Handmade Paper & Bookbinding

Service Description

NOTE: This workshop is held over two sessions. Paper making In this portion of the workshop, participants will learn the hand paper-making process and how plant materials can be used alone or incorporated with junk/scrap paper to create unique and beautiful sheets of paper. You will leave your papers to dry for a few days and then come back to assemble into a book! Bookbinding We will come back together to learn how to stitch our beautiful handmade paper into journals. You will have the opportunity to use your handmade paper alone or together with ready-made multipmedia paper to bind into a book using the Coptic stitch method. Session 1: 5:30-7:30 pm Participants will learn how fibers are processed to make paper pulp and will then form each sheet by using a traditional mold and deckle. Sheets will then be pressed, dried and flattened for later use. Session 2: 10:00 am - 2:30 pm Participants will return to learn how to stitch either their newly produced paper, regular sketch paper, and/or both into ready-to-use sketchbooks/journalas. Each student will leave with their hand-bound book as well as information on how to set up and start making paper at home. Materials + Snacks + Drinks provided This workshop is for adults and hosted at the Wild Arts Learning Center in Springfield, MO. For locals: just out east Sunshine and around the bend from Turner's Station off J Hwy. The address and directions are emailed upon booking. BOOKING: If you don't see available dates within 30 days from the day you are looking, click "Book" and the next available class date will pop up.