Slow learning, made by hand

Cedarvale Foundation offers unhurried online workshops in two old and rewarding subjects: finding out how a place came to be, and making useful things with simple tools.

This season

• Bookbinding for beginnersSew a small notebook with a three-hole stitch
• Tracing the story of a river townMaps, registers and the habit of asking “why here?”
• All workshopsLettering, plant dyeing and block printing

What “foundation” means here

We use the word in its plainest sense: a base to build on. Our workshops lay down a few simple skills and some habits of looking closely at a place, and you build the rest. We never ask for donations or payments.