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+

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In this two-part workshop, you’ll explore stitch-resist techniques to create intricate, one-of-a-kind patterns on cloth. In the first session you will make a stitch sampler to practice traditional Nui techniques. You will take home your sampler to use as a reference to design and compose on a cotton bandana. Then you will reconvene in a second session to dye your finished bandana in an indigo vat.

Guest Instructor: Christine Dennett, owner of COMMAND knitwear + The Seattle Knitting Lab.

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In this two-part workshop, you’ll explore stitch-resist techniques to create intricate, one-of-a-kind patterns on cloth. In the first session you will make a stitch sampler to practice traditional Nui techniques. You will take home your sampler to use as a reference to design and compose on a cotton bandana. Then you will reconvene in a second session to dye your finished bandana in an indigo vat.

Guest Instructor: Christine Dennett, owner of COMMAND knitwear + The Seattle Knitting Lab.

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30 years of celebrating art in PhinneyWood! Join us for this beloved two-day event as we honor three decades of creativity, connection, and community spirit.

Stroll through the Phinney Ridge and Greenwood neighborhoods and experience a vibrant showcase of local artists, makers, and businesses transforming our streets into a walkable gallery. Meet the artists, discover unique works of art — from ceramics and paintings to prints, jewelry, and more — and enjoy special food and drink offerings from participating neighborhood cafés, restaurants, and bars along the route.

Join us for an open studio! Stop by to see the work of artist Tom Deslongchamp and watch a screen-printing demo done by artist and designer Isabelle Grizzard Robertson.

30 years of celebrating art in PhinneyWood! Join us for this beloved two-day event as we honor three decades of creativity, connection, and community spirit.

Stroll through the Phinney Ridge and Greenwood neighborhoods and experience a vibrant showcase of local artists, makers, and businesses transforming our streets into a walkable gallery. Meet the artists, discover unique works of art — from ceramics and paintings to prints, jewelry, and more — and enjoy special food and drink offerings from participating neighborhood cafés, restaurants, and bars along the route.

Join us for an open studio! Stop by to meet guest artist Tom Deslongchamp and watch a screen-printing demo done by artist and designer Isabelle Grizzard Robertson.

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.

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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.

SOLD OUT!

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If you are interested in elevating your sketching skills and learning how to transform a chaotic sketchbook into an organized work of art, look no further than this workshop!

We will start by covering basic ink drawing techniques. Next, we will explore how to apply these skills to observational sketching, a method of drawing that captures the essence of an experience or location “in-the-moment.” Lastly, we will discuss techniques to elevate and organize your sketchbook and process. You will leave class with confidence in your new sketching knowledge and a passion to capture life’s moments through drawing.

Guest instructor: Morocco Branting, designer + educator.

No prior experience with drawing or sketching necessary!

SOLD OUT!

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Each season we welcome a guest artist to the studio at Piano Nobile to share a new body of work. This summer Tom Deslongchamp has filled the studio with drawings, including a series of 7 enormous portraits installed in the windows of our printshop.

From huge portraits of animals to startlingly intimate, quiet portraits of friends, Tom’s work is impeccably detailed, earnest, and easy to love.

Please join us to celebrate his work on July 10, when we’ll have a reception in the gallery as well as an interview with Tom about his studio practice, tips for stealthily installing “good boy” graffiti, and more.

Artist’s Reception + Gallery Talk with Artist Tom Desclongchamp | July 10, 6-8pm

Gallery hours at Piano Nobile Studio | M-F 10am - 4pm or Email to make an appointment

info@studiopianonobile.com

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.

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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.

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Learn how to capture delightful impressions of the natural world through minimalist line, ink, and color. Using flowers and natural objects as our subjects, we'll move through a sequence of exercises that build from close observation to personal expression and abstracted drawing techniques — learning how to simplify form, make decisive marks, and use color selectively. We'll focus on expressive, gestural drawing — learning to capture the character of a subject with a loose hand that emphasizes form and light over detail.

Then, we'll take the practice outside, applying these skills in a short outdoor session on the PNA campus before gathering to share our work and observations. Leave with new confidence in drawing from life both inside and outdoors.

Ages 13+

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A family workshop! Create amazing art with shadows! In this workshop, kids and parents will explore the magic of cyanotype printing. This historic art form is fun, kid-safe, and full of creative possibilities for artists of all ages! 

Guest Instructor: Ollie Levy of Whalefern Arts. Seattle based painter, printmaker and nature photographer.

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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.

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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.

Sign up here!

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.

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Join us to celebrate guest artist Mylen Tumaliuan-Huggins.

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.

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Back by popular demand! We will be hosting friends of the studio, Craft Cocktail, on Wednesday April 29th from 6:30 - 8:30pm 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

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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.

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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!

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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

Sign up here!

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.

Sign up here!

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.

Sign up here!