a 1" circle format--perfect for Bottle-caps and the Small Circular Glass tiles that we carry.  All you need is a 1" punch and you are ready to go!

 

 

Also new this week is the latest Zentangle Book---Zentangle 4! 

Our new student grade Encaustic line is amazing! Rich, well-pigmented colors that can be cut with wax and still maintain their vividness!

 New large sheets of paper in from Nepal!  LOVE that Peacock feather!

 New decorative papers in 12X12 sizes...

 

Mini origami paper cubes...

Origami sheets in bulk packaging--1000 sheets for 1000 crane projects!

New stickers in from Japan!  YUMMY!

 

New flashlight Books--great for sleepovers and camp!

 

 

New engraving Art Kits for kids-or adults!  These have Metallic papers underneath so that when you scratch off the image you reveal beautiful copper and silver tones.

Maria's son Jimmy made this one when he was home sick the other day.  She says it kept him occupied for over an hour and a half!

 

 

Yummy New Products in at both stores!

A lot of the orders we placed at the CHA trade show are starting to roll in---and we couldn't be happier!

New, fun, fresh goods definitely put a smile on our faces.  Every day is a bit like Christmas as the UPS & Fed Ex drivers keep bringing us presents.  Here's some photos of some of our new goods--now I have to go because there is more new product to unpack!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Put a Bird on it!

We've been enjoying the hysterical new comedy Portlandia on IFC--especially the recent "Put a Bird on It" episode.  If you haven't seen it we highly recommend it for a bit of comic relief.  I walked into the store the other day and someone had taken the episodes message to heart and created the below sign on an end-cap display and had dedicated it completely to our fine, feathered friends--I work with truly lovely folks!

 

We just returned from the enormous CHA trade show in Los Angeles and did some serious damage to the ol' credit card.  In anticipation of all the pending orders we have slashed prices on select inventory 20-75%---we need to make room for all the new and we'd appreciate if you'd help us out :)  All the sale merchandise has been moved to our Alberta St Store location for your shopping pleasure.  

 

The first of many orders from the trade show arrived last week--drum roll please...

A BEAUTIFUL line of eco-friendly student-grade acrylic paints, mediums and even a "green" glue!

We fell in love with this line at the trade show and are pleased as punch to have it in at both collage stores!

There are many more orders scheduled to arrive in the coming weeks--we will keep you posted---the very best way to keep up to date on collage happenings is by checking us out on Facebook.  

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