Join us for a dynamic, interactive 3-hour class making botanical paper prints from gelatin plates, aka "Gelli" plates.

This non-toxic form of printmaking utilizes color and texture to create one of a kind (mono)prints. We will print a variety of plants & flowers, while exploring composition development with the use of layering techniques. Gelli printing offers instant access to a form of playful self-expression that helps to develop free associative thinking in a fun and supportive environment.

Join us for some skele-fun making spook-tacular art with your family!

Instructor will lead students in fun Halloween-themed clay project! Learn new clay skills by making goblins, ghouls, and ghosts; build clay jack-o-lanterns; hand-build a Halloween candy dish.

We will then fire and glaze all pieces and let you know when they are ready for pickup, about 2 weeks later. This is a fun way to have beautiful decorations for your home that last a lifetime!

Bring your kid(s), family, and friends!

Each attendee must register separately.

Join us at Studio Arts Boulder's Date Night! Our instructors will get you set up and working together on potters' wheels for a few hours of dirt and fun.

Make a piece, we'll glaze and fire your favorite one, then give you a call when it's ready in about four weeks.

For any additional pieces you would like glazed and fired, there is a $5 fee per piece.

It's good to wear some clothes you can get dirty and shorter nails will be helpful. :)

Each participant will need their own registration to participate.

Clay and tools are included. 

Must be 18+

PLEASE NOTE:

⁃ Date Night tickets are non-refundable. If you need to change or reschedule your reservation, please do so by 5:00pm on the Monday before your scheduled Date Night. No transfers are allowed after 5:00pm on the Monday prior to your Date Night.

⁃ Registrations are not transferable to another person. If you would like to purchase a class on someone’s behalf, the intended registratrant’s information must be provided at the time of registration. 

⁃ Date Night tickets may only be rescheduled one time.

Bind your very own miniature sketchbook with leather covers. This little gem holds your mini colored pencils and fits in your pocket! To begin, students will punch and sew suede leather covers to make slots for the mini pencils. Next we’ll fold signatures of sketchbook paper and sew into the suede spine. Perfect as a gift for the budding artist in your life!

We'll break for lunch.

16+

The Book Arts League is a Colorado-based community of individuals who share an interest in letterpress printing, calligraphy, and bookbinding.

https://www.bookartsleague.org/

Have you always wanted to try printmaking, but didn't know where to start? This series of classes are ideal for those who have limited experience and want a taste of the varied and intricate art of printmaking. You can sign up for one or all 4 of these intro classes.

There will be an instructor demo and hands-on assistance each week. Students will try introductory techniques for each of the following: relief, monotype, and intaglio (in the future, screenprinting will also be included). This will include carving, mixing and rolling ink, and making a successful print.

Night 1: Collagraph - learn how to make a simple collagraph (intaglio) plate by cutting away at the board. Ink is pushed into the grooves to reveal the design, and then printed on the press.

Other Classes in Series:Week 2: Relief; Week 3: Monotype; Week 4: Drypoint

These courses provides a great way to get a real sense of the art of printmaking, and to identify which direction to go next! Come have some fun in our new printmaking studio!

Ages: 16+ 

All supplies and materials will be provided. 

Will be available to register on Monday, September 23 at 8:00am.

Come create custom hooks of various styles for use around your homeand out in your yard. Whether hanging a wreath upon a door, or ahanging flower-basket on your porch, you will learn to shape hooksfrom different weights of steel bar. This beginning level class willcover shop safety, fire management, tools and equipment, andappropriate use of the anvil. Beginners will develop their tapering,bending, twisting, and punching skills. These techniques are a crucialingredient for more advanced blacksmithing projects.

What to Wear in the Metals Studio?  

You must dress safely and appropriately. Arrive for class in all-natural fiber clothing, long pants, and closed-toe, closed-heel shoes with socks that protect up to the ankle. Long hair must be tied back. Nylon, polyester, spandex, or other synthetics are not allowed around machines, equipment, or processes that can produce hot fragments, sparks, or flames. Layers are encouraged, as the studio can be very cold or very hot. 

Welding students are recommended to wear long sleeve shirts to prevent arc-flash burns. Additional protective gear shall be provided as needed. 

Personal Property: 

Personal materials will need to go home with you at the end of each class. We do not provide storage. 

This class takes place at the new Groundworks studio space at 3750 Canfield Street, Boulder, CO.

Ages: 16+ 

All supplies and materials will be provided. 

This class will be available to register on Monday, Sept 23 at 8:00am.

Beginners, intermediates and experts welcomed! 

An opportunity to make the world's most comfortable Adirondack chair. We will be learning everything necessary to building an exceptional project from scratch.  We will use 4/4 rough lumber, laying out the project milling up our parts, using our planer, jointer, table saw, bandsaw, miter saw  and many hand tools, spokeshaves, chisels, carving tools and pyrography (wood burning) equipment. 

Customize it, make it your own, the sky's the limit to how much you would like to adorn your project with pyrography (wood-burning), and or some basic carving. 

Come join us in our brand new state of the art wood shop, let's make wood chips! Join the creative process.

Making things is awesome! 

A list of some of the skills to be acquired

• Safe and proper use of the table saw
• Safe and proper use of the planer and jointer
• Safe and proper use of power miter saw
• The tuning sharpening and use of hand planes
• The proper use of Japanese pull saws
• Sharpening and use of carving tools
• And many more commonly used woodworking tools  

This class takes place at the new Groundworks Art Lab studio space at 3750 Canfield Street, Boulder, CO. 

Ages: 16+ 

All supplies and materials will be provided. 

All Monday and Tuesday classes will be available to register on Monday, Sept 23 at 8:00am. 

Use found objects right out of your recycle bin or off the ground to to build your own plates and learn about the unique and versatile form of printmaking called collagraph.

This class is great for those who have limited experience with Intaglio printmaking, which is printing ink from within the grooves of the plate. Plates are made by either building up, or cutting away, or both, and may incorporate the use of found objects.

There will be a short instructor demo and hands-on assistance each week. Students will try introductory techniques, including making a collagraph plate, mixing and applying ink, and making a print using the press. Come have some fun in our new printmaking studio!

Ages: 16+ 

All supplies and materials will be provided. 

Will be available to register on Monday, September 23 at 8:00am.