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Create your own leather notebook

3 hrs of learning with Janine

Knowledge in bookbinding

Your own bound notebook (16 x 16 cm)

€49

per person

The workshop in detail

  • 3h
  • 3 to 5 participants
  • 15 years min.
  • During this workshop, you will discover bookbinding from every angle!

    Janine is a great fan of her art, and she will happily share her expertise with you during the creation of your own bound leather notebook.

    You will have the opportunity to personalise your notebook as you wish, from thread to cover.

    She will accompany you in the creation of the notebook: folding, cutting the paper, measuring, punching... You will complete all the steps with great patience.

    Armed with a punch and a needle, you will draw the pattern and prepare the holes before threading the thread to create the binding.

    You will learn the basics, but also techniques to go much further!

    You will leave the workshop with your beautiful leather notebook (16 x 16 cm) to take on every one of your adventures! 

    Workshop location

    The workshop is easily accessible by public transport.

    This place is accessible to people with reduced mobility.

    Additional information

    Languages of the workshop

    English
    Nederlands

    Wecandoo - Meet Janine.

    Meet Janine.

    Bookbinder and Box Maker

    Janine began her career as an illustrator, but soon became obsessed with bookbinding.

    After a few years at the Art College, she began creating her own sketchbooks and taught herself bookbinding. 

    Boxes, cabinets, closets and drawers have always been a fascination. Her graduation project as an illustrator consisted in the creation of an art cabinet, inspired by 17th century cabinets of curiosities, containing a personal collection of curiosities and pieces of her own work (including sketchbooks, illustrations and a screen-printed travel journal).

    Through bookbinding (making sketchbooks), she found her way into box making. Janine really enjoys the traditional side of the work, but also keeps her other passion going: story-telling. Her boxes are three-dimensional illustrations of tales and myths, music, animals, a lost love or a family story.

    2 comments

    Louis Z
    LZ

    Louis Z

    3/3/2024

    Buitengewoon prettige workshop. Rustige, ontspannen sfeer en een inspirerende werkplek. Goede uitleg en begeleiding. Mooi eindproduct voor iedereen bereikbaar..

    Marjon D
    MD

    Marjon D

    9/17/2023

    Een hele leuke workshop in een inspirerende omgeving. Wanneer je zoals ik gek bent op papier en graag creatief bezig bent moet je dit zeker doen! Je werkt met een klein groepje van max 5 personen aan een mooi ingebonden boekje dat mee naar huis gaat. Ik ga zeker nog een keer een workshop volgen bij Janine!!

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