ONSITE: Needle Felt Your Pet
Learn how to make a mini, needle felted sculpture of your furry friend. We’ll start with a basic shape, build on details, then incorporate wire and other details needed to bring your pet to life.
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ONSITE: Make Music: Create a Wooden Rattle in our Woodshop
Make some noise and try your hand at transfroming wood into a rattle. Over this 2 day course, we will explore how to mill, saw, carve, smooth and otherwise shape wood into functional, beautiful noisemaking pieces by using the bandsaw, jointer, planer, drill press and carving tools. Our rattles/noisemakers will be filled with beans, rice […]
read moreONSITE: Introduction to Woodburning
Have you ever wanted to learn the art of woodburning? In this class, we will teach you the basics of pyrography – from understanding the different techniques and skills involved to creating your own unique designs. At the end of this course, you'll go home with a wood-burned project of your own design, and a […]
read moreONSITE: Everything is a Box: Intro to Woodworking + Design
Learn woodworking basics, including milling, basic joinery, and finishing, as we design and create your own box(es).
read moreONSITE: Make a Wooden Picture Frame
Get introduced to the basics of woodworking as it pertains to picture framing. You'll learn woodworking techniques like measuring and calculating dimensions, cutting and joining molding, reinforcing a miter joint with splines, and basic woodshop safety. We'll also cover the framing process including matting art or floating with spacers, putting together the frame, and installing […]
read moreONSITE: Introduction to Woodworking: Make a Modern Stool
Transform rough-cut lumber into a modern stool. You’ll learn to use a table saw, planer, router and a variety of hand tools.
read moreONSITE: WTF (Woman, Trans, Femme) Woodworking: Make a Cutting Board
This class is a safe space for women, trans, and femme folks to learn introductory woodworking techniques. You'll learn to make a customizable cutting board using glue ups. Gain experience using the table saw, mitre saw, band saw, jointer and planer. We will respect marginalized identities, be patient with one another, use accessible language and […]
read moreONSITE: The Art of Paper: Sunflower Bouquet
Learn techniques to turn paper into three-dimensional art, like plants and florals. We'll begin with the correct use of materials, including X-acto blades, scissors, and bone folders for shaping and scoring our medium. We will also learn the various types of paper textures and weights that can be used for creating paper botanicals. We'll explore […]
read moreONSITE: My Book, It Has Three Corners: Triangle Books
Make three sided books in three hours. This workshop will cover a variety of techniques and covers for constructing triangle books, focusing on accordion book structures.
read moreONSITE: Handmade Sketchbook or Journal
Create your own blank hardcover sketchbook or journal in this two-day workshop. A traditional kettle stitch will be used to sew together the pages of our case-bound books.
read moreONSITE: Zinemaking with Paper Paraphernalia
Do you have a story to tell? A creative idea that needs to get out? Zine making is an accessible way to self-publish. In this course, we’ll be using paper collaging and hand drawn design to create unique printable zines. You’ll leave with the skills to design and print your own zines from home… all […]
read moreONSITE: Tiny Books, Big Charm
Small is beautiful! We’ll make handfuls of tiny books in three styles (accordion, dragon, and wrap-around cover), each under three inches square. Not only are tiny books adorable, working at this reduced scale allows us to work easily and quickly, and to think about how scale changes our experience. No prior bookbinding experience is required. […]
read moreONSITE: Paste Papers (only offered a few times a year)
Learn to make beautiful decorated papers using pigmented wheat paste! A relative of marbled paper, paste paper is used for bookmaking and other paper arts. Various patterns will be introduced with room for play!
read moreONSITE: Non-Toxic Etching for Printmaking (this class is only offered a few times a year)
This research driven course will investigate the endless possibilities of working with a copper plate using Lascaux Etching Hard and Soft Resist, non-toxic ground. Students will investigate hard and soft ground, and dry-point. You will develop one plate and learn to print using the etching press. Printmaking is an evolving field and we constantly strive […]
read moreONSITE: Next Level Letterpress – This class is only offered a few times each year.
Take your letterpress skills to the next level with multiple-color prints. We'll use the Platen and Challenge presses and explore other advanced typesetting methods. You’ll receive lots of guidance as you work on your own individual projects.
read moreONSITE: Introduction to Bookmaking
Create your own set of handmade books. We’ll familiarize ourselves with bookmaking tools and techniques and learn several bookbinding techniques. You’ll also learn how to customize your books to be journals or sketchbooks. Plan to complete the class with a saddle stitched book, and a stab bound book.
read moreONSITE: Mastering Multicolor Screenprinting
Learn how to create multicolor screen prints of your own design. This class will expand on the registration techniques learnt in intro classes, focusing on adding layers/colors to create more complex images. We will look at how to break apart an image by hand and in the computer. Color theory will be discussed through the […]
read moreONSITE: Paper Marbling (only offered a few times a year)
Learn to create beautiful decorative papers in this one-day workshop! A variety of traditional marbling patterns will be covered with room for experimentation.
read moreONSITE: Woodcut Portraits
In this class, we’ll focus on carving and drawing techniques to help you create compelling portrait prints. We’ll practice white line and black line approaches to hatching and crosshatching to create subtle gradients of tone. Each student can expect to leave class with two small editions of woodcut portraits!
read moreONSITE: Linocut Printmaking: Home Portraits
This course will explore linocut printmaking by defining ‘home’ and creating a print of it. This could be a building, a person, a pet, a park, anywhere that evokes the feeling of home. Sophie will be bringing in examples of her own work and portraits of her ‘home’ to share with the class. This course […]
read moreONSITE: Introduction to Woodblock Printing
Explore woodblock printing, humanity’s oldest printmaking process. You’ll learn to design and transfer an image onto the block and cut the block to produce a relief image. Then, we’ll cover how to transfer the image to paper, both printing it by hand and by press.
read moreONSITE: Printmaking Survey: Prints of the Natural World
This class is an intro to several print practices, including relief print, monoprint, and kitchen Lithography. Students will learn the basics of each process, along with basic eco-art concepts like climate justice, multispecies thinking, and how art can be used in environmental activism. They will then be able to work with as many techniques as […]
read moreONSITE: Introduction to Screenprinting (B)
Explore screenprinting, a process that allows artists to create hand-printed multiples of the same image. Translate your graphic design, photography, or drawings into vibrant, layered compositions. Learn a variety of ways to create screens that can be used to print onto fabric, paper or wood.
read moreONSITE: Introduction to Letterpress
Explore the letterpress printing process, which dates back to the 15th century and the time of Gutenberg. We’ll cover typesetting, inking, printing and paper selection as you become familiar with the terminology and VisArts’ presses. You’ll have time to create multiple pieces and trade work with classmates, which will help you build a small collection […]
read moreONSITE: Introduction to Screenprinting (A)
Explore screenprinting, a process that allows artists to create hand-printed multiples of the same image. Translate your graphic design, photography, or drawings into vibrant, layered compositions. Learn a variety of ways to create screens that can be used to print onto fabric, paper or wood.
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