Class Overview - All Levels Create cyanotypes; those lovely indigo images made from nature or from film negatives on rusted and tea stained papers resulting in unique pages. Day 1, participants will be learning techniques as well as compiling notes on...

This class focuses on the wealth of capitals that are at our disposal when we decide to draw or build up our letters. Starting with a basic skeleton alphabet in pencil, Yves will guide you step-by-step as you blow life into your letters, making them...

Class Overview - All Levels All that you need to know about marbling on paper and fabric (silk and cotton). Also we’ll talk about working with metallic paint (on paper) and how to create your own book cloth. We’ll discuss color theory and...

Class Overview - All Levels The secretary box features one large bottom drawer, two recessed diagonal drawers, and three niches within a hatch top opening. The box is entirely covered with marbled fabric, dimensions: 10 inches wide, 7 inches deep, and 6...

Class Overview - All Levels We’ll explore at least 10 deceptively simple book arts projects, many of which begin with one sheet of paper transformed into multi-faceted structures, that can become the basis for artist’s books or engaging...

Class Overview - All Levels The Sewn Board Binding is one of the most versatile and user friendly structures in the book arts field, both for binders and the book’s end users. In this class students will learn the basics the binding, then explore...

Class Overview - All Levels Join us for an immersive three days, discovering the captivating fusion of block printing and bookbinding. This creative journey empowers you to craft sculptural books that uniquely tell your story. Experience the meditative...

Class Overview - All Levels Think back to the last time you picked up a movable card. You moved the mechanism back and forth, soothed and satisfied by the movement. You wished there was a collective noun for movable cards. Well, there is! Join paper...

Class Overview - All Levels In the 1960’s, Bronx-based Child Guidance Books published a series that exploits a unique mechanical approach to animation: a self-pulling mechanism— integrated into the binding—that causes figures to dance...

Class Overview - All Levels Get in touch with the land & printmaking! We’ll start by gathering Northwest native plant cuttings around campus. We’ll then roll on black oil-based ink on the cuttings with a brayer, and hand print on Japanese...

Class Overview - All Levels Nengajo is a traditional custom in Japan, making and sending New Year’s postcards to friends and family, with best wishes and images of the Chinese zodiac animal of the coming year. Learn relief printmaking techniques...

Class Overview - All Levels How do those super-creative individuals that come up with new book structures do it? This workshop will help you understand the thought process. We will examine—through demonstration, discussion, and...

Class Overview - All Levels We will explore the structural properties of woven and interlocked paper through the construction of 3 to 4 non-adhesive binding structures including a multisignature structure sewn on paper straps woven into a slotted paper...

Class Overview - All Skill Levels This class is for both beginning and experienced students. It will cover the techniques of a script developed by Gwen Weaver, who passed away on September 19, 2013. Gwen had a great love for the pointed pen, which led...

Class Overview - All Skill Levels In this class, you will learn about one of the most popular calligraphic hands, Gothicized Italic. Characterized by its rhythmic vibrancy, this lively script uses the compactness and energy of medieval Blackletter and...

Class Overview - Intermediate In this class, we will go through a brief history of monograms where I will present periods and styles. We will sketch a handful of monograms, draw script monograms, and draft a more elaborate piece that can be finished in...

Class Overview - All Skill Levels This class is perfect for the calligrapher who creates (or wants to create) wedding invitations and all the pieces included in an invitation suite. I’ll share my step-by-step process from sketching to inking, and...

Class Overview - All Skill Levels Tap into the power of sketching! Sketching is not only a handy tool to have in your creative repertoire, but it also can be a beautiful art form itself. We will focus on pen, ink, and watercolor techniques to create both...

Class Overview - Intermediate The more flourishes, the better! This class goes one step further from the “Flourished Capitals” class, adding even more swirls and flourished strokes to make these letters really pop off the page! Great as a...

Class Overview - All Skill Levels Edward Johnston brought back the study of calligraphy with his “Foundational Hand” based on Carolingian minuscule. For many decades, this hand has been the guide for many generations of calligraphers, and in...