The Sewn Boards binding structure is an elegant hardcover book that lays flat, opens beautifully, and allows for endless design variation. The finished book, with its modern lines and flush covers, feels wonderful in the hand. Read more about the Sewn Boards Binding and Sign Up HERE If you can’t make this date, send me […]
Join Bindfulness for a week-long pop-up shop celebrating handmade books! Whether you’re curious about bookbinding, want to learn something new, or are looking for unique handmade books, there’s plenty to discover and learn. When: 20th to 26th April, 2026 Where: 1697 Shop, West Street, Faversham, ME13 7JB
MORNING WORKSHOP We'll work with artist Nicola Chatten to explore making monoprints using Gelli plates. At the end of our morning, we'll use some of our prints to make a hand sewn pamphlet book. You'll take your additional prints home along with your book. Tuesday, 21 April, 2026 9:30am – 12noon £55 COMBINE THIS WORKSHOP […]
MORNING WORKSHOP We'll make an A5 (ish!) book using old envelopes, unwanted books, wrapping paper, maps, offcuts, old artwork, and whatever bits and pieces you might like to bring along, too. (You can combine this workshop with Tuesday morning's Gelli print workshop making monoprints. See the offer below) We'll prepare a collaged hard cover for […]
*Two Places Left!* A Workshop at the first Pop-Up for 2026 at the 1697 Shop in Faversham! We’ll make a leather wrapped book stitched and bound with the beautiful visible Long Stitch on the spine. This is an opportunity to incorporate your own various papers and off cuts into the pages of a unique journal […]
Organised by Printmaker Tina Hagger, For the Love of Print brings together 26 Printmakers from Kent. The Print Fair is a vibrant celebration of Printmaking - there'll be Lino, Riso, […]
Busy Diary? You don’t have to miss out! If you can’t make the date of any of the published workshops, you can request a midweek Bespoke workshop date for two […]
We'll make a hard cover mixed media book stitched and bound with the beautiful visible patterned XXs of Cross Stitch on the spine. This is an opportunity to incorporate your […]
Join Bindfulness for a week-long pop-up shop celebrating handmade books! Whether you’re curious about bookbinding, want to learn something new, or are looking for unique handmade books, there’s plenty to […]
MORNING WORKSHOP Block printing and book binding in a morning. We'll start the workshop working with Print, collage, and textile artist Anne Davison to cut a print block. We'll use […]
In the Quarterbound workshop we’ll make hard cover books with 96 pages. We’ll begin by sewing a book block using unsupported French link stitching with waxed linen binder’s thread. We’ll […]
Busy Diary? You don’t have to miss out! If you can’t make the date of any of the published workshops, you can request a midweek Bespoke workshop date for two […]
Make four different handbound books Inspired by Master Craftsman Kojiro Ikegami using variations of the gorgeous and elegant four-hole stab binding method. You will use various decorative papers, chiyogami paper, […]
We’ll start the day making a punching cradle, a useful tool that makes it easier to pierce through the folds of your paper sections precisely and consistently. We’ll put your […]
We’ll make a leather wrapped book stitched and bound with the beautiful visible patterned XXs of Cross Stitch on the spine. This is an opportunity to incorporate your own various […]
Bindfulness Handmade Books is Popping Up at One Gatefield Lane in Faversham alongside artists Clair Meyrick and Nicola Chatten. Paper, form and colour will abound! Don't miss it!
Join Bindfulness for a week-long pop-up shop celebrating handmade books! Whether you’re curious about bookbinding, want to learn something new, or are looking for unique handmade books, there’s plenty to […]
