New prints on paper featuring innovative encaustic and oil paint techniques.
Learn the basics of color theory as you study the analytical process of Paul Klee, the musician and artist who became a pillar of the Bauhaus. Together, we will dive into Klee’s notebooks, a visual encyclopedia of his mind, to understand his blueprint for engineering the modern art movement. We will practice printing overlapping color fields on tabletop presses from the early 1900s, exploring the opacity, density, and chroma of ink on paper.
No prior experience necessary. Skills include color theory, letterpress operation, and relief printing
Each student will go home with a series of geometric prints emulating a page from Klee’s own notebooks, and a deeper understanding of the color spectrum. Snacks and beverages will be provided.
Guest instructor Evan Christie, owner of Evolution Press.
Transform your photos into beautiful, handmade cyanotype prints! You’ll get acquainted with this historic process, create one-of-a-kind prints on fine art papers, and learn how to continue your cyanotype adventures at home.
No prior experience necessary. Skills include: the basic Cyanotype method, tips for making negatives at home, how to choose the right paper for your image, different techniques for coating your paper, getting a good exposure, and how to capture more photos that will make great cyanotypes. We’ll also talk about advanced techniques like toning to different colors, as well as printmaking on fabric.
Each student will take home three negative transparencies of their photos to use in future printmaking, as well as your finished pieces.
Guest Instructor: Ollie Levy of Whalefern Arts. Seattle based painter, printmaker and nature photographer.
The science and art of color is all around us, so it’s a good idea to know how to use it! The goal of this workshop is to become familiar with the amazing properties and principles of color. Using hands-on exercises with paper and paint, we will explore color relationships based on the foundational work of Josef Albers’ Interaction of Color. Then we’ll move on to the beautiful materials library here at Piano Nobile to play with tile, wallpaper, wood, and other materials.
No prior experience with painting or design is necessary. Skills include: watercolor painting, color mixing, collage. Each student will go home with a one of a kind colorful sketchbook, and one or more painting. Snacks and beverages will be provided
Create a gorgeous centerpiece for your Easter table. Participants will delve into the art of floral design using only locally-sourced blooms, ensuring a sustainable and vibrant creation. The workshop will cover essential lessons in color theory and design principles, equipping you with the knowledge to enhance your floral arrangements.
Guest Instructor: Cassandra Solmonsen of Florals by Cassandra. A Seattle artist who is committed to sustainability when creating her bespoke floral art and arrangements.
Learn the basics of block printing as you design, carve, and print your own handmade artwork. In this beginner-friendly class, you’ll create a simple design from your own hand-drawn elements, then transfer and carve it into a rubber block. We’ll practice printing on paper and experimenting with color and layout, before pulling a final polished print to take home. Along the way, you’ll explore how to ink and press your block for the best results, as well as how to print smaller pieces like cards or bookmarks that you can gift or display.
Skills include Block carving. Each student will go home with their one of a kind print on multiple projects, reusable printing block, and notebook. Snacks and beverages will be provided.
Guest Instructor: Angelique Guina, the Seattle-based printmaker behind ACGUINA ART.
Cyanotype has been a beloved art form for over 180 years. Try your hand at this magical process, and create a stunning piece of wearable art! We’ll start with a brief overview of the cyanotype process, then use an array of pressed plants and other beautiful objects to make our first prints on watercolor paper. Once we’ve gotten familiar with cyanotype, we’ll let our creativity run wild and arrange big compositions on our 100% silk scarves. Then we’ll take turns printing and rinsing our scarves, enjoying the big reveal as each scarf emerges from the water. Along the way, you’ll learn more about cyanotype, its history, and easy ways to try it at home.
No prior experience needed with Cyanotype necessary. Skills include: composing a pattern, printing and harnessing the power of the sun.
Each student will take home their 100% cotton watercolor paper print, 100% Silk Scarf and notebook. Snacks and beverages provided.
Guest Instructor: Ollie Levy of Whalefern Arts. Seattle based painter, printmaker and nature photographer.
Design and build your own tiny village out of clay! Guest artists Alison and Rachel of Satrell Studio invite you to let your architectural imagination lead as you learn a variety of hand-building clay techniques in a fun and supportive environment. We will gather inspiration from world architecture: colorful row homes of Burano, Italy, traditional Japanese minkas, half-timber Tudor cottages, and more, as we delve into details and build them from clay.
We will be working with stoneware clay and glazes, making your finished pieces suitable for both indoor and outdoor play. Depending on your design, you will have time to make at least 3 houses. Your finished creations will be ready to pick-up 2 weeks after the workshop. Snacks and beverages will be provided.
No prior experience necessary. Skills include essential pottery techniques, including; shaping, surface decoration, and glazing.
Guest Instructors: Satrell Studio is a creative ceramics studio run by a passionate mother-daughter (Alison-Rachel) team with over 10 years of pottery experience. Alison and Rachel work together designing and bringing pieces to life.
Learn the basics of color theory as you study the analytical process of Paul Klee, the musician and artist who became a pillar of the Bauhaus. Together, we will dive into Klee’s notebooks, a visual encyclopedia of his mind, to understand his blueprint for engineering the modern art movement. We will practice printing overlapping color fields on tabletop presses from the early 1900s, exploring the opacity, density, and chroma of ink on paper.
No prior experience necessary. Skills include color theory, letterpress operation, and relief printing
Each student will go home with a series of geometric prints emulating a page from Klee’s own notebooks, and a deeper understanding of the color spectrum. Snacks and beverages will be provided.
Guest instructor Evan Christie, owner of Evolution Press.
Back by popular demand! We will be hosting friends of the studio, Craft Cocktail, on Wednesday April 29th from 6:30 - 9pm to make beautiful sola paper flower diffusers. What is sola paper? It is a unique, soft and pliable paper, made from the wood of the aeschynomene aspera plant, found only in Thailand. This unique paper is very absorbent, thus, a lovely way to add fragrance to your home via a diffuser reed and essential oils. This is the perfect activity for friends, date night, or just because! The evening will include:
· Step-by-step crafting instruction by founders Andra and Jennifer on how to create your own sola paper flower diffusers. Make as many as you'd like! These last an incredibly long time, and make a great gift too!
· We will be providing 2 unique cocktail and NA cocktail options for you to enjoy while you are working away.
· Light snacks will be provided, to nibble on while you are crafting.
· What you will take home: As many flowers as you can make, extra diffuser reeds and vessels to add your own oils at home.
Level of Difficulty: Easy
Learn the basics of working with oil pastels as you create a set of mini oil pastel drawings on fine art papers. Oil pastels are a rich and luscious medium, perfect for exploring bold color, varied textures, and painterly effects without using water or paint. In this workshop, we will dive into color composition, blending, mixing, and expressive mark making unique oil pastels. You’ll also learn about different paper options and fixatives. Using landscape photographs as our inspiration, we’ll experiment with both realistic and abstract compositions.
No prior art experience is necessary.
Skills include: drawing, color mixing, blending, and mark making with oil pastels, layout design, and color composition.
Guest instructor: Teresa Stern, Seattle based visual artist with a background in architecture and sustainability.
Join us to celebrate guest artist Mylen Tumaliuan-Huggins.
Create a gorgeous centerpiece for your Mother’s day table. Participants will delve into the art of floral design using only locally-sourced blooms, ensuring a sustainable and vibrant creation. The workshop will cover essential lessons in color theory and design principles, equipping you with the knowledge to enhance your floral arrangements.
Guest Instructor: Cassandra Solmonsen of Florals by Cassandra. A Seattle artist who is committed to sustainability when creating her bespoke floral art and arrangements.
Learn the basics of block printing as you design, carve, and print your own handmade artwork. In this beginner-friendly class, you’ll create a simple design from your own hand-drawn elements, then transfer and carve it into a rubber block. We’ll practice printing on paper and experimenting with color and layout, before pulling a final polished print to take home. Along the way, you’ll explore how to ink and press your block for the best results, as well as how to print smaller pieces like cards or bookmarks that you can gift or display.
Skills include Block carving. Each student will go home with their one of a kind print on multiple projects, reusable printing block, and notebook. Snacks and beverages will be provided.
Guest Instructor: Angelique Guina, the Seattle-based printmaker behind ACGUINA ART.
Transform your photos into beautiful, handmade cyanotype prints! You’ll get acquainted with this historic process, create one-of-a-kind prints on fine art papers, and learn how to continue your cyanotype adventures at home.
No prior experience necessary. Skills include: the basic Cyanotype method, tips for making negatives at home, how to choose the right paper for your image, different techniques for coating your paper, getting a good exposure, and how to capture more photos that will make great cyanotypes. We’ll also talk about advanced techniques like toning to different colors, as well as printmaking on fabric.
Each student will take home three negative transparencies of their photos to use in future printmaking, as well as your finished pieces.
Guest Instructor: Ollie Levy of Whalefern Arts. Seattle based painter, printmaker and nature photographer.
Create a gorgeous centerpiece for your Spring table. Participants will delve into the art of floral design using only locally-sourced blooms, ensuring a sustainable and vibrant creation. The workshop will cover essential lessons in color theory and design principles, equipping you with the knowledge to enhance your floral arrangements.
Guest Instructor: Cassandra Solmonsen of Florals by Cassandra. A Seattle artist who is committed to sustainability when creating her bespoke floral art and arrangements.
Draw and paint our local vernacular architecture, from classic Craftsman-style porches to lush terraced gardens that define the Seattle landscape. Eleanor will share strategies for drawing buildings in perspective, as well as tips for simplifying overwhelming details to more clearly show the character of our subjects. After creating a few drawings of local scenes around Greenwood Ave, we’ll use watercolor to add life to our sketches.
Guest Teacher: Eleanor Doughty is a Seattle-based freelance illustrator. Imbuing realistic subjects with character & significance.
Learn the basics of block printing as you design, carve, and print your own handmade artwork. In this beginner-friendly class, you’ll create a simple design from your own hand-drawn elements, then transfer and carve it into a rubber block. We’ll practice printing on paper and experimenting with color and layout, before pulling a final polished print to take home. Along the way, you’ll explore how to ink and press your block for the best results, as well as how to print smaller pieces like cards or bookmarks that you can gift or display.
Skills include Block carving. Each student will go home with their one of a kind print on multiple projects, reusable printing block, and notebook. Snacks and beverages will be provided.
Guest Instructor: Angelique Guina, the Seattle-based printmaker behind ACGUINA ART.
Color, texture, shape: learn the fascinating fundamentals of monoprinting using both the printing press and hand printing methods. This introductory class will cover plate preparation of both plexiglass and woodblock, ink mixing, stencil-making, paper varieties, ghost printing, and registration techniques to achieve multi-layered and dynamic prints. Experiment with various ink applications using both brayers and brushes to achieve painterly texture while embracing the spontaneous and whimsical moments.
Skills include: fundamentals of printmaking, including tools, techniques and materials. Snacks and beverages will be provided.
Guest Instructor: Seattle artist Christi Birchfield.
Design and build your own tiny village out of clay! Guest artists Alison and Rachel of Satrell Studio invite you to let your architectural imagination lead as you learn a variety of hand-building clay techniques in a fun and supportive environment. We will gather inspiration from world architecture: colorful row homes of Burano, Italy, traditional Japanese minkas, half-timber Tudor cottages, and more, as we delve into details and build them from clay.
We will be working with stoneware clay and glazes, making your finished pieces suitable for both indoor and outdoor play. Depending on your design, you will have time to make at least 3 houses. Your finished creations will be ready to pick-up 2 weeks after the workshop. Snacks and beverages will be provided.
No prior experience necessary. Skills include essential pottery techniques, including; shaping, surface decoration, and glazing.
Guest Instructors: Satrell Studio is a creative ceramics studio run by a passionate mother-daughter (Alison-Rachel) team with over 10 years of pottery experience. Alison and Rachel work together designing and bringing pieces to life.
Transform your photos into beautiful, handmade cyanotype prints! You’ll get acquainted with this historic process, create one-of-a-kind prints on fine art papers, and learn how to continue your cyanotype adventures at home.
No prior experience necessary. Skills include: the basic Cyanotype method, tips for making negatives at home, how to choose the right paper for your image, different techniques for coating your paper, getting a good exposure, and how to capture more photos that will make great cyanotypes. We’ll also talk about advanced techniques like toning to different colors, as well as printmaking on fabric.
Each student will take home three negative transparencies of their photos to use in future printmaking, as well as your finished pieces.
Guest Instructor: Ollie Levy of Whalefern Arts. Seattle based painter, printmaker and nature photographer.
Ages: 13 and up
Learn the basics of block printing as you design, carve, and print your own handmade artwork. In this beginner-friendly class, you’ll create a simple design from your own hand-drawn elements, then transfer and carve it into a rubber block. We’ll practice printing on paper and experimenting with color and layout, before pulling a final polished print to take home. Along the way, you’ll explore how to ink and press your block for the best results, as well as how to print smaller pieces like cards or bookmarks that you can gift or display.
Skills include Block carving. Each student will go home with their one of a kind print on multiple projects, reusable printing block, and notebook. Snacks and beverages will be provided.
Guest Instructor: Angelique Guina, the Seattle-based printmaker behind ACGUINA ART.
Learn the basics of earring design and creation with Irene Wood, the jeweler behind local brand History + Industry. Choose from an assortment of beads and stones collected from around the world. We will practice using needle nose pliers to learn basic assemblage techniques to make at least 3 pairs of earrings. Irene will share techniques for composing and balancing the delicate components of jewelry. Findings (the metal structure behind jewelry) include pierced and non-pieced options, hypo-allergenic gold plated, silver plated and surgical steel.
No prior experience with jewelry making is necessary.
Snacks and beverages provided.
Guest Instructor: Irene Wood, Seattle-based painter and jeweler behind History + Industry.
Ages: 13 and up
Friday, September 26, 10 am - 12 pm
We are excited to be hosting Craft Cocktail on Thursday, February 5th from 6:30 - 9pm to make beautiful sola paper flower diffusers. What is sola paper? It is a unique, soft and pliable paper, made from the wood of the aeschynomene aspera plant, found only in Thailand. This unique paper is very absorbant, thus, a lovely way to add fragrance to your home via a diffuser reed and essential oils. This is the perfect activity for friends (Galentine's Day), date night, or just because!
The evening will include: · Step-by-step crafting instruction by founders Andra and Jennifer on how to create your own sola paper flower diffusers. Each person will able to make up to 3 flowers. ·
We will be providing 2 unique cocktail and NA cocktail options for you to enjoy while you are working away. · Light snacks will be provided.
What you will take home: Up to 3 paper flowers, extra diffuser reeds and vessels to add your own oils at home.
Level of Difficulty: Easy
Two beautiful skills compliment each other in this new workshop: learn the ancient art of Japanese gift wrapping and the Shibori stitching techniques of Nui and Mokume. You’ll stitch two large organic cotton bandanas with intricate Shibori patterns, then dye them using natural dyes made from ground plants and iron to produce two unique colors. As the fabric simmers in the dye bath, we’ll explore traditional Japanese gift wrapping methods. It is the perfect way to add a thoughtful touch to any package, and is a gift in itself!
No prior experience with natural dyeing is necessary. Skills include: stitch resist dyeing techniques and wrapping techniques.
Each student will go home with their unique set of two colorfully dyed cotton bandanas and notebook with gift wrapping instructions. Snacks and beverages provided.
Guest Instructor: Christine Dennett of COMMAND knitwear, a naturally dyed fashion brand based in Seattle.
Ages: 13 and up
Learn the basics of working with oil pastels as you create a set of mini oil pastel drawings on fine art papers. Oil pastels are a rich and luscious medium, perfect for exploring bold color, varied textures, and painterly effects without using water or paint. In this workshop, we will dive into color composition, blending, mixing, and expressive mark making unique oil pastels. You’ll also learn about different paper options and fixatives. Using landscape photographs as our inspiration, we’ll experiment with both realistic and abstract compositions.
No prior art experience is necessary.
Skills include: drawing, color mixing, blending, and mark making with oil pastels, layout design, and color composition.
Guest instructor: Teresa Stern, Seattle based visual artist with a background in architecture and sustainability.
Learn the basics of block printing as you design, carve, and print your own handmade artwork. In this beginner-friendly class, you’ll create a simple design from your own hand-drawn elements, then transfer and carve it into a rubber block. We’ll practice printing on paper and experimenting with color and layout, before pulling a final polished print to take home. Along the way, you’ll explore how to ink and press your block for the best results, as well as how to print smaller pieces like cards or bookmarks that you can gift or display.
Skills include Block carving. Each student will go home with their one of a kind print on multiple projects, reusable printing block, and notebook. Snacks and beverages will be provided.
Guest Instructor: Angelique Guina, the Seattle-based printmaker behind ACGUINA ART.
Ages: 13 and up
Design and build your own tiny village out of clay! Guest artists Alison and Rachel of Satrell Studio invite you to let your architectural imagination lead as you learn a variety of hand-building clay techniques in a fun and supportive environment. We will gather inspiration from world architecture: colorful row homes of Burano, Italy, traditional Japanese minkas, half-timber Tudor cottages, and more, as we delve into details and build them from clay.
We will be working with stoneware clay and glazes, making your finished pieces suitable for both indoor and outdoor play. Depending on your design, you will have time to make at least 3 houses. Your finished creations will be ready to pick-up 2 weeks after the workshop. Snacks and beverages will be provided.
No prior experience necessary. Skills include essential pottery techniques, including; shaping, surface decoration, and glazing.
Guest Instructors: Satrell Studio is a creative ceramics studio run by a passionate mother-daughter (Alison-Rachel) team with over 10 years of pottery experience. Alison and Rachel work together designing and bringing pieces to life.
Sign-up here!
Create a gorgeous centerpiece for your Thanksgiving Table. Participants will delve into the art of floral design using only locally-sourced blooms, ensuring a sustainable and vibrant creation. The workshop will cover essential lessons in color theory and design principles, equipping you with the knowledge to enhance your floral arrangements.
Guest Instructor: Cassandra Solmonsen of Florals by Cassandra. A Seattle artist who is committed to sustainability when creating her bespoke floral art and arrangements.
Cyanotype has been a beloved art form for over 180 years. Try your hand at this magical process, and create a stunning piece of wearable art! We’ll start with a brief overview of the cyanotype process, then use an array of pressed plants and other beautiful objects to make our first prints on watercolor paper. Once we’ve gotten familiar with cyanotype, we’ll let our creativity run wild and arrange big compositions on our 100% silk scarves. Then we’ll take turns printing and rinsing our scarves, enjoying the big reveal as each scarf emerges from the water. Along the way, you’ll learn more about cyanotype, its history, and easy ways to try it at home.
No prior experience needed with Cyanotype necessary. Skills include: composing a pattern, printing and harnessing the power of the sun.
Each student will take home their 100% cotton watercolor paper print, 100% Silk Scarf and notebook. Snacks and beverages provided.
Guest Instructor: Ollie Levy of Whalefern Arts. Seattle based painter, printmaker and nature photographer.
Ages: 13 and up
Our last market of the year, and this one promised a laid back and intimate setting: Ritual House, a jewel box of a yoga studio on Capitol Hill. This festive market features a curated assortment of local designers selected by artist and friend of the studio Irene Wood, of History + Industry. We cant wait!
Don’t miss the curated shopping event featuring handmade items from independent designers and makers.
If you are looking for last minute gifts for the holiday season, join us to shop with over 25 amazing handmade makers. The small, curated event is a great place to find gifts and grab lunch or a treat. Not only will there be amazing vendors but there will be a raffle, prizes and more!
With 140+ local makers celebrate 45 years of handmade gifts, holiday magic, and community cheer at one of Seattle's most beloved traditions. Piano Nobile will be hosting the PNA's juried art show in our gallery, as well as live music and festive drinks in the studio.
NEW THIS YEAR: Preview Night (21+) including live music, festive drinks, and early access to shop before the weekend bustle.
With 140+ local makers celebrate 45 years of handmade gifts, holiday magic, and community cheer at one of Seattle's most beloved traditions. Piano Nobile will be hosting the PNA's juried art show in our gallery, as well as live music and festive drinks in the studio.
NEW THIS YEAR: Preview Night (21+) including live music, festive drinks, and early access to shop before the weekend bustle.
With 140+ local makers celebrate 45 years of handmade gifts, holiday magic, and community cheer at one of Seattle's most beloved traditions. Piano Nobile will be hosting the PNA's juried art show in our gallery, as well as live music and festive drinks in the studio.
NEW THIS YEAR: Preview Night (21+) including live music, festive drinks, and early access to shop before the weekend bustle.
We are so excited to be welcomed back to the Osay Linger Makers Market this holiday season. Osay Linger has moved locations and have added in an extra day of fun! Check-out the other vendors here!
Create a gorgeous centerpiece for your Thanksgiving Table. Participants will delve into the art of floral design using only locally-sourced blooms, ensuring a sustainable and vibrant creation. The workshop will cover essential lessons in color theory and design principles, equipping you with the knowledge to enhance your floral arrangements.
Guest Instructor: Cassandra Solmonsen of Florals by Cassandra. A Seattle artist who is committed to sustainability when creating her bespoke floral art and arrangements.
Learn the basics of block printing as you design, carve, and print your own handmade artwork. In this beginner-friendly class, you’ll create a simple design from your own hand-drawn elements, then transfer and carve it into a rubber block. We’ll practice printing on paper and experimenting with color and layout, before pulling a final polished print to take home. Along the way, you’ll explore how to ink and press your block for the best results, as well as how to print smaller pieces like cards or bookmarks that you can gift or display.
Skills include Block carving. Each student will go home with their one of a kind print on multiple projects, reusable printing block, and notebook. Snacks and beverages will be provided.
Guest Instructor: Angelique Guina, the Seattle-based printmaker behind ACGUINA ART.
Ages: 13 and up
Friday, November 14, 10-1pm
Two beautiful skills compliment each other in this new workshop: learn the ancient art of Japanese gift wrapping and the Shibori stitching techniques of Nui and Mokume. You’ll stitch three large organic cotton bandanas with intricate Shibori patterns, then dye them using natural dyes made from ground plants and iron to produce three unique colors. As the fabric simmers in the dye bath, we’ll explore traditional Japanese gift wrapping methods. It is the perfect way to add a thoughtful touch to any package, and is a gift in itself!
No prior experience with natural dyeing is necessary. Skills include: stitch resist dyeing techniques and wrapping techniques.
Each student will go home with their unique set of two colorfully dyed cotton bandanas and notebook with gift wrapping instructions. Snacks and beverages provided.
Guest Instructor: Christine Dennett of COMMAND knitwear, a naturally dyed fashion brand based in Seattle.
Ages: 13 and up
Wednesday, November 12, 6-9pm
We are so excited to be hosting Andra and Jennifer of Craft Cocktail on November 6th from 6:30 - 9pm to teach how to make stunning rose paper wreaths, using vintage book pages. They will have a variety of wreath styles available to attach your roses onto, to make this a true design statement for your living space.
· Step-by-step crafting instruction by founders Andra and Jennifer on how to create your own paper rose wreath. They will supply a variety of wreath bases (natural, metal, wire), as well as paint and ribbon, so that you can customize to your heart's content!
· They will be providing 2 cocktail and NA cocktail options, for you to enjoy while you are working away.
· Light snacks will be provided, to nibble on while you are crafting.
· What you will take home: Your own custom wreath, as well as any extra pages or embellishments, should you need to finish at home.
Level of Difficulty: Easy
Learn the basics of block printing as you design, carve, and print your own handmade artwork. In this beginner-friendly class, you’ll create a simple design from your own hand-drawn elements, then transfer and carve it into a rubber block. We’ll practice printing on paper and experimenting with color and layout, before pulling a final polished print to take home. Along the way, you’ll explore how to ink and press your block for the best results, as well as how to print smaller pieces like cards or bookmarks that you can gift or display.
Skills include Block carving. Each student will go home with their one of a kind print on multiple projects, reusable printing block, and notebook. Snacks and beverages will be provided.
Guest Instructor: Angelique Guina, the Seattle-based printmaker behind ACGUINA ART.
Ages: 13 and up
Thursday, October 23, 5-8pm
Two beautiful skills compliment each other in this new workshop: learn the ancient art of Japanese gift wrapping and the Shibori stitching techniques of Nui and Mokume. You’ll stitch three large organic cotton bandanas with intricate Shibori patterns, then dye them using natural dyes made from ground plants and iron to produce three unique colors. As the fabric simmers in the dye bath, we’ll explore traditional Japanese gift wrapping methods. It is the perfect way to add a thoughtful touch to any package, and is a gift in itself!
No prior experience with natural dyeing is necessary. Skills include: stitch resist dyeing techniques and wrapping techniques.
Each student will go home with their unique set of three colorfully dyed cotton bandanas and notebook with gift wrapping instructions. Snacks and beverages provided.
Guest Instructor: Christine Dennett of COMMAND knitwear, a naturally dyed fashion brand based in Seattle.
Ages: 13 and up
Wednesday, October 22, 6-9pm
Transform your photos into beautiful, handmade cyanotype prints! You’ll get acquainted with this historic process, create one-of-a-kind prints on fine art papers, and learn how to continue your cyanotype adventures at home.
No prior experience necessary. Skills include: the basic Cyanotype method, tips for making negatives at home, how to choose the right paper for your image, different techniques for coating your paper, getting a good exposure, and how to capture more photos that will make great cyanotypes. We’ll also talk about advanced techniques like toning to different colors, as well as printmaking on fabric.
Each student will take home three negative transparencies of their photos to use in future printmaking, as well as your finished pieces.
Guest Instructor: Ollie Levy of Whalefern Arts. Seattle based painter, printmaker and nature photographer.
Signing up for a group? Include emails and names of all attending in additional information form at check-out.
Ages: 13 and up
Wednesday, October 8, 6-9 pm
Learn the basics of working with oil pastels as you create a set of mini oil pastel drawings on fine art papers. Oil pastels are a rich and luscious medium, perfect for exploring bold color, varied textures, and painterly effects without using water or paint. In this workshop, we will dive into color composition, blending, mixing, and expressive mark making unique oil pastels. You’ll also learn about different paper options and fixatives. Using landscape photographs as our inspiration, we’ll experiment with both realistic and abstract compositions.
No prior art experience is necessary.
Skills include: drawing, color mixing, blending, and mark making with oil pastels, layout design, and color composition.
Guest instructor: Teresa Stern, Seattle based visual artist with a background in architecture and sustainability.
Saturday, October 4, 10-1 pm
Learn the basics of earring design and creation with Irene Wood, the jeweler behind local brand History + Industry. Choose from an assortment of beads and stones collected from around the world. We will practice using needle nose pliers to learn basic assemblage techniques to make at least 3 pairs of earrings. Irene will share techniques for composing and balancing the delicate components of jewelry. Findings (the metal structure behind jewelry) include pierced and non-pieced options, hypo-allergenic gold plated, silver plated and surgical steel.
No prior experience with jewelry making is necessary.
Snacks and beverages provided.
Guest Instructor: Irene Wood, Seattle-based painter and jeweler behind History + Industry.
Ages: 13 and up
Friday, September 26, 10 am - 12 pm
Learn the basics of block printing as you design, carve, and print your own handmade artwork. In this beginner-friendly class, you’ll create a simple design from your own hand-drawn elements, then transfer and carve it into a rubber block. We’ll practice printing on paper and experimenting with color and layout, before pulling a final polished print to take home. Along the way, you’ll explore how to ink and press your block for the best results, as well as how to print smaller pieces like cards or bookmarks that you can gift or display.
Skills include Block carving. Each student will go home with their one of a kind print on multiple projects, reusable printing block, and notebook. Snacks and beverages will be provided.
Guest Instructor: Angelique Guina, the Seattle-based printmaker behind ACGUINA ART.
Ages: 13 and up
Thursday, September 25, 5-8pm
Learn the basics of textile design as you create your own repeating pattern and print it on a premium organic cotton tote bag. Together we will construct a repeating pattern made of hand-drawn elements before turning it into a block print. We will practice printing on paper and fabric, exploring different layouts and colors, then we will print on our tote bags.
No prior experience with printmaking is necessary.
Skills include: pattern design, block carving, printmaking on fabric. Each student will go home with their one of a kind tote bag, reusable printing block, paper and fabric prints, and notebook. Snacks and beverages will be provided.
Ages: 13 and up
Wednesday, 9/17, 6-9pm
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