Holiday Markets

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

I'm excited to announce two upcoming events where you can find my books for sale! Just in time to get that someone special, something special. No supply chain issues here! 

Support local, shop small, buy handmade, love big.

GREEN GIFTS

The ever-awesome Art Parts Creative Reuse Center is having their Green Gifts holiday market, and I've made some pocket notebooks using scraps from my larger bookbinding projects, fabric from second-hand sources, and other low-waste materials like mulberry bark paper, linen thread, and sugarcane byproduct paper! I've also used decorative scraps to enhance pencils made from 100% recycled newspaper. 

Paired together they make perfect little prezzies!

Nov. 26 through Dec. 27 at Art Parts

MY POP UP SHOP!!!

I'm so excited this is going down. I have really been on a roll with these nature-inspired journals and sketchbooks. They are made using upcycled covers from lost and lonely books, combined with vintage illustrations, geometric patterns and whatever else I fancy. Snakes for sale! Mushrooms for sale! Bugs for sale! They're weird and wonderful and whimsical so please come say hi at 

Two Hands Paperie on Dec. 4, from 11-2

Fall 2021 ONLINE Classes!

 

See the full Two Hands Paperie class lineup at

https://twohandspaperie.com/collections/classes

Fall classes at Two Hands Paperie are ONLINE this season and I can't wait to zoom it up with everyone!

I am teaching THREE different classes which are all unique in their own way. I'll start with the new one first: it's called 'Fabric & Paper - Pocket Notebooks' and they are some really cute little books that make great gifts for your friends or for *ahem* yourself. Right in your pocket they go! We will practice stitching and making our own bookcloth... mad skillz to add to your toolkit.

Fabric & Paper - Pocket Notebooks ONLINE CLASS - November 7,  2021

Details and registration here: 

https://twohandspaperie.com/collections/classes/products/fabric-and-paper-pocket-notebooks-new-class-nov-7

We're also repeating the 2-session 'Upcycled Book' class where unloved hardback books (like these sweetie condensed Reader's Digests) get turned into fresh lovable journals with your own twist on vintage aesthetic. Last time we did this class, people totally blew me away with their creations!

Upcycled Books ONLINE CLASS - (2 sessions) September 26 & Oct 3,  2021

Details and registration here:

https://twohandspaperie.com/collections/classes/products/upcycled-book-class-sep-26-oct-3

And last but not least the ever-popular "Exploding' Book' class, just in time for the holidays because these too make amazing little handmade gifts! One of the three designs we practice actually hangs beautifully as a holiday ornament, so put this one on your calendar and cross your holiday gift list off, all in one go! Again, tons. of. fun. whenever we do this class.

'Exploding' Books ONLINE CLASS - December 5, 2021

Details and registration here:

https://twohandspaperie.com/collections/classes/products/exploding-books-class-dec-5

WORKSHOP 'The Handmade Book' - Anderson Ranch Arts Center - Aug 23-27

 It is hard to describe just how magical a place the Anderson Ranch Arts Center is. In the mountains near Aspen, CO, the center has been a haven of creativity and coming together for artists for over 50 years. They offer year-round, world-class programs in ceramics, digital fabrication, furniture design/woodworking, painting/drawing, photography/new media, printmaking, and sculpture. Historic barns, cabins, and buildings combine with high caliber technology and equipment to provide a creative campus like none other.

photos: Anderson Ranch Arts Center

I am honored to have the opportunity to teach a week-long intensive workshop 'The Handmade Book'. Geared toward photographers, and open to all, this course examines the importance of book media in the storytelling process. Full class description, info, and registration are all found here:

https://www.andersonranch.org/workshops/workshop/the-handmade-book-p1226-21/

If you would like to gift yourself one of the most amazing and creative weeks of  your life - sign up for a workshop as Anderson Ranch! There are a couple spots left in my Handmade Book class, I hope to see you there...

Upcycled Book Class - March 7 & 14

 I know I always say I'm excited for whatever upcoming class is happening but this one I am extra-super excited for. 

I've been working on a new line of books where I upcycle covers from existing books that are unloved or destined for less glamorous things like the landfill. I've been so jazzed on how they've turned out that I turned the project into a class and am extra-super looking forward to sharing it!

For the class I scored some languishing Reader's Digest condensed series from the 60s-90s, and we'll be repurposing the covers into newly-bound journals. 

On the left are the covers I've chosen for the class...

...and after we wave our magic wands... JK! After we spend 2 afternoons learning about the ancient Coptic binding technique from the 2nd century, and having a ton of fun getting creative with our vintage covers, the result will be something like what is pictured on the right.

No experience necessary, all materials shipped directly to you in a cute little kit!

Info & registration here:

http://twohandspaperie.com/upcycled-book-new-class-march-7-14/

I extra-super hope to see YOU there!

Spring 2021 ONLINE classes!

Here's a pic of me instructing my first ever online class - it was AWESOME and it sounds like the other online classes that Two Hands Paperie ran in 2020 went super-great too. Thank you to everyone who signed up for classes during this crazy time, we all really appreciate the community and the ability to create together and make things together even while staying physically apart.

More amazing online classes are in the queue!

Please check out the FULL SPRING 2021 COURSE LIST HERE:

http://twohandspaperie.com/classes/