LIVE ONLINE WORKSHOP
Off the Panel: Alternative Substrates for Encaustic
with Dusti Gomery
Expand your technical skills and explore new ways of working with encaustic beyond traditional substrates.
You Will Learn:
Build sculptural forms using paper clay and wire armatures
Prepare alternative substrates for proper wax adhesion and durability
Work in layers on dimensional surfaces using multiple materials
Identify and avoid common structural and material issues
Audience: Encaustic Artists
Medium: Encaustic
Stages: Emerging, Accomplished
Session Dates & Times:
Sundays
Sep 13th, 20th, 24th, Oct 4th
11 am-1 pm MDT / 1-3 pm EDT /
6-8pm BST
$247.50
6 in stock
WORKSHOP Description
Expand your encaustic practice beyond the panel in this 4-session workshop focused on alternative substrates and sculptural form.
Participants will learn how to create and prepare non-traditional surfaces for encaustic using paper clay and wire armatures with plaster. Through step-by-step instruction, you’ll build forms, address structural considerations, and develop surfaces that properly support encaustic wax.
From there, we’ll move into encaustic application on dimensional work, covering layering, fusing, and controlled use of colour. Additional materials such as inks, mineral pigments, and oil sticks will be introduced to build depth and complexity without losing the integrity of the form.
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🎥 WORKSHOP RECORDINGS available for 1-YEAR after the workshop ends!
🎥 NOTE: Workshop Recordings may be offered for sale at a future date at Mastrius, with the consent of the instructor.
High School, University, and College students get 20% OFF. See FAQs at the bottom of page.
Supply List
Participants should be set up for working with encaustic (hot plate or griddle (Amazon), heat gun and/or torch (Amazon, encaustic wax & oil sticks (R&F Paints https://www.rfpaints.com/). Additionally participants will need some chicken wire and/or paper clay, plaster bandages, India ink, mineral pigments (PearlEx) (Amazon carries all of these items), and anything else they would like to enhance and finish their pieces, such as 18 gauge gold or coloured wire, metal leaf, feathers, or other findings with individual meaning.
Instructor Bio
Dusti Gomery is an Alberta-based artist working in both acrylic and encaustic, creating paintings and sculptural forms. Her work explores aging, change, and how the memories we carry shift over time, as seen through the lens of lived experience. Built layer by layer, her work holds a sense of history, often reflecting themes of aging, repair, and transformation.
Before focusing fully on her studio practice, Dusti spent many years in the corporate sector as a technical writer. That background continues to inform her approach, bringing structure, precision, and clarity of thought to the way she develops and communicates ideas in her work.
Dusti’s art education follows the lineage of traditional apprenticeship. Rather than pursuing formal schooling, she has spent years studying directly under Master Artists across multiple disciplines beginning in her early teens. This mentor-driven path mirrors the way artists once learned from the Masters of old, and it remains central to her creative evolution, pushing the boundaries of her practice through constant, hands-on work and continuous feedback.
