Michele Randall
About Michele
Michele Randall is an American artist. She has lived on the East Coast most of her life, growing up near her family’s three generation farm. Her work is inspired by the craftmanship passed down through her family, her sylvan surroundings, and her eclectic love of objects. She translates the colors and materials of her surroundings into vibrant works of art.
Trained as a printmaker, Michele became enamored with encaustic when she sought an alternative method to display her works on paper. This led to a deep investigation of layered wax and imagery. Michele has worked with encaustic for over a decade, incorporating the carving and pattern-making techniques she honed as a woodblock artist.
In equal measure Michele has a love of cyanotype, a camera-less photography process. She uses this process to create source imagery and collage material.
Michele has a BS and an MFA from Penn State University. She has taught in the art department at Penn State and Susquehanna University. She works full-time as an artist and a private workshop instructor in encaustic, cyanotype, and mixed media. Michele has been an instructor at Snow Farm, Peters Valley School of Craft, and Encaustic Conferences in New England and Canada. She is on the faculty of Painting with Fire, a year-long, online encaustic course.
Michele has also participated in residencies at Truro Center for the Arts in Cape Cod, and in Nepal, Cornwall, UK, and Lombardi, Italy. Michele has been accepted into numerous juried shows, including The Woodstock Artist Association, New York; Pacific Art League in Palo Alto California, and Tomayko Gallery in Pittsburgh, PA.
You can view Michele’s work at:
www.michelerandallart.com
www.facebook.com/michelerandallartstudio
www.instagram.com/michelerandallart
Class Details
Blues Hues: Cyanotype isn’t just for flowers
Create abstract designs and repeating patterns using cyanotype, an alternative photography technique. These papers make the perfect foundation for encaustic collages and backgrounds. This course will introduce some of my favorite techniques for abstract designs, paper choices for use with encaustic, and layering strategies.
Toning Tune Up: Out of the Blue
Cyanotypes come in many beautiful shades of blue. But you may wish to bring a little more color into these prints. By using natural dyes and pigments, you can expand your color range. This course covers cyanotype prep, bleaching, and toning techniques with materials as varied as tea, matcha, and local plant materials. These same techniques can be applied to any natural fibers. Use these materials as a base for collage encaustic works.
