CURRENT WORKSHOPS

SUMINIGASHI  : Japanese Paper Marbling
Sunday, May 18th, 1pm-4pm
San Francisco Center for the Book
This workshop is SOLD OUT, there is a waiting list...

​​Deep into Spring is a great time to create gorgeous, magical swirling patterns with the traditional craft of Suminigashi.
Suminigashi aka Japanese Paper Marbling is the ancient Japanese technique of decorating paper with inks.
It is believed to be the oldest form of marbling, originating in China over 2,000 years ago and practiced in Japan
by Shinto priests as early as the 12th century.
Suminagashi (sue-me-NAH-gah-she), which means literally “ink-floating” involves doing just that!
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I would love for you to join in as we use Japanese marbling inks and various papers to create our own unique, swirling beauties that take just a short time to dry and can be used for a multitude of creative projects going forward.  
Participants will leave with their own unique stack of marbled papers.
All materials provided for this workshop
Casual clothes recommended. 
​You may want to bring an apron and your glasses, too!

THIS WORKSHOP IS HELD IN SAN FRANCISCO, CA @SFCB

Intro To BlockPrinting
​May 31st, 11am- 1:30pm
Exeter Fine Crafts

Block Printing is one of the oldest styles of printmaking, used for thousands of years, on paper and textiles. 

Join creative workshop teacher Molly Meng
to learn how to design & carve your very own "block" for printing on fabric or paper.  
Discover how to transfer images or design your own.
 Participants will carve a unique block all their own and print on a variety of papers.  This block (stamp) is yours to take and continue creating with...
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No previous experience necessary ​
All materials provided
(tho I highly suggest bringing an apron and your glasses!) 

I have a whole host of Creative Workshops coming up at The Word Barn
so make sure you're signed up on my mailing list or The Word Barn mailing list to stay ahead of the news!

Cyanotype this Summer, as well as Suminigashi and Block Printing are all coming up at The Word Barn...

It's never too late to create...
happenings at the Portsmouth Senior Activity Center

I lead various workshops during the year at the Portsmouth Senior Activity Center. 
​If you or someone you know has yet to join the Senior Center, with all it's activities and good times, get on it!
You qualify as a "senior" if you're the ripe age of 50 and you can live anywhere in NH to join in!
These workshops are always a blast!  
Info at 603-610-4433


 some really sweet things people have shared
about their experiences in my workshops:

the skills that I have learned under Molly's teaching are ones that I am able to apply and incorporate into any of my creative endeavors and her enthusiasm, encouragement and willingness to share "trade secrets" are inspirational. After class my head is brimming with ideas for future projects. - Beth
Thank you for the fun, wonderful,
​magical classes!
You are my favorite art teacher ever! 
The classes were pure joy! -Connie
Molly gives great detailed instructions and fascinating suggestions for what you can do.
I got the sense that she is incredibly excited about doing this and it makes me want to do it to.
​It sparked a lot of ideas for me.    -Lee
Molly is an excellent teacher and she is extremely encouraging
​for those of us that are new artists. - Cindy
...A fun course with lots of incorporated techniques and examples. 
​Molly is a terrific teacher! -Deb
I also appreciated her impreciseness -
it made the process fun!    -Pamela
...the workshop was so inspiring. Molly does an amazing job of creating weekly projects. Her approach is so encouraging and I learned so many techniques. I thoroughly enjoyed the course and looked forward to each week to see what she in store for us. One more thing is that it is pretty cool to see that people from all over can participate together.  - Karen
HEY THERE! 
Thanks to all who joined in the creative mail art fun with
​The Traveling Postal Club at the
NEWFIELDS POST OFFICE on MAY 3rd!
We're aiming to make this event a more regular thing and will be there again in July to celebrate the 250th anniversary of that Post Office!!

The Traveling Postal Club

The Traveling Postal Club  is a free -to-all, community, mail-art project/gathering that fellow artist, Anne Baumgartner & I started in 2017.  Past public projects include: "Dear Los Angeles", "Tell Me One Thing" and "Remember This Name"

The ongoing project "Tell Me One Thing" was born out of a wish for wisdom.  If we can't physically be together, we can still let each other know one thing:  an 'i love you' or an 'i baked bread!' or 'did you know dogs can talk?' something that connects you and one other person.  The community comes in when you share that 'one thing, one letter, one person' with the rest of us.  The joy, the wisdom, the one thing spreads out to all of us missing our families and friends...  we can all do our part to lift each other up with one little thing! 

You can see all about our other public/community mail art projects on IG.
If you love mail-art or letter writing and want to make a difference not only in somebody's mailbox, but in someone's day, 
join us in writing to people anywhere, anytime. 

HOW TO JOIN IN VIRTUALLY
Once you've created your mail-art, written your letter or postcard and have it ready to send, take a photo of the front and the back side
(cover-up the address) and tag us on Instagram @thetravelingpostalclub and/or use the hashtag #thetravelingpostalclub 
or send it to us in a direct message (DM)
and we'll share your creativity
​on The Traveling Postal Club Instagram feed for all to enjoy!