Hardcover Basics: Handsewn Memo Books
Hardcover Basics: Handsewn Memo Books
Milwaukee, WI
Try your hand at bookbinding with this beginner's-level workshop that results in two 5"x3.5" memo books! In this class each participant will produce their own sewn blank books with a cased-in hardcover including a decorative paper covering, and a cloth-covered spine (all in colors of their choice)!…
Thursday, December 12 2024
6:00 PM
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9:00 PM
In a Bind? Unwind with Yoga
In a Bind? Unwind with Yoga
Milwaukee, WI
Muscles bound up? Ready to relax this season? Join E-RYT 200 [certified] yoga instructor, Michelle Marrero of Beyond Yoga for a calming Vinyasa yoga class at the Bindery! We hear from all sorts of creative entrepreneurs that life feels stressful, overwhelming, and their bodies hurt. Uhg! We feel y…
Wednesday, November 20 2024
6:00 PM
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7:00 PM
PAPERJAM Holiday Market: EXTENDED HOURS!
PAPERJAM Holiday Market: EXTENDED HOURS!
Milwaukee, WI
PAPERJAM is Milwaukee's collaborative pop-up holiday market for book lovers and print nerds hosted here at The Bindery (347 E. Ward Street in Bay View). We've extended our days/hours due to popular demand! Now open daytime, 10am to 6pm through Friday, December 13th... with an extra hour on Friday …
Friday, December 13 2024
10:00 AM
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7:00 PM
Beyond the Spine: Book Edge Decoration
Beyond the Spine: Book Edge Decoration
Milwaukee, WI
Book spines can be highly decorative... but what about the other three edges? This course goes over several simple ways to adorn the additional three sides of a book's page block. Ideal for paperback books only; this is a beginner's level course. The "head" "foot" and "fore edge" of a book are typ…
Thursday, November 21 2024
6:00 PM
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9:00 PM
FREE: Voting is Power (A letterpress poster printing party!)
FREE: Voting is Power (A letterpress poster printing party!)
Milwaukee, WI
Come by this open-house style event to print your own letterpress reminder to vote! We'll have some historic wood type all set to go on our press: all you need to do is walk in any time between noon and 5pm to pull a print of your own. No experience necessary! If you'd like to come right at noon, …
Sunday, October 27 2024
12:00 PM
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5:00 PM
Riso Basics: Discover Risography With bearbear
Riso Basics: Discover Risography With bearbear
Milwaukee, WI
Riso Basics is an exploratory workshop for those who want to understand what Risograph prints have to offer, how the process works, and how Risography translates visual information onto the page. What makes Riso prints so alluring? How does a Risograph print specialty colors and impart that retro…
Fri, Nov 8 2024
5:30 PM
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Sat, Dec 14 2024
12:00 PM
Calligraphy Basics: Fountain Pen Alphabets
Calligraphy Basics: Fountain Pen Alphabets
Milwaukee, WI
Discover the time honored art of calligraphy in this two part class using [provided] fountain pens. Each ticket includes instruction plus your own take-home calligraphy kit: a 1.1mm fountain pen, two ink cartridges, appropriate practice paper, and several lettering guides! Taught by artist and long…
Tue, Nov 12 2024
6:00 PM
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Tue, Nov 19 2024
8:00 PM
Keepsake Boxes: Flip-top Box Building
Keepsake Boxes: Flip-top Box Building
Milwaukee, WI
Have a trinket you want to protect? A special gift to encase? Join us to learn how to make a 4" x 6" x 2" flip-top box using traditional book arts techniques and materials. Just in time for the holidays! In this workshop led by Melissa Wagner-Lawler, participants will make their own archival box w…
Saturday, November 2 2024
10:00 AM
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12:30 PM
Holiday Cards: Marbling and Foil Stamping
Holiday Cards: Marbling and Foil Stamping
Milwaukee, WI
Join us for a two-part class to make a custom set of 10 marbled and foil stamped holiday cards! Skip the Hallmark aisle this season and send some extra love through the mail with something you create yourself. Each card will be unique (including the stamping): example photos are just for show! Let'…
Sat, Nov 16 2024
1:00 PM
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Sat, Nov 23 2024
4:00 PM
Wire Binding For Kids! Upcycled Notebooks
Wire Binding For Kids! Upcycled Notebooks
Milwaukee, WI
For our younger fans: come make a unique wire-bound notebook along with an adult guardian (who will get to make one too)! This class is ideal for ages 7-12, who must be accompanied by an adult.* Wire binding is a great entry-level way to learn binding basics, and put books together with ease in a …
Saturday, November 2 2024
2:00 PM
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4:30 PM