Leather Bookbinding Workshop in Salem

Craft a leatherbound journal for your spell book, grimoire, art, or dreams. An instructor leads you through binding, etching, and decorating your cover.

• Learn leather journal construction with instructor guidance
• Etch designs into your cover using stencils and paint pens
• Personalize your closure with a charm, bone, or crystal
• Choose vegan bookbinding materials, with fewer decoration options

Itinerary

1. Check In: 15 minutes before the start of the workshop, Instructors will invite crafters into the store (retail opens at 11am, so it may look like the shop is closed when you arrive!). Instructors may bring crafters in a little early to start introducing materials.

2. Crafting: The Instructors will lead the class through the process of constructing the journals. The workshop will take up to an hour to make the journal; the remaining time is used to etch and decorate the covers.

3. Check Out & Wrapping: Once crafters finish their journals, they will check out at the retail desk. Instructors will offer to wrap the journals.

What's Included

• Leather journal cover
• Heavyweight paper
• Leather binding
• Deerskin lace closure
• In-house use of stencils and paint pens

Important details

• Arrive 15 minutes early for check-in; late entry is not guaranteed
• Ages 13+ only
• Only registered participants may enter the workshop; children, infants, and strollers are not permitted
• Requires hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills
• Expect refusal of service for intoxication, unsafe behavior, or misconduct
• Plan for limited first-come, first-served parking with a 2-hour maximum