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All Levels
Drum Leaf Binding: The Book that Opens Flat
Paulette Rosen
Make a hard cover book with no sewing. This type of hard cover case binding is constructed of thick pages glued together leaving a continuous page across the gutter. There is no sewing. It opens perfectly flat, making it especially suitable for printmakers and photographers, and for use as a journal, guest book or photo album. It can even be modified to hold small 3-dimensional objects. Students will first make a miniature version for practice that will allow ample time to make a second larger book. Includes one 3-hour monitored open bench session each week.
Suggested ages: 18+
Supplies: Personal bookbinding tools
Supplies provided: n/a
Mondays, 6:30 pm–9:30 pm, 3/16–4/27
7 sessions: $273; Early Bird price: $259.35 (Discount available until 2/29/2020)
Japanese Folding Box
Paulette Rosen
From a long Japanese tradition of folding comes this four-sided box with flaps that fold in at the top and bottom to protect the edges of a book. It opens entirely flat and will be made of binder’s’ board, covered with fabric and decorative paper and held together with a bone clasp. An elegant box for a special book that you made or own. Includes one 3-hour monitored open bench session each week.
Suggested ages: 18+
Supplies: Personal bookbinding tools
Supplies provided: n/a
Tuesdays, 6:30 pm–9:30 pm, 5/5–6/2
5 sessions: $195.00; Early Bird price: $185.25 (Discount available until 2/29/2020)
Intermediate + Advanced
Advanced Hand Bookbinding
Gisela Noack
Expand your skills and interests in bookbinding and restoration with individualized instruction in the bindery. Includes one 3-hour monitored open bench session each week.
Suggested ages: 18+
Supplies: Personal bookbinding tools
Supplies provided: n/a
Prerequisite: 2 semesters of Basic Hand Bookbinding or permission of the instructor.
Wednesdays, 7:00 pm–10:00 pm, 3/18–6/3
12 sessions: $468.00; Early Bird price: $444.60 (Discount available until 2/29/2020)
Workshop
The Secret Belgian Binding
Adrienne Gale
Created in the 1980s by Belgian bookbinder Anne Goy (who calls it the Criss-Cross Binding), this non-adhesive binding has a dynamic woven pattern of thread across the covers and spine. It has the appearance of a Japanese stab binding but opens flat, making it perfect as a journal or sketchbook. Students will learn a simple binding for the text block and then attach the covers with a secondary sewing. The “secret” is that from the outside it is impossible to tell how the book is held together. The final product will be hard-cover with decorative paper, 4.25″ w x 6.5″ h.
Suggested ages: 18+
Supplies: Personal bookbinding tools
Supplies provided: n/a
Saturday, 10:00 am–4:00 pm, 3/21
1 session: $90.00; Early Bird price: $85.50 (Discount available until 2/29/2020)
From Bookshelves to Catwalk: Wearable Papercuts and Artist Books
Béatrice Coron
Create a wearable artist papercut book. Students will be able to express creative ideas based on form, content, and materials, and adapt their ideas to an artist book to be worn. Using historical traditions, we will take a modern and exciting approach to learn the design principles and methods needed to explore the creative and conceptual realm of papercutting design. Students will create paper images and paper tools, explore different materials to be cut, and discover the incredible variety of the contemporary papercutting scene and the many possible applications of this art form to other domains. Tips, tricks, and resources will be provided.
Suggested ages: 18+
Supplies: Stapler, cutting mat, X-Acto knife and blades (11 or equivalent), tracing paper, scotch tape, Images: old magazine, photocopies, or inspirational images (photo/art images or your own work), Optional: any found materials to experiment cutting (plastic, leather, rubber, textiles), three ring binders and clear sheet protectors to keep notes and small papercuttings.
Supplies provided: n/a
Saturday, 10:00 am–4:00 pm, 4/25
1 session: $90.00; Early Bird price: $85.50 (Discount available until 2/29/2020)
Open Studio
Open Studio
Studio Binders
Monitored sessions for binders registered for courses or for those with experience. Fee includes materials for binding and use of the equipment in the bindery. Students must be approved by an instructor to enroll. No instruction. Sign up in advance. There will be some weekday evenings, some Friday afternoons, and some Saturdays. Exact dates and times will be posted at the start of the semester.
Suggested ages: 18+
Supplies: Personal bookbinding tools
Supplies provided: n/a
Prerequisite: Current enrollment in a book arts course or permission of the department head.
Dates and times will be posted by 3/16
session: Current Students: $20/session and Non Enrolled students: $30/session;
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