Upcycled Book Making Workshop - The Bowerhouse Community Reuse Centre
Event description
Join the upcycling/fix it revolution happening across the Mid North Coast and learn to give a new life to preloved books. eg old books repurposed for journals/diaries/albums.
Join the upcycling/fix it revolution happening across the Mid North Coast and learn some basic bookbinding skills.
This workshop is delivered by Bellingen Shire Council, MidWaste
Monique is a traditional bookbinder who has enjoyed creative bookbinding since completing her apprenticeship in the 90s. A special interest of hers is repurposing discarded books, paper and ephemera for sweet little ‘bookish’ objects. Come along to the Sustainable Bookbinding workshop with Monique, learn some key bookbinding terms and traditional skills as you deconstruct, reassemble and hand-bind a cute journal to embellish and alter when you get it home.
What to bring:
This workshop will be held indoors, but please ensure you wear appropriate clothing and shoes. Help up to keep this event low waste and BYO reusable water bottle. You may like to bring a notebook for jotting down ideas!
*Important Updated COVID-19 Safety Information*
- The NSW Government no longer requires masks to be worn at Composting workshops and there is no need to provide proof of vaccination status. However, you may wish to BYO mask if you choose to wear one.
- If you are feeling unwell on the day of the workshop, please consider your community by informing us and by not attending.
- If you have been a close contact with anyone who has tested positive to COVID in the past week, we kindly ask that you attend one of our workshops at a later date.