Registration

• Tuition for this workshop is $45 Members receive exclusive discounts on our programs and courses. Not a member? Learn more.

• Please check your spam folder for your email confirmation. If you have questions, please call (215) 732-1600 or email rsvp@rosenbach.org.

• This program is for those 18 and older.

• Registration opens for Delancey Society members on Friday, August 22, for Rosenbach members on Friday, August 29, and for the general public on Friday, September 5. Registration opens at 12:00 p.m. ET.

Description

Books have been worn for hundreds of years. Come learn how to make some wearable books based on historical miniature volumes in the Rosenbach’s collection. You will end the class with two tiny blank books that can be turned into necklaces or a pair of earrings! All materials and tools will be provided. No experience necessary. 

Instructor

Valeria Kremser is a senior conservation technician, bookbinder, educator, and sometime artist, born and raised in Philadelphia. She currently works in the Steven Miller Conservation Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania, in Van Pelt Library. At her previous position at the Conservation Center for Art and Historic artifacts, she worked on many exciting projects including the notebooks of Bruce Springsteen and the library of Frederick Douglass. She is the co-chair of the Delaware Valley Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers, and in her free time, she makes and collects miniature books. You can find her @boxturtlepress on Instagram.