June 23, 2012, Saturday - Printed Handmade Kites with Aki Shibata at MCBA
Time: 10:00am-Noon
Location: Minnesota Center for Book Arts, 1011 Washington Avenue South
Printed Handmade Kites with Aki Shibata
Decorate the sky with your own printed kite this summer. Explore the amazing technique of pressure printing on MCBA’s Vandercook letterpresses to print your design on Japanese Kozo paper. Then construct a kite using your printed paper, bamboo sticks, glue and thread. Take the finished kite home with you to fly all summer! $33 ($30 members) per adult/child pair; $17 ($15) each additional participant. For families with children ages 6 and up.