Hand Made Sketchbooks

Title: Hand Made Sketchbooks 
Type of Course: 1 Day Workshop
Date: August 20th, 2023 
Running Time: 12:30am – 4:30pm

Description: Learn how to sew your own custom sketchbook using easy to find materials and tools. Your instructor will show you how to prepare the cover and paper to be stitched into a personalized sketchbook or journal. Invented centuries ago, Coptic binding is fast and easy to learn and results in a great looking book that lays flat when opened!  

What Students will Learn:

·      Basic book binding skills

·      How to use book binding tools

·      How to sew a Coptic stitch sketchbook/journal

Student Supplies:

·      Notebook and pen

·      Water bottle/snack

·      Optional: Optional – stickers, cool papers, magazine pages to decorate cover.

Audience: Youth Aged 15+

Instructor Bio: Jayme Kveder has been a visual arts teacher for over 8 years serving the communities of Lethbridge, Carstairs and Cochrane. She received her B.F.A. and B. Ed from the University of Lethbridge. While focusing on high school for most of her career, she has had experience teaching grades 6 through to 12. Art has always played a significant role in Jayme’s life; she specializes in an illustrative style and loves working with Inks and watercolour (although her first love will always be painting).