During this festive season, a little treat is always welcome. And why not gift our dearest ones with a small keepsake tucked inside a little box made by our own hands? There’s nothing quite like something handmade to warm the heart of a gift given with love. This workshop, besides teaching how to make simple boxes, also serves as a brief introduction to the art of boxmaking. Come learn how to create small gift boxes for your presents. In addition to enjoying the fruits of your labour, you’ll also take home the templates you worked on during the workshop so you can make more.

Come and learn this bookbinding technique and make your own notebooks in a relaxed and friendly environment.

Participation is free, with the option of supporting the instructor through voluntary donations.

About the artist and instructor:
Leonor Hungria was born on November 6, 1977. In 2002, she completed her degree in Linguistics — Education Training Branch at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Lisbon. She worked for five years as a proofreader, translator, and editor at the Impala publishing group, Press People, Nova Vega, among others. After this professional experience, she decided to follow her childhood dream of becoming a writer and illustrator. She studied Drawing at the National Society of Fine Arts in Lisbon for three years and is currently a postgraduate student in the Master’s program in Illustration and Animation at the Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave, in Barcelos. She did character design for the animated short The Foam and the Lion by Cláudio Jordão, has published short stories on the Fábrica do Terror website and in Palavrar magazine, and is the creator of the fanzine Train Wreck, A Miscellany, with its Portuguese version Train Wreck, Uma Miscelânea, published independently. Her work can be placed within the Gothic and horror genres, often with a touch of dark and absurd humour.