A creative, multimedia approach to enhancing old, abandoned prints can extend the life of unfinished prints.
New ways to continue working on old prints are demonstrated with the intention of taking risks in order to let go of judgment and results. Additional layers of paint, pen and ink, drawing, stamping, sewing, water-colored pencils, water-color crayons, and collage are encouraged.
The additions to your print need to be taken from your own work. Stamps need to be your own design. Please do not bring any decorative papers or magazines.
Class discussions and demonstrations center on methods and materials used in the creative process. The instructor and students are encouraged to offer material suggestions or share what they bring when appropriate.
This is not a formal class; instruction will not be given. We share techniques and our work.
Bring whatever materials you think you’ll want to supplement BARN materials listed. For example: acrylic paint, sumi inks, crayons, colored pencils, graphic pencils of a particular kind, scissors you like using, stencils, drawing pad, etc.
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BARN is committed to accessibility. Tuition assistance is available. Fill out the application before registering.
For those who might need physical assistance, learn more about our Companion Program.
Virginia Davison - While she began her artistic career in college as a painter, she found her voice carving plaster by graduation. For the next 25 years, Virginia carved alabaster and marble and became an avid gardener, working the land around her two-acre parcel on Bainbridge. After her two kids graduated college, she reinvented herself again by taking classes at Pratt in collage and printmaking. Her years since 2007 have been devoted to these art forms. She has shown her work locally at the Bainbridge Library, Grace Church, Blackbird Bakery, the Big Art Studio on Day Road, and the BARN Bazaar.
Join us as we design, carve, and block print our very own personalized Valentine's Day cards.
Design and carve a heart relief block to print for your very own Valentine's Day card(s). You can make multiple cards with just one heart, repeating hearts, and maybe even partner with a fellow classmate(s) to share each others’ blocks, creating a design mash-up–the artists’ version of exchanging Valentines. We will be using a block substrate that is much easier on the hands than linoleum or wood can be, so hand strength shouldn’t be an impediment. Join us!
You will design, carve, and print a Valentine's Day card or cards.
Materials students should bring:
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Christa Schoenbrodt is founder and owner of Studio Haus, a thriving design studio for more than 25 years. Much of Christa’s career has involved paper so it’s only natural that it’s also part of her personal exploration of art. She is motivated by a curiosity to explore various forms of media and a pursuit for beauty. A question she often repeats to herself starts with “What if…” and ends with a new creative outlet. She can be found experimenting her way through mediums of paper sculpture, printmaking, and fiber arts - at times individually and, at other times, all at once. She loves being a member of the BARN community!
Learn how to use the C&P Tabletop Press and set wood type and ornaments as we make a run of Valentine's Day cards.
You will use wood type, ornaments, and/or cuts to create your design. We'll then go over locking the type securely in a chase and how to load it into the press. After printing, you'll trim and score your prints to letter size. Envelopes will be included and we will be trading prints, so you will go home with an assortment of your, and your classmates' work.
You will create a variety of letterpress Valentine cards.
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Eli Backer is an artist, composer, and engineer who works in a wide range of media and is constantly making. A Bainbridge native, she holds an MFA in glass from the Rhode Island School of Design, and a bachelor's in computer engineering from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. Her work can be found in the Cynthia Sears Artist’s Books Collection at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, at the Center for Book Arts in NYC, and at the Fleet Library in Providence, R.I. She finds setting type and working with the presses quite meditative.
This class has prerequisites. Please see the description below before registering.
With your introductory level of linocut printmaking skills in your tool-box, it’s time to take it to the next level! This class explores several linocut printmaking techniques you can use to create multi-color relief prints.
Jigsaw Printmaking:
Using one linoleum block to create multi-color prints by cutting the block into sections, inking each section individually, and then piecing them back together to run through the press.
Multi-Block Printmaking:
Using more than one linoleum block to create multi-layer prints.
Registration Techniques:
Learning how to make sure your blocks and paper line up perfectly!
We talk about several techniques and use Ternes-Burton pins for registration.
Selective Inking Techniques:
Inking different colors on one block
Rainbow rolls and gradients
We will carve on unmounted ‘Battleship Gray Linoleum’ printing blocks and printing on Somerset Satin paper with Cranfield Caligo Safe Wash inks.
Instructor Bio:
Kathryn Anderson - An artist, printmaker and Tacoma resident, Kathryn studied at The Art Students League in Manhattan, N.Y., and was a Fine Arts Printmaking major at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, N.Y. She sells her work internationally and is represented by two galleries in Washington state.
She is most inspired by the natural world, and many of her works show the influence of her gardening, bird watching, and excursions into the wild.
Kathryn’s work focuses mainly on printmaking, specifically linocut and etching. This work is her passion.
Website (Portfolio): https://www.ktastudio.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kathy.traxler.anderson
Valentine’s Day is coming so let’s create paper sculpture(s) for yourself or that special someone in your life.
Use quilling and paper sculpture to create hearts and/or flowers that can become wall hangings, garlands, or ornaments. It’s up to your imagination!
Small-scale paper sculptures are the focus for this class. Lightweight papers are easiest to work with and shape but we can also explore some lighter cover stock.
You create hearts and flowers for wall hangings, garlands, or ornaments using quilling and paper sculpture.
Some of these will be available for the class but bring your own if you’d like:
Fine motor skills, good vision, and a love for paper are all that are necessary.
Christa Schoenbrodt is founder and owner of Studio Haus, a thriving design studio for more than 25 years. Much of Christa’s career has involved paper so it’s only natural that it’s also part of her personal exploration of art. She is motivated by a curiosity to explore various forms of media and a pursuit for beauty. A question she often repeats to herself starts with “What if…” and ends with a new creative outlet. She can be found experimenting her way through mediums of paper sculpture, printmaking and fiber arts—at times individually and other times all at once. She loves being a member of the BARN community!
Teens (7th-12th grade), come on down to BARN for a free evening of art, friends, music, and creativity! You're not going to want to miss it. We'll have pizza and snacks and you'll get to choose from activities like cooking, woodworking, sewing, jewelry making, metal working, and more - every month is a different lineup. Come with a friend or come on your own and meet new friends!
Teen Night is so popular that we're now requiring registration to ensure that there's enough food and activities for everyone!
We're grateful to the City of Bainbridge Island for their financial support so we can offer this event for teens in our community!
Discover ways to generate ideas and how to use bindings and structures to express them.
Learning different book structures and bindings is fun and satisfying. But sometimes we want to move beyond the blank book and incorporate meaningful content. This workshop will help you find ways to generate ideas and ways to incorporate them into different bindings.
We begin with some simple exercises, using writing and idea prompts. Then we edit and winnow them down to their essentials and look at different bindings and structures to express those ideas. Time permitting prior to the workshop, you receive some simple tasks via email to provide some initial fodder to work with.
MJ Linford has been an artist for over 50 years, and has been binding books for most of those years. She made her first bound book at age 16, and still has it in her collection. MJ has had extensive training in bookbinding, pop-up and movable structures, both at the University of Washington and a variety of seminars, workshops and courses over the past 40 years. Her limited edition books are in libraries, museums and private collections all over the United States. Examples of her work can be seen at www.badgirlpress.com.
For those who have completed beginning and intermediate linocut printing, it's time to build on those techniques.
Now that you have learned the basics of linocut printmaking and learned some new techniques in the intermediate class, it's time to have some FUN!
We will review some of the previous techniques and explore some new paths. You can choose which of these listed techniques you'd like to explore.
These techniques will be reviewed:
Additional techniques to be explored:
Kathryn Anderson is an artist, printmaker and Tacoma resident who studied at The Art Students League in Manhattan, N.Y., and was a fine arts printmaking major at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, N.Y. She sells her work internationally and is represented by two galleries in Washington state.
She is most inspired by the natural world, and many of her works show the influence of her gardening, bird watching, and excursions into the wild. Kathryn’s work focuses mainly on printmaking, specifically linocut and etching. This work is her passion.
Begin the process of gaining fob access to the Print Studio with this class for beginning printmakers or those who need a refresher.
This is a thorough introduction to the process and tools essential for becoming a printmaker and using the studio.
During the first session, learn the steps and tools for setting up a work station, using and caring for the Takash Press, working with Etching (oil-based) Inks, where to find materials such as paper and brayers (small hand rollers), and cleaning up. The instructor will demonstrate the essential tasks necessary for a new student to understand and feel comfortable using the studio and its equipment requirements.
In the second session is a time to ask questions about process, and practice what was demonstrated in the first session.
This class is open to all who are interested in learning to become a printmaker, or for someone who needs a refresher course after being away from Printmaking for many years. It is also geared to be specific to printmaking in the BARN Print Studio. It is a required first step towards fob access and becoming qualified to work independently in the studio. This class does not cover any training or information about the Book arts or Letterpress studios. These other two studios have their own comprehensive introductory classes.
The next step is practicing during Open Studios until skills in the Checklist for Printmaking can be demonstrated. Monitors are available in open studios to answer questions and help new students, and make the final call about when you're ready for independent, fob access. You can sign up for open studios as long as you need, until you feel ready for fob access.
This is a skills class to be able to use the studio independently.
Any materials needed will be provided.
Virginia Davison began her artistic career in college as a painter, and upon graduation, found her calling in sculpture, specifically stone carving. Starting in 1980 and for the next 25 years, she worked mostly in alabaster and marble. While raising her two children she also found time to garden; after all, this is Bainbridge Island, a garden paradise. Once her kids graduated from college and launched their careers, Virginia began taking classes at Pratt Art School in Seattle, in both collage and printmaking. Since 2007, Virginia has devoted herself to gardening as well as collage and printmaking. She has shown her work locally at the Bainbridge Library, Grace Church, Blackbird Bakery, the Big Art Studio on Day Road, and the BARN Bazaar.
Join other printmakers. book artists, and letterpress artists sharing and discussing your work.
Come share your work and get inspired by other printmaking, book arts, and letterpress artists in our community! All levels are welcome. Bring two or three pieces of your work and be prepared to talk about your process and answer questions about your work in this safe and supportive atmosphere.
Both BARN members and non-members are welcome. Artists of other disciplines also are invited to come to observe and enjoy the artistic talent of our local printmakers.
Virginia Davison began her artistic career as a painter in college, and upon graduation, found her calling in sculpture, specifically stone carving. Starting in 1980 and for the next 25 years, she worked mostly in alabaster and marble. While raising her two children she also found time to garden. Once her kids graduated from college and launched their careers, Virginia began taking classes at Pratt Art School in Seattle, in collage and printmaking. Since 2007, she has devoted herself to gardening as well as collage and printmaking. She has shown her work locally at the Bainbridge Library, Grace Church, Blackbird Bakery, the Big Art Studio on Day Road, and the BARN Bazaar.
Make a creative writers/artists idea prompt box with six different kinds of prompts.
Most of us have experienced writers' block at some time, but his box can help get your creative juices flowing ... or simply having fun with new writing ideas!
Writers' prompt boxes and books often give you only one way to create ideas, but this box gives you six. It’s compact and easy to travel with, as well.
In this class, you make all of the writing tools needed to inspire artist books, great novels, short stories, poems, and more. We have fun assembling the various materials and making slip covers and boxes for them, all fitted into a metal tin measuring 4”x6”x 3.” Learn how to make simple boxes, envelopes, single-signature books, and slip covers, and be able to use those skills for other personal projects. This box makes a great gift, and extra kits will be available at cost.
Students will make and take home an artist/writer idea prompt kit in a metal box that has six different ways to generate ideas for their next projects.
The kit contains:
The materials for this course are simple and will be supplied - decorative card stock, double-stick tape, basic tools, and cutting mats. The instructor will supply pattern pieces, cards, and materials.
Explore the fives stages of the creative processand apply it to printmaking.
You will explore the five stages of the creative process and apply it to printmaking. These steps will help you get inspired and learn new techniques–empowering you to kick-start your creative process.
We will learn about the 5 stages of the creative process while exploring printmaking. These steps will help us get inspired, discover and learn new techniques all while empowering us with the critical thinking needed when being creative
Students will use printmaking to explore the 5 stages of the creative process.
There is a $30 materials fee included in the cost of the class.
Students are encouraged to bring whatever sketchbook or drawings they have been working on and whatever drawing tools they prefer. Class Policies
Lauren Campbell has established herself as a prolific artist in the Pacific Northwest. Lauren has been featured locally at the Poulsbo Art Festival and The Bar at Cafe Hitchcock. Shortly after completing her printmaking studies at the University of Washington, Lauren became involved with the BARN, where she has taught during the Teen Night programs. Visit her work at Laurencampbellartist.com.
Combine your textile design and book-making skills to make a book in this live-streamed workshop.
Print, stitch, and construct books out of fabric. Learn how to color fabrics with ink, and create your own imagery on fabric using stencils and embroidery.
Mending stitches, which add fabulous texture and interest to textile pages, is taught. If time allows, transfer techniques are demonstrated and may be deconstructed and reconstructed to create layering and visual interest.
You learn three different structures that work well for textile books - accordion, Japanese side sewn binding, and pamphlet stitch. Each class includes digital slide shows with images for inspiration.
The use of recycled and reused fabrics is very much encouraged in this workshop. No sewing experience is necessary. This workshop will focus on hand stitching but you may include machine sewing in your piece if you wish
A book with a rich personal narrative reflecting its maker.
Jody Alexander is a mixed media artist who lives and works in Santa Cruz and Penn Valley, Calif. She combines textiles, paper, found items, and imagery to create books, objects, wall pieces, garments, and installations. Her current work is inspired by the art of repair, reuse, and imagery and stories encountered in her travels and everyday. Be inspired by her website: http://jodyalexander.com/
Find the FUN in drawing fundamentals and, with professional materials, take your drawing skills up a notch.
Each week is a new drawing adventure as we cover drawing concepts such as light, value, shading, and line with professional drawing materials. A drawing exploration of gesture, observation, and experimentation nurtures every skill set from beginner to advanced.
Students will create a sample drawing portfolio including a still-life drawing from observation, gesture drawings, and a final drawing that explores light and shadow. All work will be done on paper with professional drawing materials.
Students can bring drawing materials from home to experiment with, but we will have materials for them to use.
Eileen Wold received her MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art and her BA in Studio Art from Loyola University, Maryland. She studied painting at the Art Academy of Leuven, Belgium, and has taught university studio art and critical theory courses for more than 15 years.
Wold has exhibited and lectured at galleries, universities, and museums across the country and was featured on PBS Arts Beat for her Empty Waters project exploring the health of the Chesapeake Bay. She was a teaching artist-in-residence at The Kreeger Museum in Washington, D.C., and recently was awarded a Bainbridge Arts and Humanities Individual Artist Grant for her Arctic series.
Take watercolor painting to a whole new level with this experimental class for all skill levels.
Adding plastic wrap, salt, and rubbing alcohol to paint? Yes! In this class, students will master the elusive medium of watercolor as we progress from experimentation studies to a complete composition. We will cover the unique abilities of this fun and challenging art medium. Students will learn to stretch watercolor paper like a canvas and explore more than a dozen watercolor painting techniques.
"You have to know how to use the accident, how to recognize it, how to control it." - Helen Frankenthaler
Students can bring materials from home to experiment with, but we will have materials for them to use.
Class Policies
