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Want to make your own ukulele? After making your own rustic instrument, you’ll learn how to play a few songs with friends. No experience (in either woodworking or music making) necessary. Your uke will be fretless to play with a slide—bring your own slide: options include a commercial slide, a 3/4″ socket, or the neck of a beer bottle. When you’re done making your uke, you can learn and play a little music together.
Class size 10
Level Beginner and above
Student Supply List You’ll need 1×4 cut to 26” and a piece of baseboard trim cut to 6” (should be 2 ¼” w x ½” thick). Bring your (preferably) cordless drill and a compass saw (if you have one). If you would like to bring your own wooden cigar box (or wine or old-fashioned cheese box, as long as wood), please do!
This workshop requires a Woodlanders Day Fee. Learn more here.
B.J. Best is an award-winning writer and educator. His interactive fiction And Then You Come to a House Not Unlike the Previous One won the 2021 Interactive Fiction Competition, the most prestigious annual competition in the field. In 2023, he finished second in the same competition with LAKE Adventure. B.J. has published seven books of poetry, most recently Everything about Breathing from Bent Paddle Press. He is also the author of more than fifty children’s nonfiction titles for grades K-2 through Cavendish Square. B.J. is a Professor of English and Interactive Arts at Carroll University in Waukesha, Wisconsin.
Workshops
Introduction to Interactive Fiction
Add the $115 Woodlanders Day Fee for Friday (or $60 Half-Day Fee) to your cart, then select as many Friday workshops as you wish, ensuring that your choices don’t overlap times. Materials fees listed at the end of each workshop description will be added to the shopping cart as you make your selections.
Day fees include: your choice of workshops, lunch, snacks, beverages, and evening activities. Thursday and Sunday registrants are welcome to attend evening events on Friday or Saturday.
Half-day fees include: your choice of morning/afternoon workshops, am/pm snacks, and beverages. Does NOT include lunch, which can be purchased separately.
Friday, July 12, Workshop Schedule:
7:30-8:30 am Registration & Morning Treats | Silent Auction | Art Cafe
8:30-11:30 am
B01 Rustic Plant Stand with Phil Nelson | Cabinet Shop
B02 Forging Hooks & Leaves with Hal Aavang | Blacksmith Barn
B03 Learn to Use a Pottery Wheel with Katie & Joelle White | Globe Clay Center
B04 Faux Scrimshaw on Deer Bone with Jim Kostohrys | Ellery House
8:30 am-4 pm
B05 Mosaic Treasure Box with Cindy Fleming | Potters House
B07 Carving a Butterfly with Lee Ann Behling | Lind South
9 am-4 pm
B06 Cigar Box Lap Ukulele with B.J. Best | Lind North
12-1 pm Lunch on the Green
1-4 pm
B08 Candle Making for Beginners with Megan Kulick | Ellery House
B09 Nature Imprints in Clay with Diana & Claire Johnston | Brewery Pottery
B10 Willow Wine Basket with Jim Arendt | Cabinet Shop
1-5 pm
B11 Forge a Calla Lily with Hal Aavang | Blacksmith Barn
5:00 pm Picnic on the Green
6:00 pm Fun Evening Event
18 Shake Rag St.
Mineral Point, WI 53565
(608) 987-3292
