All upcoming Studio Arts: Other Media classes

If you appreciate the beauty of book forms as three-dimensional art and love collage, this class is for you. Learn different ways to create simple handmade books, including drum leaf binding, accordion (concertina), and types that use pamphlet and other simple stitching. Add a personal touch of creativity by integrating your own materials such as photos, found papers, and leftover gel prints.

Create three different fibula pins, with a variety of bead and wire embellishments. The fibula is a versatile pin that can be straightforward or whimsical and has interchangeable components to match your favorite sweater or scarf.

The elegance of hand-lettered calligraphy is unmatched by machine. This class gives students a chance to learn the basics of this graceful and stylish art in a relaxed, supportive setting.

Learn the techniques needed to create fine mosaic jewelry as you make silver-plated mosaic pendants using mosaic gold, smalti, semiprecious stones, stained glass, and millefiori.

Explore the many creative ways to work with paper and make personal storybooks by hand. Participants build and bind several books using standard bookmaking papers and thread as well as unusual materials such as manila folders and matchboxes.

Bring your beaded creations to the next level with multi-strand clasps, cones, and spacers to create multi-strand designs with strung beads and decorative finishing.

Harness your imagination to create writing instruments with common household items and found objects in nature. In-class exercises are geared toward experimental calligraphy, mark making, and spontaneity.