Saturday, September 11; 10am–4pm CT
Experience required
Enjoy community in the print studio! Set type, make polymer plates, and print on MCBA’s presses while social distancing. Fee covers ink and solvents; users supply your own paper. Continue reading “Letterpress Lab September 11”
Saturday, September 11; 10am–4pm CT
Experience required
Build your marbling skills! Marbling Lab provides individuals a fully equipped marbling station. Fee covers use of 16×20 inch tanks of carrageenan, rakes, alum, brushes, cups and eye droppers; supply your own Golden Fluid Acrylic paint and paper. Continue reading “Marbling Lab September 11”
Tuesday, September 14; 3–9pm CT
Experience required
Enjoy community in the print studio! Set type, make polymer plates, and print on MCBA’s presses while social distancing. Fee covers ink and solvents; users supply your own paper. Continue reading “Letterpress Lab September 14”
Tuesday, September 14; 3–9pm CT
Experience required
Build your marbling skills! Marbling Lab provides individuals a fully equipped marbling station. Fee covers use of 16×20 inch tanks of carrageenan, rakes, alum, brushes, cups and eye droppers; supply your own Golden Fluid Acrylic paint and paper. Continue reading “Marbling Lab September 14”
Tuesday, September 21; 3–9pm CT
Experience required
Enjoy community in the print studio! Set type, make polymer plates, and print on MCBA’s presses while social distancing. Fee covers ink and solvents; users supply your own paper. Continue reading “Letterpress Lab September 21”
Tuesday, September 21; 6:30–7:30pm CT
Experience required
If you aren’t already trained to use our paper beaters, here is your opportunity! Through hands-on training you will learn the capabilities of each piece of MCBA’s paper beaters, and how to use them correctly and safely. Completion of this training will allow you to rent this equipment and use it independently. Continue reading “Paper Beater Training September 21”
Tuesday, September 21; 3–9pm CT
Experience required
Beat fiber with MCBA’s Reina beater and two Valley beaters. Or, bring prepared paper fiber for sheet-forming. The paper studio has a variety of western-style and eastern-style moulds and deckles for making sheets, two hydraulic presses, plenty of vats and felts with air-drying racks and restraint dryers. The valley beaters hold approximately .75 lb. (dry fiber or half stuff); the Reina holds up to 2 lbs. dry fiber (half-stuff only). Continue reading “Papermaking Lab September 21”
Tuesday, September 28; 6:30–7:30pm CT
If you aren’t already trained to use our cutting equipment, here is your opportunity! Through hands-on training you will learn the capabilities of each piece of MCBA’s bindery cutting equipment, and how to use them correctly and safely. Completion of this training will allow you to rent this equipment and use it independently.
Continue reading “Cutting Equipment Training September 28”
Tuesday, September 28; 3–9pm CT
Experience required
Enjoy community in the print studio! Set type, make polymer plates, and print on MCBA’s presses while social distancing. Fee covers ink and solvents; users supply your own paper. Continue reading “Letterpress Lab September 28”
Tuesday, September 28; 3-9pm CT
Experience required
Prep screens, expose, and print in MCBA’s darkroom and printing studio, and enjoy the fellowship of other artists. Fee covers screen use and emulsion; supply your own ink and paper. Continue reading “Screen Printing Lab September 28”
Saturday, October 2; 10am–4pm CT
Experience required
Enjoy community in the print studio! Set type, make polymer plates, and print on MCBA’s presses while social distancing. Fee covers ink and solvents; users supply your own paper. Continue reading “Letterpress Lab October 2”
Saturday, October 2; 10am–4pm CT
Experience required
Build your marbling skills! Marbling Lab provides individuals a fully equipped marbling station. Fee covers use of 16×20 inch tanks of carrageenan, rakes, alum, brushes, cups and eye droppers; supply your own Golden Fluid Acrylic paint and paper. Continue reading “Marbling Lab October 2”
Tuesday, October 5; 3–9pm CT
Experience required
Enjoy community in the print studio! Set type, make polymer plates, and print on MCBA’s presses while social distancing. Fee covers ink and solvents; users supply your own paper. Continue reading “Letterpress Lab October 5”
Tuesday, October 5; 3–9pm CT
Experience required
Build your marbling skills! Marbling Lab provides individuals a fully equipped marbling station. Fee covers use of 16×20 inch tanks of carrageenan, rakes, alum, brushes, cups and eye droppers; supply your own Golden Fluid Acrylic paint and paper. Continue reading “Marbling Lab October 5”
Tuesday, October 12; 3–9pm CT
Experience required
Enjoy community in the print studio! Set type, make polymer plates, and print on MCBA’s presses while social distancing. Fee covers ink and solvents; users supply your own paper. Continue reading “Letterpress Lab October 12”
