Workshops & Events
Letterpress 2: Setting Type (December)
This in-person letterpress workshop focuses on setting metal type and building familiarity with printing on the Vandercook press.
Paper Fiber Images: Blow-Outs & Pulp Painting
In this in-person workshop, explore blowouts and pulp painting, image-making techniques that use stencils and stencil resists to create colorful and repeatable images in your paper.
Box Building: Clamshell Boxes
In this in-person workshop, create a small clamshell box to fit a deck of cards.
Digital File Preparation for Screen Printing
This virtual workshop is a guide to using Photoshop for screen printing, including converting grayscale images to halftones, using threshold filters for easy posterization, and other tips and tricks.
Marbling Focus: Stone & Moire
This in-person workshop focuses on honing skills needed to marble stone and moire patterns.
Letterpress 2: Setting Type (January)
This in-person letterpress workshop focuses on setting metal type and building familiarity with printing on the Vandercook press.
Hardcover Exposed Sewn Binding
In this virtual workshop, learn how to create a beautiful hardcover binding using leather or cloth for the spine, and paper for the cover boards.
Letterpress 3: Two-Color Prints (January)
Letterpress 3: Two-Color Prints focuses on printing multiple layers and building printers’ confidence using Vandercook presses through practice.
Mini Marbling
Experience the patterns and designs you know and love, but now at a smaller scale.
Paper Marbling: Patterns 2
Mastering the figure-8 and complex waves is essential for every marbler's toolkit.
Letterpress 2: Setting Type (September)
This in-person letterpress workshop offers an introduction to MCBA’s print studio—including key equipment, tools, and terminology—in addition to an opportunity to experience the satisfaction of printing a message through the hands-on process of letterpress printing.
Hand-Lettering 2: Composition & Balance
Building on the fundamentals of drawing letters and short words in Hand-Lettering 1: Art of Letters (previously called The Art of Hand-Lettering), this follow-up workshop focuses on working with multiple words and phrases.
Paper Marbling: Patterns 1
Designed for those with prior marbling experience, you'll explore classical patterns, including the get-gal nonpareil and its variations.