Step up your mixed media techniques and new layers of content to your collage and book arts projects with this introductory course to image transfers. Students will learn a variety of transfer techniques and leave with samples to take home and incorporate into their own art processes.

Featured in the Crown Point Press publication, “The Magical Secrets of Chine Collé”, this workshop will introduce students to a 
contemporary approach to the traditional technique of gilding.

Hand lettering for all, even those with the shakiest of handwriting! Ease into the art of calligraphy with this beginning class in penmanship, letter formation, layout techniques, and calligraphic processes and materials.

In this one-day workshop students will make two or three different folded pens or cola pens, then explore the basic strokes for mark making and gesture. Your marks are expressive and very individual with this pen!

From fibers to formed sheets, students in this workshop will learn to make thin yet strong paper in the Japanese tradition.

Eco Printing is not just for paper! Take a weekend and learn to incorporate this amazing process onto other natural materials while experimenting with the range of printing options including some edible plants.

Looking to put your marbled papers to use? Learn to make three different projects from marbled paper in this daylong workshop.

Make your own meditation scroll, a unique design and process developed by the instructor. There will be a brief history of the scroll and an introduction to focused awareness and stillness in the making of art.

Gather your drawings and get ready to transfer your imagery into scratchboard illustration. Learn the basics of this accessible direct engraving technique in this one-day workshop.

In this intensive workshop, students will learn how to make Korean and Japanese handmade paper from scratch. We will experiment with our handmade sheets to create textured and naturally dyed papers that we will then use to make Asian side-stitched books.

Do you love the alchemy of printed words and images that mix and grow with the turning of pages? Do the complex layers of meaning that can arise within a book fascinate you? If so, the Artists’ Book is a medium worthy of your exploration. Begin to delve into this rich and expanding format in this one-day class that introduces the history, basic structures, and an overview of the practices used by book artists. Bring your own quotes, short poems, or images and craft a book during the day to get a taste of the joy that is the making of Artists’ Books.

In this introductory class, student will gain a basic understanding of the history, techniques, tools, and styles of European marbling.

If you’ve been seeking an interesting and elegant way to house your book and paper structures or you’re just looking for a beautiful, non-traditional box for storing things, this workshop is your answer. Spend a day learning to construct a charming and functional hatch-top box with a bottom drawer.

Discover how to combine the simple structure of an accordion book with the playful elements of pop-ups and collage. Here's the opportunity to combine content and form to communicate your unique vision.

This marbling lab takes the art of traditional paper marbling to a new level by introducing metallics to the pigments normally used and experimenting with over-marbling techniques. The shining hues of copper, silver, bronze, gold and pearl will transform a sheet of paper into an iridescent wonder.

In this introductory class, student will gain a basic understanding of the history, techniques, tools, and styles of European marbling.

Inspired by Sonia Delaunay’s magnificent imagery in La Prose du Transsibérien, you will learn stencil techniques à la française using aluminum plates, French pochoir brushes, and gouache.

Spend the day exploring ways to take a commercially available book kit up a notch. You can find pre-sewn textblocks with pre-cut boards ready to put together in many art stores. This workshop will cover the ways to get the best results from the kit using tools you probably have on hand as well as techniques to give the finished project a little something extra.

Evening Open Studio is an opportunity, for those who qualify to work on their own projects with an experienced instructor on hand.

Weekend Open Studio is an opportunity, for those who qualify to work on their own projects with an experienced instructor on hand.

Weekend Open Studio is an opportunity, for those who qualify to work on their own projects with an experienced instructor on hand.

Evening Open Studio is an opportunity, for those who qualify to work on their own projects with an experienced instructor on hand.

Weekend Open Studio is an opportunity, for those who qualify to work on their own projects with an experienced instructor on hand.

Evening Open Studio is an opportunity, for those who qualify to work on their own projects with an experienced instructor on hand.

Evening Open Studio is an opportunity, for those who qualify to work on their own projects with an experienced instructor on hand.

Explore this innovative relief printing technique that utilizes shapes cut from magnetic sheets as an alternative to traditional printing plates.

Create a letterpress printed one page wonder. Single sheet books are made out of one sheet of paper and in this workshop students will design and print an edition of one-page folded books while learning to set type and print on a cylinder press.

A fun and versatile box that can be used as a shadow display box or a more traditional puzzle box with beads where you can test your patience. Spend a day creating your own.

Learn the ins-and-outs of the Risograph, a marriage of silkscreen meeting photocopier. In this class you’ll create and edition print a 2-4 color poster.

Make your own decorative paper and amaze your friends and family! This workshop is a fun introduction to printing on a cylinder proof press, introducing creative techniques such as pressure printing, overlapping print runs, and ghost printing.