Layout and Binding for Pocket Notebooks
🌞 Life is full of interesting people and fun ideas, but when I store my notes on my phone, they all seem to get burred beneath other addicting apps that fight for my attention. These days I'm trying to detach from my phone, but then all my notes go away as well 😢.
🧵 I have found that carrying a little pocket notebook allows me to gather the loose threads of daily life and weave them into a meaningful, connected life.
🫱🏼🫲🏾 This is also opportunity to bring people together from all walks of life and learn how they organize their thoughts.
♾️ This workshop is also designed to help folks with ADHD.
Item Being Created
A Pocket size thread bound journal with custom lines, grids, or any other organizational tools printed on each page.
A digital scan (PDF) so that the notebook can be re-printed in the future.
Custom Pages
Make your own custom pages using our provided layout template, or use pages from our library of artist-made page layouts!
Here are some Examples:
Learn How To:
Layout pages of a book without computer assistance.
Scan pages before cutting and binding so you have a re-printable digital copy.
Bind books with a sewing machine.
Trim edges for clean look.
Wider Learning Objectives
Gain material literacy in notebook drafting and binding.
Empower participants to self publish books and zines.
Foster personal organizational skills.
Process Should Be:
Low to Zero Cost
Not dependent on a computer
Easy to create more copies in the future
Flexible to different artistic visions.
Final Notebook Should Be:
Convenient to carry
Durable
Unique to your style
Transferable Skills
Self Publishing
Sewing/Bookbinding
Page Layout
Course Structure:
11:00am --- 30 min --- Facilitator arrives early for setup
11:30am --- 15 min --- Participant Arrival Time
11:45am --- 15 min --- Look at some final results
12:00pm --- 10 min --- Explain the basics of the page layout template
12:10pm --- 05 min --- Exploration of possible paste in grids and other templates
12:15pm --- 50 min --- Lets craft! Customize your pocket notebook template
01:05pm --- 25 min --- Scanning and re-printing
01:30pm --- 10 min --- Cut and Combine pages
01:40pm --- 30 min --- Bind notebooks with Sewing Machine
02:10pm --- 20 min --- Celebrate success
02:30pm --- 30 min --- Post-event clean up
03:00pm -------------- Event End
3 hr Workshop Time
4 hr Total time with Setup and Cleanup
About Your Instructor — Evan Sirchuk
Evan Sirchuk is an analog craft instructor who creates accessible, low cost processes and objects. A full list of their workshops can be found here: https://antiscarce.net/classes