Botanical Bookbinding Summer School

Join this special extended three day Botanical Bookbinding journey, where you’ll learn every step of creating a handmade botanical book. From crafting your own paper to experimenting with foraged inks and finally binding your pages with various stitches, this hands-on workshop equips you with the skills to continue making at home.

Day 1 dives into the art of papermaking. Using pulped recycled materials, you’ll cast sheets of handmade paper, enhanced with petals, pressed botanicals, or even preserved botanical samples.

On Day 2 you’ll use botanical inks and experiment with natural tools like twigs and plants to create unique marks. Print directly from leaves, design your own stamps, and combine to produce textural and illustrated papers.

Day 3 focuses on bookbinding techniques to bring your creations together. Cass will teach you how to make a leather hardback book with exposed stitching, and a twig-spined Japanese stab notebook.