Creative making: Beautiful boxes

Name: Creative making: Beautiful boxes
Start: 2026-03-03T10:30:00+00:00
End: 2026-03-03T13:30:00+00:00
Location: National Library of Scotland

National Library of Scotland

Highlights

Tue, 03 Mar, 2026 at 10:30 am

3 hours

National Library of Scotland

Starting at GBP 15

Date & Location

Tue, 03 Mar, 2026 at 10:30 am to 01:30 pm (GMT+00:00)

National Library of Scotland

George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

About the event

Creative making: Beautiful boxes

Transform a pre-loved book into a keepsake box.

About this Event

Give a forgotten book a beautiful new life! Join paper artist Isabell Buenz in this creative workshop and transform a second-hand hardback into a unique keepsake box.

You will learn the techniques to craft your own decorative box. If time allows, you can even fill it with paper flowers made from the book's own pages.

This is a chance to be creative, sustainable, and make something truly special.

What to bring:

A small (not bigger than A5) second hand hardback book

Optional: card (eg. from cereal boxes)

Optional: additional decorations or embellishments

Tea and coffee will be provided.

About the facilitator

Isabell Buenz is a paper and book artist with decades of teaching experience. Her workshops focus on having fun and creating beautiful, usable art from second-hand and scrap materials.

Image courtesy of Isabell Buenz.

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