Last year Eddee Daniel and Max Yela offered a series of workshops on the concept and practice of making artist's books. These new workshops move from the conceptual to the hands-on production of bound books. Participants will be introduced to techniques and procedures for developing an artist's book project. Specific skills and techniques will be discussed, including simple stitching for hand-made books; sewing on tapes and simple case-binding; and the basics of self-publishing a digital, print-on-demand book.

Attendance at last year's workshops is not required; a brief overview of artist's book concepts and principles will be included. Each of the sessions below may be taken separately.

Workshops:

Saturday, March 18, 1-4 pm
Simple Stitching for Handmade Books and Zines: A Workshop with Max Yela
More info: http://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/education/simple-stitching-handmade-books-and-zines

Saturday, April 8, 1-5 pm
Sewing on Tapes and Simple Case Binding: A Workshop with Carolyn Suneja
More info: http://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/education/sewing-tapes-and-simple-case-binding

Saturday, April 22, 10 am-4 pm
Zine-making: A Workshop with Colin Matthes
More info: http://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/education/zine-making-colin-matthes

Saturday, April 29, 1-4 pm
Using Online Self-Publishing Platforms: A Workshop with Eddee Daniel
More info: http://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/education/using-online-self-publishing-platforms

A Workshop with Eddee Daniel

Fee: $50/$45 members
Registration: Space is limited; advance registration required. Register by phone at 414-446-8794.

This workshop is part of Developing the Artist's Book: Techniques and Procedures, a series of workshops at Lynden throughout the spring of 2017. For more information, click here.

This workshop focuses on the tools and techniques of using online self-publishing platforms such as Blurb, Lulu, MagCloud, Shutterfly, etc. to create artist's books, especially photobooks. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own laptops, tablets, or hand-held devices, but this is not mandatory.

About Eddee Daniel

Eddee Daniel is a Milwaukee-based photographer and writer. His work explores the intersection of nature and human culture. A graduate of U.W.—Madison and UWM, he brings to his current practice over 30 years of experience teaching art and writing about nature. He is the author of Urban Wilderness: Exploring a Metropolitan Watershed, a visual and narrative tribute to Milwaukee’s Menomonee River. He also has created 16 self-designed and self-published books using online print-on- demand services. These can be previewed by going to the “books” tab on his website: www.eddeedaniel.com

A Workshop with Carolyn Suneja

Fee: $68/$60 members
Registration: Registration is closed. For info on future sessions, sign up for our e-list.

This workshop is part of Developing the Artist's Book: Techniques and Procedures, a series of workshops at Lynden throughout the spring of 2017. For more information, click here.

In this workshop, you will learn to create a book the old-fashioned way, by folding paper into signatures, sewing those signatures on a sewing frame, and making a case. You'll even get to try your hand at gold tooling. You will go home with your own handmade blank book, bound in cloth and marbled paper. All materials, including paper, book cloth, hand-marbled paper, sewing supplies and adhesive, are included. Participants will receive a course book with pictures and a step-by-step description. Binding frames will also be available for purchase, if desired.

About Carolyn Suneja

Carolyn Suneja is a preservation bookbinder who learned her craft at the Book Restoration Co. in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where she trained for three years with James Twomey. She opened the Tea Cup Bindery in Menomonee Falls in 2006.

A Workshop with Max Yela

Fee: $50/$45 members
Registration: Space is limited; advance registration required. Register by phone at 414-446-8794.

This workshop is part of Developing the Artist's Book: Techniques and Procedures, a series of workshops at Lynden throughout the spring of 2017. For more information, click here.

This workshop focuses on simple sewing techniques for non-adhesive bindings. All materials will be supplied, but attendees are encouraged to bring a ruler and scissors (or X-Acto knife and cutting mat), as well as their own binding tools and decorative papers, if desired. If time allows, a demo of drum leaf binding and accordion fold will be offered.

About Max Yela

Max Yela has been Head of the Special Collections Department at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries since 1994. Prior to this, he was the public services librarian for Special Collections at the University of Delaware, 1985-1994. Yela is also an adjunct instructor in the UWM School of Information Studies where he teaches book history, and for many years he taught book-arts concepts and practice in the UWM Department of Art & Design. His research interests are in media theory, the history of books and printing, and the use of the book as an art medium.

Free to members or with admission to the sculpture garden. Younger children should be accompanied by an adult.

Drop in the art studio to make a selection of coin-sized sculptural magnets for your refrigerator art gallery. Choose from a variety of materials and methods: sculpt air-dry clay, arrange small mosaic tiles, make a bottle cap collage, or construct wooden mini-stick sculptures.

A Workshop with Jeremy Stepien

Fee: $25/$22 members (all materials included)
Registration: Registration is closed. For information on future sessions, sign up for our e-list.

Cure your cabin fever by designing a candle mold that can be used to transform candle stubs and wax drippings into an attractive new candle. Using simple slab-building techniques, we will design a low-relief pillar candle in clay, make plaster candle molds from these forms, and cast new candles using recycled wax. Take home a candle of your own design and a mold that can be reused to recycle spent candles. No previous experience needed. We'll supply you with an apron, but please wear clothes suitable for art making.

Bring a bag lunch and beverages. We’ll be taking a lunch break while the plaster dries.

Free.

This event is part of Fiber Fest, a month-long series of fiber offerings at Lynden. For more information, click here.

Thanks to the generosity of the Knitting Knook, Lynden opens its doors to the community for a February Free Family Day. Join us for our February Fiber Fest Finale, peruse our Fiber Fest photo journal, or simply enjoy Lynden's many winter pleasures. Knitters and aspiring knitters of all ages and abilities are welcome to join us for this day-long knitathon and yarnstorming (think cowls for trees). Yarn, needles, and instruction provided, but feel free to bring your own to this communal event. (If you have a small stock of yarn or some spare needles you would like to contribute, you are welcome to drop them off in advance at Lynden.) Expect some treats from Knitting Knook, including special discount coupons, patterns, and door prizes. Knitting circles, solo knitters, and neophytes all welcome.

Hot cider and cookies will be provided.

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A Workshop with Claire Hitchcock Tilton

Fee: $85/$75 members (all materials included)
Registration: Space is limited; advance registration required. Registration is closed.

This workshop is part of Fiber Fest, a month-long series of fiber offerings at Lynden. For more information, click here.

Wet felting transforms fluffy wisps of wool fibers into a durable, insulating textile. In this workshop we will use the process of wet felting to make functional three-dimensional objects: slippers or oven mitts. After we finish the design phase, prepare for an arm workout, some splashing, and some miraculous shrinking: your slipper or mitt will be reduced by a third as it becomes felt. No experience required. Aprons provided; please bring a towel and lunch.

About Claire Hitchcock Tilton

Claire Hitchcock Tilton is an artist, designer, and grower from Milwaukee. She works in many fine art and craft media from weaving and woodworking to painting and gardening. Hitchcock Tilton’s work explores the different ways the rural and urban landscapes affect her relationship to the land. She has studied weaving traditions with Navajo master craftswomen, and fibers, ceramics and woodworking at the Oregon College of Art and Craft. She received a BFA in Integrated Studio Arts from the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design. Hitchcock Tilton’s time is split between managing the grounds of the Lynden Sculpture Garden and working in her Milwaukee homestead and studio.

A Workshop with Maggie Sasso

“Crochet,” Wood, Cotton Rope, Video, 2007

This workshop is part of Fiber Fest, a month-long series of fiber offerings at Lynden. For more information, click here.

Fee: $85/$75 members (all materials included)
Registration: Space is limited; advance registration required. Register by phone at 414-446-8794.

Using a crochet hook, yarn, and other materials, we will learn a range of techniques that will enable us to depart from traditional methodologies and courageously construct an intuitive, non-linear sculptural form. Some crochet skills are preferred. Please bring a lunch.

About Maggie Sasso

Maggie Sasso is a sculptor and fibers artist living and working in Milwaukee. She was a 2015 recipient of the Greater Milwaukee Foundation's Mary L. Nohl Fund Fellowship for Individual Artists. These days you can find her in the sewing lab at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, where she teaches and is the lab technician.

"Archeological Dig, Rawhide Rock Door Stopper,” Rawhide, Rock, Stick, 2010

Free to members or with admission to the sculpture garden. All ages welcome, though best for ages 6 and up; children younger than 12 should attend with an adult.

This workshop is part of Fiber Fest, a month-long series of fiber offerings at Lynden. For more information, click here.

Drop by the art studio between 12:30 and 2:30 to learn how to make a simple cardboard disc loom. We will use colorful yarn, felt, and fibers to braid friendship bracelets--a perfect addition to your Valentine’s Day cards.