professional workshops taught

Linking to the Past: 3 historical link stitches – Blue Lizard Studio Online, 2022 and 2021

Whip Stitch Accordions –Blue Lizard Studio Online, 2022

Slotted Spine Bindings – Blue Lizard Studio Online, 2021

The German Case Binding – University of Arkansas, Fort Smith, 2020

The Long and Short of It – University of Arkansas, Fort Smith, 2020

Shaped Artist Books – Hollander’s, Ann Arbor, Michigan 2019

The Shape of Books – Lettersong, Louisville, Kentucky, 2019

Slate Accordions – Focus on Book Arts, Forest Grove, Oregon 2019

The Modern Slip Book – Focus on Book Arts, Forest Grove, Oregon 2019

The Long and Short of It - Blue Lizard Studio, Plainfield, Indiana, 2019

Visible Stitches: Exploring Long Stitch and Buttonhole Stitch Books – Hurricane, West Virginia, 2019

The Painted Journal – Lettersong, Louisville, Kentucky, 2018

The Modern Slip Book – Blue Lizard Studio, Plainfield, Indiana, 2018

Saddle Binding - Hollander's, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2018

Embossed Leather Journals with Secondary Tackets  – Santa Fe Book Arts Group, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2018

Byzantine Sewing with Leather Covered Boards – Cincinnati Book Arts Society, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2017 and 2018

Saddle Up My Binding – Blue Lizard Studio, Plainfield, Indiana, August 2017

Painted Journal – Focus on Book Arts, Forest Grove, Oregon, 2017    

A Stitch in Time: A Historical Journey of Sewing Books – Cincinnati Book Arts Society, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2017

Saddle Up My Binding – Blue Lizard Studio, Plainfield, Indiana, May 2017    

A Stitch in Time: A Historical Journey of Sewing Books – Lettersong, Louisville, Kentucky, 2016  Visible Stitches: A Tutorial on the Long Stitch and the Buttonhole Stitch – Santa Fe Book Arts Group, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2016    

Paper Case Journal with Tackets – Blue Lizard Studio, 2015

Clamshell Boxes: Bringing Closure – Blue Lizard Studio, Plainfield, Indiana, 2015

Buttonhole Three Ways – Lettersong, Louisville, Kentucky, 2015     

Living on the Edge: Wire Edge Binding – Blue Lizard Studio, Plainfield, Indiana, 2015

Clamshell Boxes: Bringing Closure – Blue Lizard Studio, Plainfield, Indiana, 2014    

Paper Case Journal with Tackets – Vincennes University, Indiana 2014

Stitch in Time: A Historical Journey of Sewing Books – Blue Lizard Studio, Plainfield, Indiana 2014

Impress Me: An Artist’s Approach to Embossing Leather for Books – Paper and Book Intensive, OxBow Summer School for Art, Saugatuck, Michigan, 2014

Sewn Journals on Tapes – Blue Lizard Studio, Plainfield, Indiana, 2013

Books with Leather – Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky, 2013

Buttonhole Leather Journals – Tipton Art Guild, Tipton, Indiana, 2013

Byzantine Sewing with Leather Covered Boards – Lettersong Studio, Louisville, Kentucky, 2013

Versatile Binding with Embellished Leather Covers – Blue Lizard Studio, Plainfield, Indiana, 2013

Gift Journals – Blue Lizard Studio, Plainfield, Indiana 2012

Embossed Leather Journals – Art Student League of Denver, Denver, Colorado, 2012

Tools and Tricks of the Bookbinding Trade – Blue Lizard Studio, Plainfield, Indiana 2012

A Stitch in Time: A Historical Journey of Sewing Books – Cincinnati Book Arts Society, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2012

Travel Journals – Nature’s Karma, Carmel, Indiana, 2012

Miniature Pop-Up Books – Hollander’s, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2011

Binding the Book – Stillwater Public Library, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 2011

Basic Bookbinding – College of the Sequoias, Visalia, California, 2011

Books for Designers – Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, Indiana, 2010

The Glazed Book – Hollander’s, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2010

Books: Leather and More – Frogman’s Print and Paper Workshops, Vermillion, South Dakota, 2010

The Painted Journal – Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2010

Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2009

Buttonhole Books – Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2009

Books for Design and Print – Tulsa University, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 2009

The Printmaker’s Book – Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 2009

Leather Journals – Hollander’s, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2009

Tools and Tricks of the Bookbinding Trade – Hollander’s, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2009

Books for Prints – The University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2009

What’s New – Calligrapher’s Guild of Indiana, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2009

The Long Stitch Book – Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2009

Coptic Binding – Herron School of Art and Design, IUPUI, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2009

Designing with Leather for Books – Southwest Craft School, San Antonio, Texas, 2008

Leather Seductions – Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine, 2008

Leather for Journals – Hollander’s, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2008

Pop-Up Books - Southwest Craft School, San Antonio, Texas, 2007

More Journals – Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2007

Books for the Printmaker – Boise State University, Boise, Idaho, 2007

Pop-ups and Dimensional Books – Hollander’s, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2007

A Journal for Your Thoughts – Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2007

Byzantine Sewing with Leather on Boards – Guild of Bookworkers, Northwest Chapter, Portland, Oregon, 2006

Typography and Printmaking Books – University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 2006

Tools and Tricks of the Bookmaking Trade – Hollander’s, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2006

The Proof is in the Binding – Frogman’s Print and Paper Workshops, Vermillion, South Dakota, 2006

Greek Binding with Leather Covered Boards – Hollander’s, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2006

A Stitch in Time: A Historical Journey of Sewing Books – Garage Annex School for Book Arts, Easthampton, Massachusetts, 2006

Sculptural Books – Saint Joseph, Rensselaer, Indiana, 2006

To Ethiopia and Beyond – Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine, 2005

Pop-Up and Dimensional Books – Hollander’s, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2005

Bookmaking Skills – Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, 2005

Books by Design Two – Vincennes University, Vincennes, Indiana, 2005

Journal Sewn on Tapes – Blue Lizard Studio, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2004

Tacket Binding – Blue Lizard Studio, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2004

Books by Design – Vincennes University, Vincennes, Indiana, 2004

Long Stitch Bookbinding – Blue Lizard Studio, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2003

Ethiopian Codex Binding – Blue Lizard Studio, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2003

Books in Bondage – Frogman’s Print and Paper Workshop, Vermillion, South Dakota, 2002

A Stitch in Time: A Historical Journey of Sewing Books – Paper and Book Intensive, Tooele, Utah, 2003

Binding the Book – Purdue University Galleries of West Lafayette, West Lafayette, Indiana, 2003

A Journal for Your Thoughts – Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2002

Little Fat Books on Raised Cords – Minnesota Center for the Book Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2002

Using Sintra® for Intaglio Printmaking – Denison University, Granville, Ohio, 2001

Binding Books – Denison University, Granville, Ohio, 2001

Latest Tricks from Bonnie’s Book Bag – The Calligraphy Guild of Indiana, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2001

All Around Pop-Ups – Columbia College Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts, Chicago, Illinois, 2001

Dimensional Books: Lessons in Movable Magic – Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, Oregon, 2001

Little Fat Books on Double Raised Cords – Seattle Book Arts Guild, Seattle, Washington, 2001

The Relief Printed Book (team taught with Pati Scobey) – Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina, 2000

Books in the Round – Books Arts Club, Iowa City, Iowa, 1999

Dimensional Graphics – Typocrafters 98 Annual Conference, Bloomington, Indiana, 1998

The Book as Art – Literary Sojourn, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, 1998

The Book as Sculpture – Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina, 1998

Bookmaking – North Tahoe Art Center, Tahoe City, California, 1998

The Structure of the Book – The Corcoran School of Art, Washington, D.C., 1998

The Knocked-Out, Folded-Down Printed Book – Pyramid Atlantic, Riverdale, Maryland, 1998

The Magical Mechanics of Pop-Ups – Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho, 1998

Changing Structures – Arizona State University Main, Tempe, Arizona, 1998

Pop-ups and the Book – University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1997

Dimensional Books: Lessons in Movable Magic – Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine, 1997

Paper and Book Intensive 97 – OxBow School of Art, Saugatuck, Michigan, 1997

Book As Art Workshop – Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1997

The Educational Book – Ball State University Muncie, Indiana, 1996

Pop-ups and the Book – University of Indiana, Bloomington, Indiana, 1994

Exploring the Pop-Up Book – Penland School, Penland, North Carolina, 1994

The Changeable Book – Colophon, Olympia, Washington, 1993

Movable Books – Artist Book Works, Chicago, Illinois, 1993

Pop-Ups and Movable Books – Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland, Oregon, 1993

Understanding the Mechanics of Pop-Ups – Seattle Book Art Guild, Seattle, Washington, 1993

Books and Pop-Ups in the Classroom – OSU Writing Project, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 1993

The Ever Changing Book: Paper and Book Intensive – John Knox Ranch, Fisher, Texas, 1993

Pop-Up Book Techniques – Austin Book Workers, Austin, Texas, 1993

The Ever Changing Book – Pyramid Atlantic, Riverdale, Maryland, 1992

Pop-Ups for Cards and Books – Columbus Calligraphy Guild, Columbus, Ohio, 1992

Pop-Up and Moving Structures – Magnolia Editions, Oakland, California, 1992

Pop-Up and Movable Designs – Lee Art Center, Arlington, Virginia, 1992

Pop-Up and Moving Imagery – Kentuckianna Calligraphy Guild, New Albany, Indiana, 1992

Non-adhesive Book Binding – Herron School of Art/Wordstruck, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1991

Pop-Up/Movable Structures for Books – Penland School, Penland, North Carolina, 1991

Pop-Up and Movable Designs – Carriage House Papers, Boston, Massachusetts, 1991

Pop-Up and Movable Designs – Southwest Craft Center, San Antonio, Texas, 1991

Pop-Up Structures and Movable Designs – Artist Book Works, Chicago, Illinois, 1990

Pop-Up and Movable Books – Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland, Oregon, 1990

Pop-Up Designs for Books – Book Art Guild, Seattle, Washington, 1990

Pop-Up Structures – University of Western Michigan, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1989

Basics of Pop-Up Designs – FDHPM, Reno, Nevada, 1989

Pop-Up Structures and Movable Designs: Paper and Book Intensive – Wilder Forest, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1988

Silver City Workshop – Silver City, South Dakota, 1987

Binding Workshop – Calligrapher’s Guild, Madison, Wisconsin, 1984