Encaustic Monotype Workshop

This beginner workshop will introduce you to the art of printmaking using warm wax and paper! Experienced artist and educator Dana Harris Seeger will guide you through her process of creating monotypes- one time impressions on paper using a hot plate and encaustic wax paint.

In an intimate setting, you will expand your encaustic skills by layering paint in an intuitive and spontaneous way onto sheets of paper. Those resulting "prints" can be framed as art, embedded in your encaustic paintings or cut up and used as collage fodder. The possibilities are endless, and so is the fun you will have in this 4 hour workshop at Windmill Farm in beautiful Poulsbo, Washington.

All materials are covered in the class fee, including the paper, medium, pigments used, brushes, hotplates and other related materials. Each student will go home with a dozen or more encaustic monotype prints.

Students are not required to have any printmaking or encaustic experience. This is a great introductory workshop in methods and safety of encaustic painting only using paper instead of a rigid substrate. Check out the video below to watch me create some encaustic monotypes!

Meet Your Instructor

Dana Harris Seeger was born in El Granda, California. She received her MFA in Printmaking from San Jose State University in 2011 and her BA in Painting from Anderson University in 2004. She has been a member of the California Society of Printmakers since 2011. In 2014, she co-founded an art studio and school in San Jose called the School of Visual Philosophy. She exhibits her work nationally and has been published in Studio Visit Magazine and Content Magazine. She has won awards for her work including being named a 2020 Santa Clara County Artist Laureate, Creative Ambassador for the city of San Jose and First Place in Mixed Media at the Edmonds Art Festival in 2024. She currently resides in Poulsbo, Washington with her husband, Yori Seeger, daughter and twin sons and displays her work at Verksted Gallery in downtown Poulsbo.

Host or Publisher Dana Seeger