2026 Wildflowers Pop-Up Book Workshop Series: Unit 2 (of 6)

$275.00

Why do we think flowers are beautiful? It’s a combination of color, structure, movement (both in the unfurling and the interplay with the environment), massing, and partnering. If you are like me, you spend many winter hours considering these factors in anticipation of the next growing season. To help scratch that itch, I invite you to join me in building some flowers of your own! In this first of six botanical pop-up workshops, you will build seven handsome blooms using just a few hand tools and a kit of pre-cut pieces.* You’ll assemble the structures, bind them into a simple-yet-elegant book, and gain insights into paper engineering and paper sculpture. All levels are welcome.

Unit 2 flowers: Jewelweed (featured), trumpet vine flower (featured), fragrant water lily (featured), common evening primrose, sweet flag, butterflyweed, New England aster.

Registration fee: $275
Kit fee (sold separately): $75
• *Cut out the pieces yourself and save the kit fee!
• Register for at least five of the six units and participate for free in a final session to build a slipcase for your volumes.

Due to shipping costs, kit fees for international participants will be higher. Inquire for pricing at shawnsheehy@gmail.com

Why do we think flowers are beautiful? It’s a combination of color, structure, movement (both in the unfurling and the interplay with the environment), massing, and partnering. If you are like me, you spend many winter hours considering these factors in anticipation of the next growing season. To help scratch that itch, I invite you to join me in building some flowers of your own! In this first of six botanical pop-up workshops, you will build seven handsome blooms using just a few hand tools and a kit of pre-cut pieces.* You’ll assemble the structures, bind them into a simple-yet-elegant book, and gain insights into paper engineering and paper sculpture. All levels are welcome.

Unit 2 flowers: Jewelweed (featured), trumpet vine flower (featured), fragrant water lily (featured), common evening primrose, sweet flag, butterflyweed, New England aster.

Registration fee: $275
Kit fee (sold separately): $75
• *Cut out the pieces yourself and save the kit fee!
• Register for at least five of the six units and participate for free in a final session to build a slipcase for your volumes.

Due to shipping costs, kit fees for international participants will be higher. Inquire for pricing at shawnsheehy@gmail.com

The Kit—2026 Wildflowers Pop-Up Book, Unit 2
The Kit—2026 Wildflowers Pop-Up Book, Unit 2
$75.00

This 2-day workshop runs for 6 total hours:
Saturday, January 31, 11:00 am - 2:30 pm CDT (Chicago time), with a 30-minute break
Sunday, February 1, 11:00 am - 2:30 pm CDT (Chicago time), with a 30-minute break

This workshop is the second in a series of six. All units will accommodate beginners; success with each unit is not dependent on having completed previous units.

Here’s what you’ll need if you are ordering a kit:
• ruler
• self-healing mat
• xacto knife
• pencil
• bone folder 
• microspatula
• tweezers
• PVA (or other strong white craft glue)
• 1/4” double-sided tape (3M’s 415 recommended)
• one cereal or cracker box in good shape (You’ll need two pieces that are 4.125” x 6.25” and one that is 1” x 6.25”, and all 1/32” thick.)
• two pieces of decorative paper for the front and back covers, at least 4.125” x 6.25” each

If you are not ordering a kit, you will also need:
• low tack masking tape
• the equivalent of 12 sheets 12” x 12” 80 lb cover stock (I recommend visiting 12x12cardstock.shop first. See the video below for color suggestions. (You might buy more or fewer sheets, depending on preferred colors and frugality of cutting.)
• access to a printer