Bind Your Becoming: Hand-Built Art Journal
Friday, May 29, 2026
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Focus: Foundations & Flow — creating the bones of your art journal so that inspiration always has a place to land.
Description: In this workshop, we’ll take away the fear of the blank page by building the foundation of your own art journal. Together, we’ll gather a variety of papers—plain, patterned, textured, and repurposed—and create a layered surface that already carries stories within it. You’ll design a personalized cover and learn how to assemble your pages using a wire-o binding machine. This process gives you a creative container that feels alive and ready for exploration. This journal will become a safe space to play, reflect, and grow long after the workshop ends.
What You’ll Experience:
A calm and creative environment to build your own journal foundation
Hands-on instruction in paper selection, layering, and cover design
The satisfaction of creating a journal that already feels rich and inviting
Techniques: paper selection and layering, intuitive page composition, wire-o bookbinding, simple cover design.
Surface: custom journal created from assorted papers (recommended finished size 6 × 9 inches).
Materials: please bring an assortment of papers that inspire you—such as watercolor sheets, book pages, scrapbook papers, or recycled materials. All binding materials and wire-o machines will be provided for class use. A list of recommended materials with links will be sent ahead of class.