Name: Travel Journals
Start: 2026-06-19T09:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-06-19T12:00:00-05:00
Location: ART EMERGENCY

Create a beautiful Coptic-bound book that lies flat and holds all your travel notes and sketches.
About this Event

Join me for a wonderful new offering: Coptic-bound Travel Journals. The coptic bookbinding technique dates back to the 2nd Century AD, and creates a flexible book with an exposed spine. In this advanced book binding workshop students will learn the complicated and beautiful form of exposed Coptic binding. We will make medium sized sketch/scrap books that lay flat when open (perfect for sketching). I will have a variety of paper types that may be incorporated, such as tracing paper, water color paper, graph paper, copy paper and others. All the paper will be pre-cut to size and I will walk you through the many steps required to complete the project. All materials will be provided and you will take home a sturdy and long lasting vessel for your sketches, ideas and saved ephemera.

This is a morning class, held in an air conditioned studio with drinks and light snacks provided.
This class is for adults with previous experience with bookbinding. See my Introduction to Book Binding class on May 30th for a skills-based class that will prepare you for this advanced Coptic book binding class.

Due to the complexity of this form, this class will be limited to 8 participants.

Meet at Art Emergency, 721 E 9th Street at 9 am.

There are no cash refunds, however the price of the class can be used as credit in a future class, either for yourself or a gift to another, credit towards private lessons or a deposit on a custom commission paper garment.

DIRECTIONS

If you have never been to Art Emergency, it can be a little tricky - Ninth street appears to end right at Delaware but there are still addresses East of this junction. Cross over Delaware and turn right into the SECOND parking lot - it will be on to a gravel lot. The entrance to the classes the second door, half way down the warehouse. (picture below) Please park perpendicular to the building. If you are having trouble finding the Art Emergency studios warehouse, please give me a call and I can help you. 785-840-7940 -Liza.