Upcoming Events
March 2025
The Clamshell Box and the Casebound Book
Constellation Studios
March 24, 2025
06:30 p.m. – 09:00p.m. CDT
March 24-25-26, MonTuesWed, 6:30-9:00pm Our goal is the traditional hard-bound book structure that holds a text block sewn with the French-linking stitch. Beautiful bookcloth covers the book, which is then fitted for the elegant and functional clamshell box to house this specially made book.
$80.00 4 Available
April 2025
Mokuhanga – Japanese Watercolor Woodblock Printmaking
Constellation Studios
April 12, 2025
10:00 a.m. – 04:00p.m. CDT
April 12-13, Sat & Sun, 10:00-4:00 Experience the beautiful technique of Japanese style design and woodblock carving. Printing is by hand with the baren and gives delicate color effects and gradient blending. Multiple blocks are planned to line up with the kento registration system. Keeping it “simple” will give us an introduction and cultural engagement…
$90.00
Rubber Stamp Carving & Printing with Toan Vuong
Constellation Studios
April 26, 2025
01:00 p.m. – 04:00p.m. CDT
April 26-27, Sat & Sun 1:00-4:00pm Create hand carved relief blocks to print on paper in this introductory workshop. Learn about how simple shapes can tesselate to create unique patterned papers, and stamping can accumulate for readable images with shadows and details. Toan has developed his stamp-printed works with humor and social commentary inside the…
$45.00 7 Available
May 2025
Flock: A Collaborative Community Project, with Rachel Simmons
Constellation Studios
May 03, 2025
01:00 p.m. – 05:00p.m. CDT
Free Participation In Residence May 3 thru May 7, more info TBA Join in creating our own lexicon of birds – printing a variety of bird shapes, sizes, colorations, and wild patterning….natural and beyond! Rachel is a dynamic leader and inspiring teacher (https://www.rachelsimmons.net/ ) who brings her passion for sharing and gathering ideas on our…
$0.00
June 2025
Color Woodcut Printmaking with Karen Kunc
Constellation Studios
June 09, 2025
09:00 a.m. – 06:00p.m. CDT
June 9 – 13, Mon-Fri, 9:00am – 6:00pm For all levels This intensive, exciting workshop will awaken the possibilities for the woodcut printing process for the beginning and advanced printmaker. This approach is not technically tradition-bound…but inventive, with contemporary, creative methods, that can be spontaneous, simple and direct. This expressive medium will be introduced and…
$600.00 9 Available
Journal bookbinding and “Journaling – How-to”
Constellation Studios
June 22, 2025
01:00 p.m. – 04:00p.m. CDT
June 22, Sunday 1:00-4:00 Make your own handbound journal book that brings a historical binding into your hands. This journal will have covered boards of decorative paper or cloth, and sections will be sewn with linen threads. The inside pages hold space for collage elements, rubber stamping designs, and found ephemera. Then we launch into…
$60.00 7 Available
July 2025
Botanical-Eco Printing Workshop
Constellation Studios
July 08, 2025
01:00 p.m. – 05:00p.m. CDT
July 19, Saturday 1:00-5:00pm At the height of summer, now it a great opportunity to test the abundance of leaves and flowers, as we bundle then steam out their impressions onto paper and fabric. We build on knowledge with an experimental approach. For beginners and those with experience, we will discover and appreciate new affects…
$65.00 7 Available
Woodblock Studio – Working Together
Constellation Studios
July 08, 2025
06:30p.m. – 10:00p.m.
July 8-15-22, Tuesdays 6:30-10:00pm We can spark each other with a collaborative and encouraging woodcut practice, with guidance and outcomes, that builds our community of artists. For beginners and those with experience – all welcome. Supplies & tools will be available at the studio for purchase or bring your own.
$20.00 10 Available
August 2025
The Altered Book
Constellation Studios
August 15, 2025
01:00 p.m. – 04:00p.m. CDT
August 15-16-17, FriSatSun, 1:00-4:00 This workshop will “reverse engineer” a ‘found book’ to make an art piece that plays with its content and other bookish ideas….text deconstruction, inclusion/collage/painting/drawing, theatrical staging/narrative, openings/closings, diary revelations/personalities. We want to build on our love of the book and be challenged by the book as object. Join in!
$60.00 10 Available