Encaustic with a Textile Sensibility

The 2009 version of this talk will be delivered at 6:30 pm on Tuesday, June 2 in Olin Hall at Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln.

And also on Sunday, June 7th from 2-3:30 p.m. at Montserrat College of Art in Beverly Mass, at the Third Annual Encaustic Painting Conference.


This is an online version of a presentation given at Montserrat College during the Second National Encaustic Painting Conference on Sunday, June 8, 2008.

I opened the door to encaustic from my perspective as a textile sculptor. The encaustic “medium” energized my work, and forever changed me.

I find myself in a niche offering encaustic workshops specifically for fiber and textile artists. I witness the inventive world emerging from my students as they combine these familiar materials in new and unconventional ways. I have been surprised and delighted beyond my wildest dreams.

These two media complement and enhance each other, creating a sum greater than their parts. Perhaps by seeing this work you might be inspired to expand your choice of materials, and step into uncharted territory. You know, that place of "material naivete" where you start working with a new material, and the results are amazing. Then you spend the next few years trying to recreate what you achieved in that naive state.

This "show" is merely a stepping off point, and only scratches the surface of artists working in these two media. I plan to add artists on a regular basis.

Artists are Alphabetical, one image per, with a link to their websites

Jody Alexander

Eve-Marie Bergren

Madeline de Joly

Christel Dillbohner

Carlos Estrada-Vega

Fanne Fernow

Lorraine Glessner

Cari Hernandez

Pat Hodson

Rob Larson

Michelle Marcuse

Mari Marks

Joanne Mattera

Victoria May

Don Maynard

Paula Roland

Cynthia Winika

Daniella Woolf







Christel Dillbohner