ZLC OH: Bookbinding and decoration with Kells stamps

• Event Date: Saturday, November 19, 2016
• Time: 1:00 pm–4:00 pm (CST)
• Location: Zahn Learning Center, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL
• Cost: $2 per crafter

• Hands-on
• Family-Friendly tag

During ZLC OH on Saturday afternoons, visitors can create crafts inspired by special exhibits, cultural holidays, current events, and Spurlock’s feature gallery collections. Ideal for elementary age students through adults, ZLC OH aims to help visitors explore world cultures by making crafts and spending hands-on time with objects from the Museum’s Teaching Collection.

Join UI Library and Spurlock staff for bookbinding crafts in conjunction with the special exhibit, “"Medieval Irish Masterpieces in Modern Reproduction". Using vellum, paper, card stock, thread, bone folder and needle, make a simple stitch soft-sided book (a simpler fold-only version will be available for younger visitors). Decorate your book with our Book of Kells rubber stamps. Learn about some of the recipes used to produce ink colors in medieval times. $2 per crafter; museum admission is free, and parking is free in non-metered, non-reserved parking spaces in lot D22 (behind the museum)