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book bound using coptic bookbinding

Coptic Bookbinding and Book Making | Blended Monkey Studios | Sunday 7 Feb 2027

£110.00Price
Sunday 7 February 2027 - 9.45 - 4.00 pm - Blended Monkey Studios - PE14 9BG
 
Suitable for 16+.
 
Join Zakiya, our guest tutor from Fanoggins, for a COPTIC  BOOKBINDING & BOOK MAKING experience.
 
Zakiya, our guest tutor bookbinder and junk journal artist from Fanoggins, will guide you through the process from start to finish, ensuring you come away with a beautiful six-signature hardback book by the end of the day.
 
This workshop is suitable for beginners and perfect for those who have already created a simple stitched signature journal or even the spiral-bound journal and want to enhance their work with stitching.
 
You will learn how to:
 
  • prepare signatures ready for binding
  • cover book board in book cloth for a professional finish
  • measure the correct thread length for coptic binding
  • coptic bind using a curved needle and waxed linen thread
 
The whole procedure will be explained from start to finish by Zakiya in a small-group workshop, enabling all the techniques and processes to be seen up close.
 
You'll pick everything from the thread colour to the paper type to the book cloth colour, ensuring your finished book is unique to you.
 
Originating in North Africa in the second century AD, coptic binding is an ancient technique that has stood the gruelling test of time. And you’ll be learning this traditional binding method in this full-day workshop.
 
We’ll supply everything you need to craft your own coptic-bound book.

Tickets cost £110.00 and include
 
🖌️ use of equipment on the day, materials and tutoring
🍵 refreshments & lunch - catering to all dietary requirements
 
This would make a fabulous CRAFTY GIFT for someone - so drop us a line and we can post out to you/the recipient a complimentary personalised gift certificate for this experience🎁
 
Email: enquiries@blendedmonkey.co.uk
Phone: 07417 522366☎️
 
Spaces are limited so please book early to avoid disappointment 😥
 
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  • Booking, Cancellation & Refund Terms & Conditions

    • The purchaser of the workshop may cancel the workshop up to 2 weeks before the workshop date with a full refund.

    • If we need to cancel a workshop at short notice for reasons beyond our control, such as illness or mechanical breakdowns, the first option is to rearrange a mutually convenient date or receive a refund. In the event of cancellation for any reason, we are unable to reimburse travel, accommodation or any other expenses that you may incur in relation to the cancelled course.

  • Meet our Guest Tutor

    "I am passionate about the art of junk journal making, book binding and making my own unique papers. I enjoy teaching my craft in the form of small-group workshops, so others can learn how to make and bind beautiful paper journals, and employ techniques such as embossing, signature stitching, momigami ... and I love teaching the fabulously creative art of paper making.

    Fanoggins is all about books (currently) - junk journals and rebound novels, to be exact. I create them so you can use them for whatever your heart desires. Thoughts, feelings, emotions, memories, plans, dreams, shopping lists, habit trackers, you name it; my one-of-a-kind, handbound journals serve as their ideal home."

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