Nature Journalling - Edwinstowe Library - Adult Learning

About this course

About this course

Journals can be made from lots of materials including some from natural.  Your handmade journal can be used record memories, thoughts, ideas, and inspiration.  

Learners will need to provide some of their own materials for the sessions; 

• Old Towel, Stick, papers – details will be given near the start of the course 

Within the course,  learners will gain an understanding of the need to give items a  second life, the benefits of crafting with reclaim items and and how  journals  are great for memory keeping or art journaling.  We will cover some terminology used in journal making and book binding, such as belly band, pockets, tags, tuck spots. 

We also look at ways of decorating your books and develop your Paper crafting skills, and use of inks, stencils, stamps & collaging etc. 

What will learners achieve by the end of the course?  

• Demonstrate safe use of equipment including craft knives & awl  
• Look at the need to give items second life; and benefits of crafting with reclaim items  
• Able to create handmade paper 
• Able to colour tone papers from natural materials 
• Able to make signatures for journal 
• Use needle and thread to Stitch journal together – be able to calculate hole placement, and thread requirements 
• Learners will create some Journal layouts, 
• Develop Paper crafting skills, and use of inks, stencils, stamps & collaging etc.   
• Develop & hand eye coordination and improve fine motor skills – dexterity, from creating folds 

What skills or knowledge do learners already need to have to attend the course? 

• No specific skills are required at the beginning of this course.  

Learners should bring:

• Old towel, stick, papers 
• Stick 
• Leaves 
• Old towel 
• J-cloth 
• Box/ tray to carry damp items home in session one  
• Non- stick sheet or inside plastic of cereal box  

Suggested Reading for the course  

• Title: Craft bookbinding by Orriss, Linda. ISBN 9781847977649 
• Title: Bookbinding basics. by Rosati, Paola. ISBN 9780806979397 
• Title: Bound : 15 beautiful bookbinding projects by Hazell, Rachel. ISBN 9780857835079 

This course is programmed as part of the Miner2Major Landscape Partnership scheme, supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Booking your place and fee information

If you are in receipt of certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course  please visit our webpage for further information  https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/funding-your-courses/

To secure your place on the course BOTH the following must be done:

• Complete the EVENTBRITE BOOKING.
• Complete our INSPIRE ONLINE ENROLMENT FORM for each person attending the course.

You should be redirected to the Inspire Online Enrolment Form after completing the Eventbrite booking.  If you are not redirected, please use the link supplied in the Eventbrite booking confirmation email.

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must have been living in England and have been resident in the UK for the past 3 years.

Some exceptions may apply if you are living in England with evidence of the right to remain and are from an EEU/EEAU country (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

As we no longer receive funding for our ESFA-funded courses for learners living in the devolved areas listed below, full cost fees would apply to these courses if you live in these areas:

• Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield 
• Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
• Greater London
• Greater Manchester
• Liverpool City Region
• Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland
• Tees Valley
• West of England
• West Midlands
• West Yorkshire