Wunderkammer Show

Posted on May 9, 2017 by sproutspress

I’ll be part of a group show, Wunderkammer: The Cabinet of Curiosities, at the new Toronto Etsy Street Team Gallery, running May 11 – 28! It’s the gallery’s first group art show, and my first art gallery show in many years. I’m really looking forward to it and hope you’ll join us at the opening (details below).

About the show:
“This art – or science art – show, is inspired by the Wunderkammer or Cabinet of Curiosity, the immense, eccentric, encyclopedic natural history collections gathered by collectors since the Renaissance. Cabinets of Curiosities featured treasured zoological, botanical, anatomical, fossil and gem specimen, collected by early citizen scientists. WUNDERKAMMER features original sculptures, drawings, hand-bound books, prints, paintings, printmaking, ceramics, jewellery, generative and multimedia specimen of natural and unnatural history on all scales, from the microscopic to the macroscopic.”

Where: Toronto Etsy Street Team Gallery, 906 Queen St. W., Toronto
When: May 11 – 28, 2017. Opening reception is this saturday, May 13, 6pm – 10pm. RSVP here to attend the opening.

For more information, please see the gallery website here.

Sampler Workshop

Posted on April 18, 2017 by sproutspress

This coming saturday I’ll be offering a Bookbinding Sampler Workshop at the new Toronto Etsy Street Team bricks and mortar location! (formerly Graven Feather)

Spend an afternoon learning the basics of bookbinding and the tools of the trade. In this workshop, students will learn 3 simple softcover bindings. This is a hands-on class and everyone will leave with 3 small sample books.

Pre-registration is required, please go here for all details and to register.

Bookbinding for Beginners

Posted on April 13, 2017 by sproutspress

It’s the start of a new space for the Toronto Etsy Street Team at 906 Queen Street West here in Toronto! And I’m so happy to share that I’ll be offering my Bookbinding Sampler Workshop for Beginners at this new space (formerly Graven Feather).

What: Bookbinding Sampler Workshop – Beginner
When: Saturday April 22, 2017 1pm – 4pm
Where: Toronto Etsy Street Team, 906 Queen St. W., Toronto

For more information and to register, please go here.

Toronto Etsy Street Team presents: The 3rd Annual Christmas Marketplace!

Posted on December 15, 2016 by sproutspress

Join us this Saturday, December 17, for the Toronto Etsy Street Team’s 3rd annual Christmas Marketplace! This will be my last show for 2016, so stop by if you want to make a purchase before the holidays!

To get an idea of what to expect, browse the show lookbook to see examples of what each vendor makes.

Pro Tip: Get there early, the first 50 visitors get a free swag bag filled with handmade goodies!!

See you at the Midsummer Market!

Posted on June 18, 2016 by sproutspress

Tomorrow is the Toronto Etsy Street Team’s spring/summer arts and crafts show!

Join us at the historic Campbell house, 160 Queen St. W, Toronto for a day of handmade goodness! Besides the awesome artist/artisan vendors, there will also be food vendors! There will be folks selling inside and outside, and a selection of free workshops!! (I’m delighted to be teaching a quick Intro to bookbinding!)

And, as always, there will be swag bags for the early birds!

Show runs Saturday June 18, 10am – 6pm.
For more information, see the Facebook event page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/984334601616355/?ti=icl

Save the Date!

Posted on May 26, 2016 by sproutspress

Mark your calendars! The Toronto Etsy Street Team’s Midsummer Market is just around the corner and we’d love to see you there!!

This year, the show is at the beautiful Campbell House, just steps from Osgoode subway station at Queen & University (so convenient!!)

As always, the first 50 people through the door get a coveted swag bag filled with handmade goodies!! Doors open at 10 and admission is free!

What: Toronto Etsy Street Team 6th Annual Midsummer Market

When: Saturday June 18, 10am – 6pm

Where: Campbell House, 160 Queen Street West, Toronto

To get a sneak peek at vendor’s wares, see the lookbook here.

Bookbinding with Sprouts Press!

Posted on February 19, 2016 by sproutspress

The steps to binding a simple, hand made book:

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A post shared by Sprouts Press ~ Carolyn (@sproutspress)

Some more of the fun I’ve been having over on instagram as part of my local Etsy team’s February challenge! As the caption says, it’s a video of a very basic bookbinding technique, one I teach in all my workshops, to get everyone familiar with the process of making a book from scratch.

To see a list of upcoming workshops, go here.

A February Challenge!

Posted on February 5, 2016 by sproutspress

I know that I’ve shared a bit about myself here on the blog. But it’s just the basics, the expected ‘about me’ kind of information. This is why I’m pretty excited to share this next bit with you!

For the entire month of February, I’ll be participating alongside my fellow Toronto Etsy Street Team members for a 29-day Instagram challenge! Each day is themed and a bit different from the one before, but combined they’ll bring together everything that is my little company. If you want to get a bigger picture of what my company is about and who I am (really), head over to Instagram and follow along here: @sproutspress.

Hope to see you there!