02/05/2026
When we looked back at all of our workshops across libraries, scouts, homeschool groups, and adult learners last year, one series rose to the top by a wide margin.
ScribeCraft: Our most-requested and most-rebooked experience of 2025.
And it’s easy to see why.
Because ScribeCraft isn’t an art project.
It’s a walk through the history of how humans learned to remember, and the magic of the written word.
This four-part series starts at the beginning, and scribes-in-training can participate in the entire journey or just the class that calls to them
🖋️ Ink & Pen Making – grinding pigments, brewing natural inks from plants and minerals, shaping reed pens and simple tools the way early scribes did.
📄 Paper Making – turning pulp and water into fresh sheets by hand, discovering just how miraculous “paper” really is when you’ve never taken it for granted.
📜 Scrolls & Seals – writing, illuminating the margins, pressing seals, and exploring the beauty and symbolism that once protected important messages.
📚 Book Binding – stitching it all together into a finished volume you can hold, something that feels less like a craft and more like an artifact.
By the end, participants realize something:
Every book, every journal, every note we’ve ever written stands on thousands of years of human experimentation and ingenuity.
And now they’ve done it themselves.
Kids get wide-eyed and messy and proud.
Adults slow down and get thoughtful.
Everyone leaves with stained fingers and a new respect for the simple miracle of recorded knowledge.
It’s hands-on.
It’s historical.
It’s creative.
And it sticks with people long after the workshop ends.
If you run a library, school, homeschool group, scout troop, or community organization and want something meaningful, tactile, and unforgettable, ScribeCraft travels well — and we’re now booking the next round of dates.
Reach out if you’d like to bring the series to your group.
