BOOKARTS SAMPLER: PRIMER

This six session workshop is the perfect opportunity to make books for the first time or to renew a long lost bookmaking past. We will focus on developing a solid foundation in various binding styles, book binding vocabulary, and quality craftsmanship. We will begin with some classics: making a book from a single page, pamphlet and accordion fold book structures. We will move on to tearing a text block by hand, working with paper grain, gluing a bubble-free cover and making accurate measurements without a ruler. Our last sessions will explore the versatile and lovely long-stitch and multi-needle Coptic bindings. Expect to go home with models and hand-outs for each technique, armed and ready to continue your journey into the land of hand-bound books. Students will also learn proper use of bookbinding equipment available at BookWorks studio.

Students taking this class in Feb / March may be interested in following it with an intermediate bookbinding class called “Book Arts Sampler: Beyond the Basics,” a weeklong workshop offered in July.

Please Bring the Following:

• 4 medium to small, curved
• binding needles
• Awl
• Bonefolder
• Pencil, eraser, and scissors
• Exacto knife w/ extra blades
• A medium sized, metal (not plastic) “square”
• Sturdy, medium sized glue brush
• Self healing cutting mat
• A journal for note taking