Upgrade your art supplies in our "Your Art, Your Way" bookbinding workshop this June. Learn professional techniques to transform a brand new sketchbook into a customized hardcover edition that suits your specific artistic needs. Bring your favorite new sketchbook (such as Strathmore) and we'll provide all binding materials and guidance. Perfect for artists looking to personalize their tools while learning practical bookbinding skills. Limited to 5 participants—sign up to create a sketchbook that's as unique as your artistic style.

I will be a vendor for the Potsdam Summerfest in New York. Please come by and take a look, or just say hi! ✨

Information about Potsdam Summerfest:
Presented by the Potsdam Chamber of Commerce, partake in three fun filled days jam packed with live music, vendors, food trucks, bustling street fair, recreational activities and all downtown Potsdam has to offer! The 2025 festival will take place on July 10-12.

The event features live music every hour on the Main Stage on Market Street with additional music in the Ives Park Gazebo. Summerfest is the time of year when area merchants put their best foot (and merchandise) forward to offer spectacular sales. As area businesses roll their merchandise out onto the sidewalks, bargains are found in virtually every plaza, nook, and cranny of Potsdam.

This workshop invites outdoor enthusiasts to craft the ultimate field companion using traditional bookbinding techniques and premium materials. In this hands-on workshop, they'll create a personalized field journal featuring waterproof pages, genuine bison leather cover, and specialized sections tailored to your chosen outdoor pursuit - whether that's tracking fish, recording hunts, cataloging birds, or just a plain notebook. All materials provided, including premium bison leather and waterproof paper - just bring your passion for the outdoors and leave with a journal built to withstand years of field adventures!

Binding Baggins is a hands-on bookbinding workshop where participants will learn to transform paperback copies of J.R.R. Tolkien's beloved classic, The Hobbit, into beautiful hardcover editions. Participants will be guided through the process of creating a new hardcover binding.