Stefanie Etter
About Stefanie
Stefanie Etter is an internationally active artist, as well as an art educator and expert in working with epoxy resin and mixed-media techniques in German-speaking countries. Her works arise from a deliberate exploration of essential polarities, creating powerful, multi-layered visual spaces with exceptional three-dimensionality. Their immediate impact on viewers generates a tangible momentum – a dynamic interplay of material, texture, and composition that defines her artistic language.
Etter teaches at renowned art academies in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria, as well as at her own Etter Art Academy. As a trained art therapist, she combines technical precision with a deep understanding of creative, innovative processes and material dialogue. She guides artists in developing their individual artistic voice and in productively engaging with artistic contrasts.
Her professional self-paced online courses are available internationally in both German and English.
Her book Resin Art was awarded “Creative Book of the Year” at Creativeworld in 2020.
Class Details
Between Matte and Gloss: Urban Stillness
Contrasts or interplay? Both! Designing with contrasting materials opens up extraordinary possibilities: you create a new form of depth, light, and visual tension on the image surface.
The main materials responsible for this tension? Matte structures created with wax and high-gloss surfaces created with resin. In other words, a dialogue between encaustic and resin art.
From Dialogue to Polylogue: Pigment Layers, Pours, and Stencils
The foundation of the artwork for this creative synthesis is built step by step — using spray, shellac ink, pigments, and collage elements. The focus here lies primarily on pigments. It is also about exploring the effects you can create with the same pigments in different materials — for example, in wax, resin, or liquid paints. You can also mix your own custom color shades using pigment drops. Wax plays a central role in building the background: clear, tinted, applied in flat layers, and also using stencils.
The stencil continues to play a leading role. You can use them both when working with wax and when creating with spray paints. This creates optical and tactile overlaps that produce fascinating graphic structures and visual rhythms. Resin also acts as an amplifier of these effects. Through layered combinations of matte encaustic wax and high-gloss resin, you can create a vibrant surface and a distinctive sense of spatial depth.
As a deliberate break from its typical application, I will also show you how to create a matte resin surface — adding yet another exciting contrast to the surface of your Urban Stillness.
