Lino-cut Tote with Nikki Jabbora-Barber

Bring home your own uniquely designed tote bag!

Participants will carve their own shapes out of speedy carve (a specialty printmaking material) and hand-print a repeated pattern with their own mixed colors on a canvas tote bag. Class participants will get one on one assistance in designing and carving their own stamps to be printed in any geometric design they like.

All materials and supplies will be provided. 

All skill levels welcome. Workshop attendees must be 18+. 

Images reflect sample patterns and projects that are similar to the project we will complete during class.

About the instructor:

Nikki Jabbora - Barber (she/her), a gay Seattle-based printmaker and teaching artist, was born in Bellingham, WA to a Lebanese-German mother and Anglo-Swedish father. Her work focuses on her mixed race identity, centuries of storytelling, and womanhood through symbolic depictions of herself, flora, and fauna.

Nikki regularly leads community engagement projects, including with the Seattle Art Museum, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, and Seattle Print Arts. Nikki balances making and selling her hand-pulled fine art prints; photographing works on paper for Davidson Galleries; and teaching community art classes in Seattle, WA.

Her work is regularly shown in exhibitions throughout the area, including a recent solo show at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art. Nikki can also be found teaching at institutions such as Pratt Fine Arts Center and Pilchuck Glass School.