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Back by popular demand, this class was highly praised by the participants the first time we ran it.  The combination of writing and bookbinding made for a very satisfying and productive class, and the reviews were fantastic.  Please join us.  In this two session class you will learn the techniques and gain the skills necessary for making your own nature journal/sketchbook.  Learn from a writer/spiritual ecologist and a master bookmaker.

You will also be guided through simple outdoor, creative, nature-based, and writing activities aimed to inspire content for your journal/sketchbook. Please bring a willingness to go outside (with weather-appropriate clothing, rain or shine) for brief periods of time to engage in some of these inspiring activities. You will leave the class with a great start on filling the pages with nature-inspired writings and images.

We welcome beginners and experienced students as well. The first class in this series is not a prerequisite for this second class. The book form you will create is called a blizzard book, originally invented by Hedi Kyle. This book structure allows for insertion of completed pages after the binding is completed. This is ideal for adding polished writing, and decorated pages, as you are inspired. You will be guided through simple, outdoor, creative, nature-based, and writing activities aimed to feed your inspiration, and to tantalize your muse. Please bring a willingness (and weather-appropriate gear) to go outside – rain or shine – to engage these activities. Leave class with a beautiful and writing-filled book that makes you proud. 

Materials: All materials will be provided.  There is a materials fee of $10 included in registration.

Skill Level: The first class in this series is not a prerequisite for this second class. We welcome beginners and experienced students as well. 

Ages: Ages 14+ welcome.

Please bring a bag lunch. We have a refrigerator for people to store their lunches and drinks!

Instructor Bio:

Jennifer J. Wilhoit, Ph.D. is an author, mentor, editor, and spiritual ecologist who has been researching the connection between creativity and nature for over two decades. Through her practice, TEALarbor stories, Jennifer works individually with writers of many genres from all over the world; offers workshops, training, courses, and retreats to diverse audiences; and presents her work frequently at professional conferences. Jennifer has published three nonfiction books including Writing on the Landscape: Essays and Practices to Write, Roam, Renew (2017); dozens of articles, book chapters, essays, newspaper articles, and guest blogs. She’s currently working on her next book, scheduled for release later this year.  Please visit her web site at www.tealarborstories.com

Mary Jeanne (MJ) Linford has been a professional book artist for over 20 years, under the press name Bad Girl Press (badgirlpress.com). Learning both by doing and also studying with Hazel Koenig at the University of Washington, she specializes in pop-up books and unusual bindings, as well as traditional binding styles. She also works with three other women under the press name Full Plate Press. Her books are in selected museums, libraries and collections nationwide, and can be seen in the book arts room at Bainbridge Island Museum of Art.