Objects Practices Tours & Trails

Bookbinding Workshop

7, 14 May • 10:00am • Enabling Village

Create your own personal hand-bound travel journal at SPD’s craft workshops guided by our experienced artisans with disabilities in an inclusive setting.

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Bookbinding Workshop
Dates & Time: 
Sat, 7 May | 10am to 1.30pm
Sat, 14 May | 10am to 1.30pm
 
Venue: Enabling Village, Academy Block Classroom 3
Fee: $53.50 per pax | Up to 8 pax per sessionn
Registration:
 
Create your own personal hand-bound travel journal at SPD’s inclusive craft workshops. Learn how to create your own personalized journal from scratch, including the basic steps of Coptic Binding or Saddle Stitch, guided by our experienced artisans with disabilities in an inclusive setting.
 
Participants will get to bring home their own A5/A6 handbound personalized journals. All materials and tools are provided and no prior experience is required.
 
About SPD
SPD is a local charity set up to help people with disabilities of all ages to maximise their potential and integrate them into mainstream society.
 
The sheltered workshop is one of SPD’s programmes providing vocational training for persons with disabilities. The SPD Artisan Collab is an initiative under the Sheltered workshop providing a platform for persons with disabilities to hone their skills in perfecting the art of bookbinding, leather-crafting & more.
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