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  • BOOKARTS (credit Paulette Rosen)
  • Artist Peggy Johnston demonstrates a technique during a book workshop
  • A student using the bindery equipment

BOOKARTS (credit Paulette Rosen)Artist Peggy Johnston demonstrates a technique during a book workshopA student using the bindery equipment

Studio capacity:

5 people, including instructor

 

Studio policies:

- All people should wash hands or use hand sanitizer before or upon entering the Bindery before beginning activity in the Bindery.

- Students will bring their own hand tools if them have them (including scissors, straight edge, right angle, needles, bone folders, pencils, glue brushes, etc.) so as to limit movement around the Bindery. If a student does not have such tools, at the beginning of each session the instructor will gather them from the Bindery for use during class.

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Beginning and Intermediate Bookbinding: The Screw Post Album

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Paulette Rosen

Planning a trip or doing family research? This is the perfect book for compiling photos or family histories. The versatile screw post album is a great binding style for single sheets, that is not folded pages. The sturdy pages are held in place by metal screw-posts in a spine piece that are exposed or hidden. It’s very easy to change the order, remove, or replace pages. You can add stubs to accommodate the attachment of thicker items like buttons or memorabilia. There can even be a window in the cover to allow for a peek at the first page. The album structure is perfect for photographs, prints, collages and scrapbooking. Although the book does not open flat, but it can still be used as a sketchbook. No experience is necessary. Many of the basic skills of bookbinding will be taught. Continuing students are welcome to work on ongoing projects. This class will take place in a studio accessed by a flight of stairs. For any accommodations please send a confidential email to

Term: Summer 2026

Suggested Ages: 18+

Dates: 7/6–8/10 and 7/7–8/11

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Intermediate + Advanced

Advanced Hand Bookbinding Lab

Cathy Reeve

These sessions are for experienced book binders who have taken Advanced Bookbinding at CAW and can work independently, or who have permission of the department head. There will be a monitor present at all sessions. Enrollment in this class includes one 3-hour monitored open bench session per week. Tuition for this class includes a materials fee of $5. This class will take place in a studio accessed by a flight of stairs. For any accommodations please send a confidential email to registrar@creativeartsworkshop.org School Policies Students who withdraw 48 hours prior to the first class are eligible for a refund or credit toward another class, less a $25 registration fee. Please click here for more details.

Term: Summer 2026

Suggested Ages: 18+

Dates: 7/15–8/12

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