WORKSHOP! thanks to a professional development grant from the Greater Columbus Arts Council, I will be able to attend a workshop in the Pocono Mountains to study Scagliola, “scal-yo-lah” an obscure 17th century plaster technique. I have been interested in the process for years and finally found a master Scaglioist who had a direct lineage to the Italian tradition of Scagliola, which is different from the German and American variations. Scagliola is traditionally used on walls and flat surfaces but my innovation is to use the process sculpturally.
traditionally it looks like this:
July, workshop pics!
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