Upcoming Events
February 2025
Equilibrium: The Influence of Caretaking on Printmaking Practices
Constellation Studios
February 07, 2025
06:00 p.m. – 09:00p.m. CST
First Friday Reception February 7 Join in for an Instagram Live at 7pm during the reception Artists: Blake Sanders, Cape Girardeau, Missouri Hannah March Sanders, Cape Girardeau, Missouri Kristen Martincic, Columbia, Missouri Laura Berman, Kansas City, Missouri Liz Ferrill, Snowmass Village, Colorado Taryn McMahon, Kent, Ohio Serhat Tanyolacar, Tampa, Florida Susan Martin, Raleigh, North Carolina…
$0.00
Make Your Own Seed Paper
Constellation Studios
February 11, 2025
06:30 p.m. – 09:00p.m. CST
This specially made paper will have inclusions of seeds, that enable the paper to be planted come spring. Make a Valentine or a Kindness Action give away. We will print a letterpress design on the paper too!
$65.00
March 2025
Papermaking with Hannah Demma
Constellation Studios
March 08, 2025
10:00 a.m. – 03:00p.m. CST
Make beautiful handmade paper with fun and experimental ways to add interest, designs, multi-colors. Learn about the beater and various kinds of pulp. Various approaches to the paper sheets inspire use of stencils, inclusions, multi color veils, and pulp painting. Hannah teaches all with high energy, experience and fun! https://www.hannahdemma.com/
$150.00
The Clamshell Box and the Casebound Book
Constellation Studios
March 24, 2025
06:30 p.m. – 09:00p.m. CST
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
April 2025
Mokuhanga – Japanese Watercolor Woodblock Printmaking
Constellation Studios
April 12, 2025
10:00 a.m. – 04:00p.m. CST
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 with a worldwide aesthetic phenomenon. Work…
$90.00
Rubber Stamp Carving & Printing with Toan Vuong
Constellation Studios
April 26, 2025
01:00 p.m. – 04:00p.m. CST
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 realistic narrative. Suitable for all skill…
$45.00
May 2025
Flock: A Collaborative Community Project, with Rachel Simmons
Constellation Studios
May 03, 2025
01:00 p.m. – 05:00p.m. CST
Free Participation 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 perceptions of the natural world. The Flock collaboration will be…
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June 2025
Journal bookbinding and “Journaling – How-to”
Constellation Studios
June 22, 2025
01:00 p.m. – 04:00p.m. CST
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 using the journal with…
$60.00
July 2025
Botanical-Eco Printing Workshop
Constellation Studios
July 08, 2025
01:00 p.m. – 05:00p.m. CST
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 from our natural environment….
$65.00
Woodblock Studio – Working Together
Constellation Studios
July 08, 2025
06:30p.m. – 10:00p.m.
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