Learn how to sew a coptic stitch binding to craft a personalized notebook.
Date:
Wednesday, November 11, 2026
Location:
Fisher B Level Seminar Room
Audiences:
Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff
Campus:
Fisher Fine Arts Library
More information:
Fisher Library and Common Press present: Move Slow & Make Things!
Are you tired of the pressure to optimize everything? Do you crave space to slow down? Want more being, less doing?
Join us as we celebrate screen-free focus time, creativity, and connection at the Library.
- We'll supply all the materials you need to build your own notebook or sketchbook.
- Chat with others about the benefits of taking notes by hand and how you use notebooks for creative inspiration.
- Browse through some of Fisher Library's books about artist's sketchbooks and notebooks.
Event image credit: “Women at a Jean Lacy Workshop.” Photograph. April 1990. From University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History: Rice University Woodson Research Center, Community Artists’ Collective records. https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1556508/ (accessed August 14, 2026).
