Open Studio Materials & Equipment

What will you explore on your next visit?

Drawing, painting, watercolor, mixed media, collage

• Drawing pencils, charcoal (stick and vine), erasers (kneaded and rubber), and blending sticks
• Bristle and foam paint brushes
• Acrylic, tempera, and watercolor (liquid and cake) paints
• Oil pastels and crayons
• Chalk pastels in stick and pencil form
• Permanent and washable markers
• 18″x 24″ white and black multi-media papers
• Rolls of newsprint and drawing paper
• Tissue paper, magazines, and miscellaneous papers for collaging
• Gessoed canvas, up to 8×10″
• Strathmore paper, 16″x 18″
• Watercolor paper, 8″x10″

Stamping and decorative text

• Calligraphy tools and ink
• Close To My Heart stamps, inks, and embellishments for paper crafting

Printmaking

• Screens, squeegees, drawing fluid, screen filler and screen printing inks for screen printing (fees may apply for editions and surfaces)
• Brayers, barrens, block carving tools and block printing inks for linoleum and woodcuts (fees may apply for editions and larger blocks)
• Plexiglas palates for mixing
• Manual printing press (5″x8″)

Ceramic Cafe

• 70 bright, bold glaze colors
• Precast ceramic figurines, money bank, set of mugs, ornament, platter *Allow up to 1-2 weeks for firing.
• Acrylic paints for figurines. *Take items home right away!

Clay Studio 

• Three electric pottery wheels
• Ribs, wires, shapers, for throwing & a Griffin Grip for trimming
• Tools for hand-building large and small format works
• Storage for works in progress
• Low-fire white, red, and coarse sculpture clay bodies, 1 lb included in your session fee (additional lbs available for purchase) 
• Selection of underglazes and colored slips

Fiber arts

• Iron and ironing board
• Felting needles and foam (felt available for purchase)
• Knitting needles and acrylic yarn
• Embroidery hoops
• Various needles and thread
• Ribbon
• Button box
• Sewing machine

Mosaic

• Glass nippers and sponges for mosaic projects (mosaic tile available for purchase)
• Grout, various colors

Bookmaking

• Bookbinding tools including awls and bone folders
• All the glues! Including Elmer’s glue, glue sticks, tacky glue, hot glue guns and glue sticks
• All the tapes! Including masking tape, scotch tape, washi tape, and duct tape

Slicing and dicing

• Guillotine paper cutters
• Mat cutter and scrap mat board
• Shaped, kid-safe, and adult scissors
• Rulers, Exact-o knives, protractors, compasses, and hole punches

Mounting and framing 

• Matboard in various colors, 32″x40″
• Assistance with framing available with advance notice.

Sculpture 

• Plaster mesh
• Wire mesh
• Papier-mache paste
• Armatures

All and sundry

• Safety goggles and work gloves
• Overhead projector for transferring images into large format
• Tabletop and standing easels
• Self-portrait mirrors
• Acrylic yarn, elastic, hemp, embroidery floss, and plastic cord
• Miscellaneous crafting materials such as pom-poms, craft sticks, glitter, feathers, rubber bands, paper ribbon
• Matboard in various colors, 32″ x 40″
• White foam core, 24″ x 30″

Additional materials available for sale at great studio rates: 

You can bring your own, or check out our additional materials available for purchase.

• Glass and ceramic mosaic tile, various colors
• T-shirts and tote bags for screen printing
• E-Z-Cut linoleum block sized 4″x4″ and above
• Unmounted linoleum
• Photo emulsion and exposure unit for screenprinting
• Heavyweight, archival papers in larger sizes for bookbinding, drawing, relief and screen printing
• Sets of folded card and envelopes
• Pre-stretched canvas  over 8″x10″
• Screens, squeegees, drawing fluid, screen filler and screen printing inks for screen printing (fees may apply for large editions)
• Felt
• Low-fire clay in white, terracotta red, and coarse sculpture white sold by the pound.

Don’t see what you’re looking for?

Get in touch, we’ll try to help you make your creative dream a reality with ArtHaus Open Studio!