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Papermaking Lab
Beat fiber with MCBA’s Reina beater and two Valley beaters. Or, bring prepared paper fiber for sheet-forming.
Cutting Equipment Orientation
If you aren't already trained to use our cutting equipment, here is your opportunity!
Intuition Lab: Ekphrastic Collage
In this generative virtual workshop, reach beyond text and image as illustration and description and learn how to respond to poetry or other written art with…
Budgeting and Pricing Your Artist’s Books
In this virtual workshop, we’ll take a detailed look at the various financial parts of making and publishing artists’ books, including budgeting, tracking…
Four-Flap Box
The four-flap box—sometimes called a "phase" box—is a fantastic structure used to protect a book from wear and tear.
Printing on the Handpress
250 years ago, printers composed and inked type to print the first copy of the Declaration of Independence on a handpress.
Phežúta Mniȟúha: Medicine Paper
This in-person workshop explores the incorporation of traditional Indigenous plant material with papermaking processes.
Woodcut Printmaking for Beginners: October
Experience the process of relief printing while carving and printing your own design in this in-person workshop.
Beyond the Book: Book Repair
Join us for Beyond the Book featuring Ethiopic codices from the Hill Museum and Manuscript Library (HMML).
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.
Bookbinding Lab
Bookbinding Lab provides access to basic binding tools, hot foil stamping machines, buttonmaker, and large tables.
Screen Print Lab
Prep screens and print in MCBA's darkroom and screen print studio while enjoying the fellowship of other artists.
Cutting Equipment Lab
Cut paper and book board using MCBA’s cutting equipment.
Papermaking Lab
Beat fiber with MCBA’s Reina beater and two Valley beaters. Or, bring prepared paper fiber for sheet-forming.
Letterpress Lab
Set type, make polymer plates, and print on MCBA’s presses.
Selling and Distributing Your Artist's Books
Designed to demystify the often hidden administrative and social labor costs of making artists’ books, this virtual workshop will take an in-depth look at the…
Drum Leaf Binding
The drum leaf binding—developed by Tim Ely—is a simple yet elegant design that uses folio pages printed on one side and not sewn through the fold.
Letterpress 2: Setting Type (October)
This in-person letterpress workshop focuses on setting metal type and building familiarity with printing on the Vandercook press.
Hand-Lettering 1: Art of Letters (October)
In this in-person workshop, you'll discover hand-lettering techniques through a guided approach to drawing letters and short words, and walk away with a poster…
Watermarks & Assemblage with Handmade Paper
In this in-person workshop, learn foundational skills in bookbinding while making three book structures: pamphlet binding (single- and double-section), slotted…
Introduction to Hand Bookbinding: Weekend
In this in-person workshop, learn foundational skills in bookbinding while making three book structures: pamphlet binding (single- and double-section), slotted…
Papermaking Lab
Beat fiber with MCBA’s Reina beater and two Valley beaters. Or, bring prepared paper fiber for sheet-forming.
Bookbinding Lab
Bookbinding Lab provides access to basic binding tools, hot foil stamping machines, buttonmaker, and large tables.
Cutting Equipment Lab
Cut paper and book board using MCBA’s cutting equipment.