Maker-Led Workshop | Journal & Sketchbook Binding with Zenit Journals

Join local maker Alina Liao from Zenit Journals for our next Maker-Led Workshop: Sketchbook & Journal Binding on Friday, September 26th from 6-8pm in the Heurich House Museum’s conservatory! 

Learn how to hand-bind your own book and select from a variety of fabrics to add a finishing touch to the cover. Sip on local craft beverages from the museum’s biergarten, 1921 while you work on products!

Details: 

• $45 per person

• All supplies included

• Take home your own journal

• 15% discount at the biergarten bar (Alcoholic & NA beverages available) 

Schedule: 

• 6pm: Doors Open, Purchase your Drinks (Biergarten opens at 4pm if you want to visit before the workshop!)

• 6:15pm: Workshop Begins

• 8pm: Workshop Finishes, Biergarten Closes 

About the Maker: 

Alina Liao started Zenit to make it easier for people to experience the healing power of journaling, especially people of color, who have historically faced, and continue to face, systemic barriers to health and wellness.

Alina shares "When I think about accessibility, it's not only about removing structural barriers. It's also about the deep, slow work of letting go of the internalized beliefs that "wellness isn't for me," or "my feelings don't matter." I held those beliefs for most my life. I inherited them. The world reinforced them. I'm still on the journey of embracing that I, as a human being, have the right to take time for myself, to heal, to be well. My vision is to build Zenit as a radical wellness company that makes it easier for us to feel pride and joy in the work we do for our mental health. To not feel guilt for squeezing in a breath, but to sing self-love as we take our time."

About Maker-Led Workshops:

Maker-Led Workshops are a new initiative of the Heurich Urban Manufacturing Incubator. The workshops provide makers with a free in-person platform in the museum’s conservatory to test and develop a new revenue stream to support the growth and stability of their businesses.

Heurich Urban Manufacturing Incubator: 

The Urban Manufacturing Incubator is rooted in the museum’s belief that house museums should be dynamic and relevant to our modern communities. The mission of the Incubator is to provide economic opportunities to our local small-scale manufacturing communities through: appropriate interventions in business life cycles, collective action, and social enterprises. The local small-scale manufacturing community in DC is composed of two groups: Artisan Makers + Craft Beverage Producers. These groups are directly related to Heurich history - the historic mansion was built and decorated by local craftspeople from 1892-1894 and the Chr. Heurich Brewing Co. (1872-1956) produced DC’s hometown beer brand for over 80 years.