Matchbook Reliquaries - 2.5 hour class $75 Michael deMeng
Student Level: All Skill Levels
Workshop Description: How cool would it be if you walked into a smoky bar, reached for a book of matches and learned it was an original piece of art. I started working on such a series because of a friend who obsessively collects matchbooks from all over the planet, and I have to say that he has some nifty pieces of memorabilia. Being a sucker for hand crafted things, I wanted to take the concept one step further, and...viola. Matchbook reliquaries. The thing I love about this series is it symbolically emphasizes the lack of permanence in the world...poof...and its up in smoke. In this class, students will transform matchbooks or matchboxes into small shrines using assemblage, collage and painting. The finished products can be used as a framed object, a pin or (I suppose) a utilitarian object to light the barbeque with.
Kit Fee: $0
Student Supplies:
Matchbooks or Matchboxes
Cutting tools like exacto knife and scissors
acrylic brushes a few detail or line brushes and some flat brushes in a few different sizes
Matte Gel Medium
Paints (acrylic –preferably Golden brand)
White
Black
Quinacridone Nickel Azo Gold (by Golden)
Quinacridone Crimson
Dioxazine Purple
Pthalo Green
Optional
Payne’s Gray
Acrylic Metallic colors i.e gold, copper, etc.
Interference colors, by golden
Any other color your heart desires
Glues
Liquid Nails Small Project (red tab on label)
Liquid Nails Clear (blue tab on label) – E6000 will also work
Doodads, found objects, collage items and photos
