We love trees and we love our city!
Join us to celebrate the woodsy theme of the current gallery exhibit by creating. Designed by our resident book and paper lover, Deb Eck, these books will feature tree cookies taken from the Third Street oak trees and some decorative papers made by Deb in her studio from plants collected on Jamestown’s Riverwalk.
Learn how to make a traditional, elegant Coptic sewn binding similar to ones used in the Copt Monasteries of Ethiopia around the 4th century while creating a special tribute to the city’s glorious cathedral oaks.
The two part class meets Feb 22 and 29, and is suitable for complete beginners with no previous binding experience. The workshop will cover the basics of creating a book, including finding paper grain, folding papers accurately, selecting appropriate threads, marking and punching the holes for sewing, and assembling the book.
This is a VERY limited seating class.
Deb will donate $10 per student to Jamestown’s Urban Forestry Fund in honor of the trees.
We love trees and we love our city!
Join us to celebrate Arbor Day by making a unique commemorative book. Designed by our resident book and paper lover, Deb Eck, these books will feature tree cookies taken from the Third Street oak trees and some decorative papers made by Deb in her studio from plants collected on Jamestown’s Riverwalk.
Learn how to make a traditional, elegant Coptic sewn binding similar to ones used in the Copt Monasteries of Ethiopia around the 4th century while creating a special tribute to the glorious cathedral oaks.
The class is suitable for complete beginners with no previous binding experience and will cover the basics of creating a book, including finding paper grain, folding papers accurately, selecting appropriate threads, marking and punching the holes for sewing, and assembling the book.
This is a VERY limited seating class.
Deb will donate $10 per student to Jamestown’s Urban Forestry Fund in honor of the trees.
Learn this traditional sewn binding technique while creating a customized journal to keep or gift. Usually this binding would be hidden under the spine of the book – but we are going to show it off by leaving the spine exposed!
Order a kit for this workshop from the online shop – you can customize it by supplementing your own ribbons for the ones included in the kit.
*If you already have some bookbinding tools and materials, you can request a supply list in lieu of the kit.
