Classes will run only if a minimum number of people sign up; if more sign up than there are spaces, classes may repeat if schedule permits. All classes include materials, a delicious lunch and dessert., and printed instructions.

Click on the links (where available) to see the forms we're making.

Paste Paper and Luminaria Class: Saturday, August 2nd, 10AM to 4PM, $85.  Make a supply of gorgeous paste paper in the morning (and if you choose, learn to fold luminaria in the afternoon; these magical origami structures provide romantic light to your porch or deck on summer nights).

Coptic Bound Journal Class:  Tuesday, July 15th (12 - 5PM) and Wednesday, July 16th, 10-4PM, $150. Make a beautiful coptic bound journal with paste paper covers and section wraps. A beautiful book to work in and treasure. Bring your own paste paper or use mine.

Tunnel Book Class:  Saturday, August 9th, 10-4PM, $85. Make a magical tunnel book in a windowed wrapper. Use your own photos/drawings/postcards or choose from mine to create a multi-dimensional layered scene.

*NEW* RECIPE BOOK CLASS: Sunday, August 10th, 10-4PM, $85. Come and bind a double-signature book of recipes for all your favorite lunches at Otter Pond Bindery (and a few other tasty meals!). You'll go home with a beautiful recipe book (with room for more of your own favorite recipes)!

*NEW* Photo/Wedding Album Class: Saturday, August 16th, 9-4PM, $95. Make a gorgeous hardbound photo or wedding album/guest book with built-in stubs for photos. Clothbound spine and paste or marble covers--bring your own paper or choose from mine. This book differs from the screwpost album; see the wedding book  pictured in the commission section of the Gallery page.

NOTE: The directions to the bindery below have changed slightly; the schoolhouse on the corner is no longer white -- we're refurbishing it to accommodate out-of-town students! We expect it to be available for weekend/weekly rental starting in August. Photos to come soon! 

 

FROM THE NORTH: take I-91 South to exit 1, go south (right) on rte 5 toward Guilford, and in less than a mile, turn right in front of the Guilford Country Store onto Guilford Center Rd. Follow that for a little less than 2 miles, and turn left onto Weatherhead Hollow Rd. Follow that for about six miles until you pass Weatherhead Hollow Pond (a large pond on your left). You will see the Franklin Farm (and farm store) on your right. Just after that is Packer Corners Rd on the right. Take that for 1.6 miles, then turn right onto S. Belden Hill Rd. You will pass a small white empty schoolhouse on the corner, then a gray barn on the right, then you'll see a white house and red barn. That's me! Park on the side of the road or near the barn.

FROM THE SOUTH: Take I-91 North to Exit 28b in Bernardston Massachusetts, and go left from the off-ramp. Turn right (North) when the road dead-ends into Route 5. After several miles, turn left on Keets Brook Rd. and follow it through the valley until it comes to Weatherhead Hollow Rd. Turn left and pass the Franklin Farm, then take a right on Packer Corners Rd. and follow that for 1.6 miles. Turn right onto S. Belden Hill Rd. There is a small white empty schoolhouse on the corner, then a gray barn on the right, then a white house and red barn. Park on the side of the road or near the barn.

For local accommodation at the Cabin at Bear Meadow go to http://www.vtcabin.com/.

Other accommodations are available in nearby Brattleboro. Email Susan for hotel and motel suggestions and information.