Coptic Bookbinding Class, with Challen Gladman
Tue, Dec 10
|Siding 14 Gallery
Come learn the ancient art of Coptic bookbinding and create your own one-of-a-kind Coptic journal with professional bookbinder Challen Gladman!
Time & Location
Dec 10, 2024, 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Siding 14 Gallery, 5214 50 St, Ponoka, AB T4J 0A9, Canada
About the event
Bookbinding is an ancient and important art, essential to telling the stories that matter most to humanity across space, time, and generations. And there is perhaps no older form of bookbinding than Coptic binding -- a tradition begun 2,000 years ago by the Coptic priests of Ancient Egypt, recognizable by its beautiful yet sturdy stitching worked across the book's exposed spine. Now, it's your turn to learn this ancient book art and take a piece of the history home with you with your own Coptic notebook or sketchbook!
This three-hour course will be guided by the professional guidance of local bookbinder and Siding 14 Gallery owner Challen Gladman. Challen (they/them) is an artist living and working in Ponoka, Alberta, with a passion not only for books, but also for writing (both novels and comics!), painting, pottery, and traditional and digital art (among so many other things they're still excited to…