Greensand Books

What

Handbound coptic, double-pamphlet, and single-pamphlet blank books—and sometimes, greeting cards— with papercut decorations; community bookbinding workshops.

Who

Bess Kaple, bookbinding
Zebby Hourse, papercut decorations

Upcoming Events

Future events to be announced . . .

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A coptic-bound blank book, in chartreuse, green, yellow, and dark blue papers, with teal thread, and white pages with tabs in chartreuse.

A single-pamphlet blank book, in green, yellow, black, and red papers, with white pages and yellow thread.

A greeting card, dark red in a lighter red envelope, decorated with dark green, dark blue, black, and silver papers.

Past Events

Manic Mondays: Lovers ♥ and Others Market, The Feve, Oberlin, OH (February 19, 2024 from 1700 to 2200 EST
OBP Small Business Saturday Pop-up Shop, Mill on Main, Oberlin, OH (November 2023)
FAVA’s Art Fair in the Square, Oberlin, OH (9/23)
Oberlin Winter Farmer’s Market, Oberlin, OH (November 2022 to April 2023)
Oberlin Community Art Book Fair, Oberlin, OH (December 2022)
Zygote Press Queer Print + Zine Fair, Cleveland, OH (June 2022)
Wrong Brain Spring Bizaare, Newmarket, NH (May 2019)

OCABF

We organized the first biennial Oberlin Community Art Book Fair (OCABF), which was held on 3 December 2022, at Mill on Main. The poster for that event is shown below.