PAPIER-MACHE MAGIC WITH TIFFANY OWNBEY
May 1-4, 2024
Port Orchard, WA
When we first saw Tiffany Ownbey’s Instagram feed, we knew that we had to ask her to teach a Bellissima Art Escape. Lucky for us, she has agreed and we are thrilled to share that this will be her first workshop. Aren’t we lucky!
Tiffany creates her papier-mâché creations in the “woods of North Carolina.” They are playful, clever and magical. Trucks for dog heads? Wow, how do artists come up with these ideas?
Most of the materials Tiffany uses in her papier-mâché sculptures and collages already have a history of their own when she finds them. These often familiar pieces of the past request viewers take a more in-depth look at the combined elements.
From Asheville Made article, March/April 2023
Each one-of-a-kind piece she makes starts with brown sewing pattern paper. She then adds ink drawings, acrylic paint, ink, oil pastels, old book pages with beautiful foxing, many kinds of antique stamps, unused cigar and food labels, maps, blueprints, buttons, ancient magazines and many other interesting found items. The finished pieces are sealed with a matte varnish & a sometimes protective coat of sturdy wax.
For Melinda…..
Itinerary
In this 4-day workshop, you will create your own special mixed media sculpture.
Each day will start in the studio at 9:30 with a break for lunch. Class will be over around 4:30. Dinner will be provided on May 3rd.
On May 4, we will clean up around 2:30, then have a Shown ‘N tell of our work. Class will be over at 4:30.
This Art Escape includes
Four days instruction from Tiffany
Beautiful studio to create in
3 lunches, 1 dinner
some supplies
new tribe
The cost for this Escape is $800. A $500 nonrefundable deposit is due upon registering. The remaining $300 dollars is due January 14, 2024.
Port Orchard is the site for the workshop. The location is 9 miles north of Gig Harbor, WA which is listed as one of the most desirable cities in the US to visit (or live). It is located south of Seattle, across the Narrows Bridge on Hwy 16.
The Bremerton-Kitsap Airporter stops in Gig Harbor and in Port Orchard.
There are many Arbnbs and B&Bs in the area. A list of accommodations will be provided if requested
We will Provide
Liquid starch
Matte Varnish
Non-stick cooking spray
Wire
Wire cutters
Wooden dowels
Supply List for Artists
Scissors
Paint brushes for varnish
Sharpie fine point pens
Sewing patterns
Various old papers
Old doll bodies and feet and bowls to use for molds
Box cutter knife
Tiffany Ownbey of Rutherfordton, NC is a mixed media artist whose work plays on the combination of the past and the present, nature and consumerism, and reuse and beauty.
From an early age, Ownbey adopted her parents’ appreciation for flea markets and antique stores, transforming the magical quality and history of vintage objects and materials into new stories. Her work focuses on the experience of familiarity for the viewer, each reused element an opportunity for discovery and igniting memory.
Ownbey studied art at Savannah College of Art and Design, Penland School of Crafts, and Western Carolina University. She has exhibited throughout the United States and in Japan and is currently living in a 100 year-old family-built log cabin surrounded by her sweet furry creatures, both domestic and unexpected.
Kathie Vezzani, who is hosting the workshop, also is an artist who paints, rusts and waxes. She organizes trips for other artists and in a former life was a caterer. She has over three decades of experience organizing trips for foodies and artists.