Workshops are held at Mainframe (Studio 226) 900 Keo Way, Des Moines, View Map. Parking is available on the lower level at the back of the building, in the lot South of the building, or on the street. Pre-registration is required.
Private instruction is available by appointment. You will receive intense one-on-one instruction on the subject you request. $60.00/hour. Customized group sessions or parties can be arranged. Contact me with your ideas.
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ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, GO! Workshop
(Make your mark)
June 6, 8, 13, & 15 Tues. and Thurs. 9:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
$150.00 Plus $25.00 for materials (Registration deadline is Midnight June 1st.)
Make Your Mark
This class focuses on using unconventional marks as inspiration for your art journaling. You will make a variety of mark-making tools and brushes, and then test them—first in black on white, then with added color. You can explore and expand your own ways of making marks, be inventive with what you use, and see what you can discover. Gather it all together in a special book to keep your ideas from getting lost.
Making Marks
Mark Making Tools
FAUX BAMBOO JAPANESE BINDING Workshop
July 8th Saturday 10:15 a.m.- 3:00 p.m.
$100.00 includes everything you need. (Bring a sack lunch)
(Registration deadline is Midnight June 1st.)
Faux Bamboo Japanese Binding
Learn a traditional craft and explore a new way to use recycled materials in your art with this fun and creative workshop.
Join us to discover the beauty of one-stroke bamboo painting and classic Japanese binding.
Faux Bamboo
Faux Bamboo - Open
INTRODUCTION TO BOOKBINDING Workshop
September 16th Saturday 12:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.
$90.00 Includes everything you need.
(Registration deadline is Midnight Sept. 13th)
Introduction To Bookbinding
This four-hour workshop allows adults 16 and up to try out the craft of bookbinding with an experienced instructor. Students will produce a small book for personal use while gaining basic knowledge of the materials and tools used in bookbinding.
Book Bindings
TWO SKETCH BOOKS WORKSHOP
May 12 10:15 a.m. — 4 p.m.
$125 includes everything you’ll need. Bring a sack lunch.
Two Sketch Books
Now that Spring has arrived, it’s time to get out there and do some sketches. Find inspiration in sprouting gardens and the lush green country-side. You will make two sketch books. One provides pages that adapt to different formats. The other features watercolor paper postcards that can be removed for mailing.
Watercolor Sketch Book
Folded Sketch Book
Registration Closed
TEGUMENTUM SPADIX WORKSHOP
Limp Binding with Direct Tacketing
April 15 10:15 a.m. — 4 p.m.
$125 includes everything you’ll need. Bring a sack lunch.
Tegumentum Spadix
The original of this book, bound in 1364, was a register of membership, regulations, and chronicles dealing with the village of Tallinn, Estonia. The covers are parchment and the paper book block consists of 336 pages in seven sections. It is sewn with direct tacketing using parchment strips through exterior leather supports, and held closed with a hand-made hook and eye.
Instead of a parchment cover, our model will use imitation parchment made by manipulating and painting various papers.
Registration Closed
Tegumentum Spadix
Tegumentum Spadix
Map to Mainframe Studio
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Payment Policies
Pre-registration for workshops and classes is required, along with full payment.
Tuition and fees are non-refundable and non-transferable to other learning experiences, but you can give your spot to a friend.