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Nicole Emery, left, and Kristina Gallant-Shine apply white ink to stamps during a drop-in block printing session Saturday morning at Ellard Studios, at 178 Lisbon St. in downtown Lewiston. The stamps are then used to press the designs on clothing that attendees brought.
Mary Brackett reveals the print made from a stamp with a honey bee design alongside patches she sewed Saturday at Ellard Studios, at 178 Lisbon St. in downtown Lewiston. Participants brought their own items and could pay $10 per item for access to the supplies.
Mary Brackett presses a stamp onto a pair of jeans Saturday at Ellard Studios in downtown Lewiston. “We live in a world where we consume so much, it’s nice to create,” Brackett said.
A block printed patch is seen for sale during a drop-in block printing session Saturday at Ellard Studios in downtown Lewiston. Block printing workshops are held the first Saturday of every month at 178 Lisbon St., on the second floor.
Jimi Stanbach shows off a jacket he’s decorated with a variety of patches Saturday at Ellard Studios in downtown Lewiston. Ellard Studios is located on the second floor of 178 Lisbon St., and hosts many recurring artistic events by weeks of the month.
Sheri Withers of Ellard Studios helps Nicole Emery frame a block printed patch Saturday during a block printing workshop in Lewiston. Heavily involved in Lewiston-Auburn art scene, Withers and a collection of local artists sell their work at the studio while also inviting members of the community to learn about different media and participate themselves.
Green ink covers a palete knife and stamp that reads “NoH8” (no hate) at an inking station Saturday during a drop-in block printing session at Ellard Studios in downtown Lewiston. The session was facilitated by Sheri Withers.
Nicole Emery adds white ink on a stamp of a patch of mushrooms during a drop-in block printing session on Saturday at Ellard Studios in downtown Lewiston. Emery created a pattern of multiple rounds of mushrooms to decorate the entire bottom edge of a black T-shirt.

Libby Kamrowski Kenny is a staff photographer at the Sun Journal who came aboard in June 2025. She’s been in journalism longer than that though, as her prematurely graying hair can attest, starting as...

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