Crafting and More

From bookbinding and leather tooling to relief printing and printmaking, these tools allow users to combine DIY and a hands-on design approach.

Explore the possibilities:

  • Bookbinding & Paper Arts: Create handmade journals, sketchbooks, portfolios, and custom publications while exploring book construction, binding techniques, and paper craftsmanship.
  • Leatherworking & Tooling: Design and personalize leather goods using traditional tooling techniques to create patterns, textures, decorative elements, and functional accessories.
  • Relief Printing & Linocut: Carve original designs into linoleum blocks to produce prints, greeting cards, illustrations, and other artwork while exploring composition, pattern, and printmaking techniques.
  • Printmaking: Use the etching press with compatible printing plates and materials to create detailed artwork, experiment with textures, and explore traditional printmaking processes.
  • Creative Publishing & Storytelling: Combine bookbinding, illustration, and printmaking to produce original books, zines, educational resources, and student publications.

Safety Tests and Liability Waiver Must Be Completed Before Using Craft Supplies:

  • General Safety Test
  • Liability Waiver

Techniques and Resource Videos

How to Use a Comb Binding Machine

Bookbinding Techniques

Leather Tooling Techniques


Project Ideas

How to Make a Zine

How to Make a Leather Pouch