What you'll leave with
- Your own leather notebook, made from 100% leftover leather, yours to refill for life.
- Hands-on leatherworking: cutting, folding, punching, and tying a cord-and-bead closure.
- A ready-made refill habit: swap in new paper pages and keep using the same cover.
Workshop in detail
Fold your own leather cover into a notebook with Bonne, the designer behind bon projects. You start by choosing your leather: every piece at bon projects comes from material left over from larger productions, so no two hides, prints, or colors are quite the same. Then you measure and cut your cover to size, folding it around a fresh block of paper before Bonne shows you where to punch the holes for the closure.
Threading the cord is where the notebook becomes yours: you pick your own beads and tie them into a wrap closure that holds the cover shut. The real idea behind the piece only shows once the pages run out: because the cover is built to last, you simply refill it with new paper and keep using the same notebook for years, the same adaptable, built-to-last philosophy Bonne designs every bon projects piece around.
Details
Duration
2 hours
Group size
2–8 participants
Minimum age
12+
Language
English and Dutch
Location
Bon Projects Studio
Danzigerkade 63a, 1013 AP Amsterdam
This venue is not accessible for visitors with reduced mobility.
Good to know
- This class is suitable for ages twelve and up.
- Taught in English and Dutch.
- Because bon projects works entirely from leftover leather, available colors and prints depend on what happens to be in stock that week, so no two guests' notebooks look alike.
Meet your artisan
Bonne van Olst
Bonne van Olst founded bon projects around a fascination with pieces that transform with your mood: designs meant to adapt rather than sit fixed in one form. Every bon projects piece is handmade from 100% leftover leather sourced from larger productions, so no two pieces are quite alike and stock is…
Speaks English, Dutch
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