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Weekends in the Bindery
Miniature Books II
Miniature books are challenging due to their size limitations. There are no limitations, however, to their potential as vessels and artifacts for both visual and written expressions. The class will create an array of personalized book structures that reflect the individual's experiences through patterns, designs and some text -- from traditional book structures to more sculptural creations.September 6 - 7, 10am - 4pm Maria G. Pisano $220/$245 Bookbinding for Teachers
This one-day workshop is designed for teachers of 7 - 12 year olds, with methods and techniques that may be modified to accommodate other age groups. We will spend the day creating classroom-tested and kid-approved book structures that are quick, simple and mess-free. We will also explore simple pop-ups and how to incorporate them into books. You will leave with a variety of book structures and ideas for including book arts in your classroom. No previous art or bookbinding experience necessary. Saturday, September 13, 10am - 4pm Stephanie Krause $115/$140 FALL OPEN HOUSE
Demonstrations of hand bookbinding and letterpress printing.Saturday, September 20, 11am - 4pm FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! Paste Papers
Discover the fun of drawing through paste infused with color on paper that yields wonderful patterned designs and layers of colors. The preparation of paper and pattern making will be presented, followed by time to experiment with creating your own unique decorative papers. Consideration will be made for the wide application of this medium, from end sheets and book or box covers, to textile designs and wall coverings. Beginners welcome.Section 1: Sunday, September 21, 10am - 4pm Sage Reynolds $115/$140 NOTE: Also offered as a weekday workshop on Monday, December 1st NEW! Jazzing it Up
This one-day workshop for educators will focus on classroom friendly techniques that add visual excitement to student work. Dabbling in techniques such as patterning with markers, cut and folded paper design, and nature and bubble printing, we will create striking borders and colorful, functional accents that will enhance pages of prose and poetry, report covers, and hand made books. We also will cover some particularly useful classroom bookmaking methods. Walk away from this workshop with a personal portfolio of samples that will dazzle and engage your students.Section 1: Sunday, September 21, 10am - 4pm Paula Beardell Krieg $115/$140 NOTE: Also offered as a daytime workshop on Tuesday, September 23rd Cut, Cover and Stitch I
A great class for beginners! Learn to make four different handmade books in one weekend. Explore basic bookbinding techniques of folding, sewing, cutting, and covering books. You will produce two non-adhesive books using the pamphlet stitch and an accordion fold, one flat back book, and a star accordion book.Section 1: September 27 - 28, 10am - 4pm Benjamin D. Rinehart $220/$245 Soft Cover Leather Bound Books
Want to make leather bound books but are intimidated or lack experience? No previous experience in bookbinding or leather working is needed to create a beautiful soft leather bound book in a weekend. Add surface design to the leather covers using linoleum block cuts to create texture, image and color. Decorative endpapers and a deckled edge text block will complete the aesthetic of the book. By Sunday afternoon, you will have made one or two fully designed hand-bound leather books.September 27 - 28, 10am - 4pm Biruta Auna $220/$245 +materials fee How to Bind Five Eggs
Learn to make an inventive, hand-bound cloth-covered book structure that is both a book with pages of text, and a box. When opened, the visual flow from the text to the final hidden shadow box area expresses ideas that complement the text. During the first day the class will assemble prototypes with shadow boxes to contain 3-D collage objects. On the second day each participant will design a custom book structure using varying sizes and depths to suit one¥s own creation, based on the first day's experience. Participants do not need to have a fully realized concept before the class.October 4 - 5, 10am - 4pm Kumi Korf $220/$245 More Beaded Bindings
The bead goes on! If you loved Beaded Bindings this class is the perfect solution for your book and bead addiction. In More Beaded Bindings we will look at several new ways to incorporate beads into spines of books, as well as covers. We will also look at samples of beaded and embroidered books, as well as how artists are using beads and embroidery in their art today, often to create text! Please bring beads of all sizes to class. We will finish at least one book with a spine, more if time permits. Beaded Bindings, as well as previous book binding experience is helpful, but not essential.October 4 - 5, 10am - 4pm Miriam Schaer $220/$245 Basic Bookbinding
Learn to make a classic clothbound hardcover book. The flatback case opens flat and is suited to a slim volume of poetry or a hefty dictionary; to a tiny miniature book or a really big book. For beginners, building a flatback case is a good introduction to hand bookbinding fundamentals. Those with more experience will review and refine skills to gain confidence in one of the standard structures of bookbinding. Bind a blank book any size you wish, or bring prepared signatures.October 11 - 12, 10am - 4pm Susan Mills $220/$245 Paper Marbling
This course will teach the basics of water-based (Turkish) paper marbling using acrylic and tempera paints. Learn how to prepare paper for marbling as well as basic marbling techniques. You will then have the opportunity to make your own marbled papers. We will also examine a variety of marbling patterns. Students who wish to marble their own specific types of paper should bring them on the first day of class to be prepared for marbling on day two.October 11 - 12, 10am - 4pm Lauren Rowland $220/$245 All About the Accordion
The accordion is perhaps the most versatile structure in the world of bookbinding. As a full-page spread, or as a minutely pleated piece of paper, it displays both pictures and words in an immediate and Zen-like game of mountains and valleys. We will spend two days folding and sewing, and occasionally dipping into a bowl of paste, as we construct a set of five small models. Beginners welcome.October 18 - 19, 10am - 4pm Barbara Mauriello $220/$245 Japanese Bookbinding
Learn a variety of Japanese binding techniques using traditional Japanese papers and fabrics to produce unique works. Construct side-sewn binding and through-the-fold structures, as well as a special cloth-covered folding box to hold the books. The end result is a beautiful, boxed set of books.October 18 - 19, 10am - 4pm Yukari Hayashida $220/$245 Cut, Cover & Stitch II
Another great class for beginners! If you enjoyed the first session, you'll love the second. Learn to make four different handmade books in one weekend. Explore basic bookbinding techniques of folding, sewing, cutting, and covering books. You will make a traditional Japanese style bound book, a small photo album using the long stitch, a Coptic stitch book and a spiral accordion book. NOTE: No prerequisite.October 25 - 26, 10am - 4pm Benjamin D. Rinehart $220/$245 Round Boxes
Tired of right angles? Leave your straight-edges at home and learn to make a round box. Create these festive containers through instruction in cutting, bending and rounding book board. Learn two ways to bend the board towards the shape you want. We will learn variations on constructing lids ¥ inside, outside, and on top of ¥ and otherwise custom fitting the boxes. Your boxes can be covered in either cloth or resilient Japanese (or other) decorative paper. No previous box-making experience necessary.October 25 - 26, 10am - 4pm Biruta Auna $220/$245 NEW! How to Make A Photograph Album
There are three basic approaches to album-making ¥ and hundreds of variations ¥ defined by the page format: an extended accordion, a stack of single sheets, a set of folded sections. By keeping our models small, we will make prototypes of as many structures as time allows, with each participant selecting their favorites from among the possibilities presented. There will be much discussion on both the advantages and limitations of a given style. Variables as diverse as the number of photos to be bound, the size of a sheet of paper, and the availability of bookbinding equipment in the home studio will lead students towards specific models. The goal is not to produce a single, large album, but rather to understand and to play with the principles of album-making. Please bring some (small!) photos with you on Saturday. November 1 - 2, 10am - 4pm Barbara Mauriello $220/$245 NEW! Containers for Books and Objects
This course focuses on protective enclosures for books, documents, and photographs. Containers for small three-dimensional objects will also be constructed. Common and unusual materials are transformed into boxes, slipcases, and innovative folded receptacles. With many models on hand, interesting perspectives open up, furthering ideas. A nest of various boxes and a portfolio containing variations on folders, pockets, and envelopes will be the result.November 1 - 2, 10am - 4pm Hedi Kyle $220/$245 Coptic Binding
Coptic is an ancient style of binding that adapts beautifully to modern materials. This versatile binding style is the perfect option for using wood, metal, plastic or other unusual materials for covers. Completely non-adhesive with an exposed spine, Coptic books lay flat when opened and can be expanded to a full 360 degrees. We will fold, punch and sew three text blocks, each using a different cover variation. We will also learn to bend needles into the necessary shapes to sew these timeless books. No previous bookbinding experience necessary.November 8 - 9, 10am - 4pm Susan Mills $220/$245 NEW! Ethiopian Bookbinding with Leather Covering
Following a tradition that continues today, we will begin this weekend by preparing wood covers for this sewn board structure. Leather endbands will be woven and then sewn to the book through the leather covering, and the covers and wide turn-ins will be ornamented by tooling following traditional patterns.November 8 - 9, 10am - 4pm Shanna Leino $220/$245 NEW! Limp Vellum Binding
Limp vellum bindings for blank books were being produced as early as the 14th century. This structure was and still is used by artists¥ as notebooks and for small printed editions. It produces a sound sewing construction with a comfortable flexible cover. The text block is sewn onto strips of alum-tawed goatskin. The spine is lined with Japanese paper and then the endbands are sewn onto a secondary core of goatskin. The covers are constructed, and then the text block is laced through, creating a supple attachment. This style of book is popular as a conservation binding because it is not necessary to use adhesives. It is used with vellum as well as with paper. The sensation of holding a light portable vellum book, especially when it becomes worn with the patina of your hands, feels and looks better than your favorite pair of old jeans.November 15 - 16, 10am - 4pm Denise Carbone $220/$245 + materials fee Portfolio Workshop
In one day, we will make two portfolios in different styles, both with ties. One will be quarter-bound in paper and cloth, the other half-bound with ties and flaps. Students will be shown how to laminate paper and fabric, and options for variations in flaps. The end result will be two portfolios, one with flaps and ties, one with pockets for holding standard sized papers, photos, certificates or small drawings. This class will lay the foundation for you to make portfolios of any size, covered in decorative paper or cloth of your choice. Beginners welcome.Section 1: Saturday, November 15, 10am - 4pm Sage Reynolds $115/$140 NOTE: Also offered as a weekday workshop on Monday, October 6th Curious Boxes, Bound and Unbound
This workshop is as much a celebration of materials as it is an exploration of the technical details of box making. Postcards, photographs, hardware and found objects will merge with book cloth, binder¥s board and PVA as we shape, stitch, rivet and weave our boxes into existence. We welcome all levels of experience-from none to lots-to join us in making uncommon boxes. Please bring with you your secret hoardings, and be prepared to share.November 22 - 23, 10am - 4pm Barbara Mauriello & Robert Warner $220/$245 NEW! It's All in the Details!
Part of a book conservator's routine is to examine historical bindings in order to ascertain how they were made, of what materials, and why have they fallen apart. Students will explore examples of a wide variety of historic binding details and materials such as board materials, board attachment and lacing styles, endbands, clasps and closures, skins and other covering materials, bookmarks, sewing cards, etc. The instructor will also show slides that illustrate historical techniques, materials, and principles. You will make your own collection of samples of such features, but in the interest of doing new things, we will not be trying to complete entire bindings. We will also explore solutions that conservators sometimes use that may be useful for contemporary book art because they have very specific goals such as reversibility, avoidance of adhesives, or taking advantage of what a carefully chosen material alone can offer. No previous experience is required-just a love of techniques and materials.November 22 - 23, 10am - 4pm Pamela Spitzmueller $220/$245 Pop-Up Structures for Beginners
A special kind of magic awaits you in this workshop! Learn the basics of the folded pop-up structure and progress through a series of more complicated three-dimensional constructions. The results can be included in a book format or work alone as sculpture. A slide presentation on the history of the moveable book will be included.November 22 - 23, 10am - 4pm Carol Barton $220/$245 Basic Bookbinding in Leather
Learn to make a classic, hard-cover book. This class introduces the basic skills and techniques of working with leather -- a bookbinding tradition. Beginners will learn the fundamentals of hand bookbinding; those with more experience will expand their repertoire.December 6 - 7, 10am - 4pm Susan Mills $220/$245 NEW! Holiday Books, Cards & Ornaments
Don't worry about last-minute shopping, this class focuses on a variety of gift ideas for the festive end-of-year season. Learn to hand-craft books, holiday cards and paper ornaments all in one weekend. Explore the basic bookbinding techniques of folding, sewing, cutting and covering books. Feel free to bring in photocopied images, paper scraps and embellishments to incorporate into the designs. A fantastic class for beginners to the experienced! December 6 - 7, 10am - 4pm Benjamin D. Rinehart $220/$245 29th Annual Holiday Sale & Open House
Saturday December 13, 2003, 11AM - 4PM FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Weekdays in the Bindery
NEW! Jazzing it Up
This one-day workshop for educators will focus on classroom friendly techniques that add visual excitement to student work. Dabbling in techniques such as patterning with markers, cut and folded paper design, and nature and bubble printing, we will create striking borders and colorful, functional accents that will enhance pages of prose and poetry, report covers, and hand made books. We also will cover some particularly useful classroom bookmaking methods. Walk away from this workshop with a personal portfolio of samples that will dazzle and engage your students.Section 1: Tuesday, September 23, 10am - 4pm Paula Beardell Krieg $115/$140 NOTE: Also offered as a weekend workshop on Sunday, September 21st NEW! Bookbinding II Daytime Workshop
This weeklong class extends the practice of Bookbinding I skills. We will begin by reviewing a flat-back case binding, then explore several structures utilizing more advanced skills ¥ rounding and backing, working with leather, hand sewing headbands, gilding edges and simple gold tooling. Bookbinding I is a
pre-requisite.October 6 - November 3, five Mondays, 10am - 4pm Susan Mills $450/$475 NEW! Bookbinding I Daytime Workshop
This introductory week-long course will familiarize you with the basic materials (paper, cloth, board and adhesives) and techniques (folding, sewing and gluing) of bookbinding. We will make several books, including pamphlet bindings, multi-section books, a simple enclosure; books that become great journals, sketchbooks and albums.October 7 - November 4, five Tuesdays, 10am-4pm Susan Mills $450/$475 Miniature Books I
Come and create a wonderful array of miniature books, using both traditional and experimental book structures. An assortment of techniques will be employed, from pop-ups to sewing, including some with covers to complement the particular piece. Bring collage elements, your favorite stamps and anything else you would like to incorporate in your books. A brief history of miniature books will also be covered. Section 1: Wednesday, October 8, 10am - 4pm Maria G. Pisano $115/$140 Diorama and Carrousel Books
Learn to construct these panoramic books, where the 3D scenes are revealed in multi-layered openings that recede into space. Viewed through a window or other intricate opening, creating multi-dimensional visual experiences. No experience necessary, just bring pictures and ideas.Thursday, October 9, 10am - 4pm Maria G. Pisano $115/$140 Portfolio Workshop
In one day, we will make two portfolios in different styles, both with ties. One will be quarter-bound in paper and cloth, the other half-bound with ties and flaps. Students will be shown how to laminate paper and fabric, and options for variations in flaps. The end result will be two portfolios, one with flaps and ties, one with pockets for holding standard sized papers, photos, certificates or small drawings. This class will lay the foundation for you to make portfolios of any size, covered in decorative paper or cloth of your choice. Beginners welcome.Section 2: Monday, October 6, 10am - 4pm Sage Reynolds $115/$140 Bookbinding for Artists
This intensive, beginning workshop is designed to enable artists to use the book format in their work as a means of expanding, preserving and restructuring ideas. Students will make four to five books, including an accordion book, a long-stitch book, and variations on the pamphlet binding, as well as a simple box (or two). The properties of bookbinding materials will be discussed in detail. Beginners welcome.Section 1: Monday through Friday, Oct. 13 - 17, 10am - 4pm Barbara Mauriello $450/$475 Section 2: Monday through Friday, Nov. 17 - 21, 10am - 4pm Barbara Mauriello $450/$475 Leather Spine Photo Album
In this intensive week-long workshop, participants will bind a large traditional quarter leather photo album. Skills learned will include basic album construction with stubbing, rounding and backing using a hollow, attached board construction and leather work. We will also discuss methods of attaching photos and insetting onto the front board. Eat your Wheaties before this one -- it will be a strenuous but rewarding workshop! BBII is a prerequisite, or permission of the instructor.October 20 - 24, Monday through Friday, 10am - 4pm Carolyn Chadwick $450/$475 Boxes and Portfolios
This introductory course is designed for artists, librarians and everyone who loves books. Participants will construct several storage containers: paper boxes, a two-tray drop spine box (a clamshell box), and a portfolio. The details of box making, such as recessing decorative panels and transforming special fabrics into book cloth, will be taught.Monday through Friday, Oct. 27 - 31, 10am - 4pm Barbara Mauriello $450/$475 Late Coptic Binding
Focusing on book production practiced in Egypt during the seventh to eleventh centuries, students will each build a book with laminated papyrus boards, covered in leather. We will blind tool, punch, pierce, lace and stitch the leather BEFORE covering and fashioning a peg and strap closure from bone, metal and leather. The range of materials, handwork techniques and the feel of the completed book are what make this structure particularly unique and exquisite!November 3 - 7, Monday through Friday, 10am - 4pm Shanna Leino $450/$475 Making One is Easy
But when the order comes in for the 25 or 100 pieces, those traditional methods you used to make the sample may pose a lot of problems, especially when there's a deadline for delivery. You'll learn how to rapidly construct boxes and make special jigs for cutting, sewing, and scoring. Find out about some of the unused functionality of the board shear, apply some new tools to old jobs, and attack those tedious procedures from a new perspective to gain ease and speed. See a new method for paper backing large pieces of fabric. Simple changes in the way your work area is set up will reduce clutter and streamline your workflow. Bring one of those time-consuming projects to have it divided and conquered.Thursday, November 13, 10am - 4pm Sage Reynolds $115/$140 Bookbinding I Intensive
This introductory week-long course will familiarize you with the basic materials (paper, cloth, board and adhesives) and techniques (folding, sewing and gluing) of bookbinding. We will make several books, including pamphlet bindings, multi-section books, a simple enclosure; books that become great journals, sketchbooks and albums.Section 1: Monday through Friday, Sept. 22 - 26, 10am - 4pm Nancy Loeber $450/$475 Section 2: Monday through Friday, November 10 - 14, 10am - 4pm Susan Mills $450/$475 Bookbinding II Intensive
This weeklong class extends the practice of Bookbinding skills. We will begin by reviewing a flat-back case binding, then explore several structures utilizing more advanced skills, such as rounding and backing. Given time, we will learn about working with leather, hand sewn endbands, edge gilding and simple gold tooling. Bookbinding I is a pre-requisite.Monday through Friday, November 17 - 21, 10am-4pm Susan Mills $450/$475 NOTE: BBII also offered as a five-week, daytime (Tuesdays) workshop Oct. 7 - Nov. 4 and as a ten week, evening workshop October 6 - December 8. Paste Papers
Discover the fun of drawing through paste infused with color on paper that yields wonderful patterned designs and layers of colors. The preparation of paper and pattern-making will be presented, followed by time to experiment with creating your own unique decorative papers. Consideration will be made for the wide application of this medium, from end sheets and book or box covers, to textile designs and wall coverings. Beginners welcome.Section 2: Monday, December 1, 10am - 4pm Sage Reynolds $115/$140 NOTE: Also offered as a weekend workshop on Sunday, September 21 Historical Bookbinding
In this course students will recreate three books based on 16th and 17th century bindings: a limp multi-section book sewn on leather thongs with hand sewn endbands and a durable non-adhesive paper cover; an Ethiopian book with exposed sewing and wooden covers; and a large Indian book with a stiff quilted fabric cover. Previous bookbinding experience is helpful, but not necessary.Monday through Friday, December 1 - 5, 10am - 4pm Susan Mills $450/$475 Conservation Boxes
Protective enclosures can serve as an extension of the books you create, enhance their presentation, and provide an additional surface where one can customize the box to reflect the contents. Learn to make three simple archival enclosures that enable you to store your books in a protective environment that are readily adaptable to original works. Learn how to make the archival enclosure used by the Library of Congress, as an alternative to the clamshell box. Discussion on proper fit, appropriate materials, use of jigs, and other helpful hints. For the book artist, librarian and collector. No experience necessary, just come with your books.Thursday, Nov. 13 & Friday, Nov. 14, 10am - 4pm Maria G. Pisano $220/$245
Weeknights in the Bindery
Stencil/Pochoirs "Printing with Paper"
Learn the historical art of stenciling. Using favorite photos, drawings, and newspaper clippings, participants adapt these images to make their stencils and create multiples. During this class we will explore the use of positive and negative space and the different ways of the stencil; how to have multi-color images; printing on paper, textiles and more. For beginners or for advanced students to challenge your skills.September 15 - 29, three Monday nights, 6 - 9pm Beatrice Coron $150/$175 Bookbinding I
This introductory ten-week course will familiarize students with the basic materials (paper, cloth, board and adhesives) and techniques (folding, sewing and gluing) of bookbinding. Students will make several books, including pamphlet bindings, multi-section books, a simple enclosure, and books that become great journals, sketchbooks and albums. Section 1: Oct. 6 - Dec.15, ten Monday nights, 6 - 9pm Nancy Loeber $450/$475 Section 2: Oct. 7 - Dec. 9, ten Tuesday nights, 6 - 9pm Susan Mills $450/$475 Section 3: Oct. 1 - Dec. 10, ten Wednesday nights, 6 - 9pm Sarah Dillon $450/$475 Section 4: Oct. 2 - Dec. 11, ten Thursday nights, 6 - 9pm Sarah Dillon $450/$475 NOTE: BBI also offered in weeklong, daytime intensives Sept. 22 - 26 & Nov. 10 - 14 and as an ongoing, five week Tuesday daytime workshop, Oct. 7 - Nov. 4. NEW! Cut, Cover and Stitch EXTENDED!
A great introduction class for beginners! We now have eight weeks to work on all of the different structures offered in the weekend courses with a twist: The methods will be combined and changed so if you've already taken Cut, Cover and Stitch you won't be making the same exact structures. Learn to make several non-adhesive books, exposed stitching and many accordion structures that can be combined into any book format. We will work on both traditional and contemporary approaches to make books. Explore basic bookbinding techniques of folding, sewing, cutting and covering books.October 2 - November 20, eight Thursday nights, 6 - 9 pm Benjamin D. Rinehart $355/$380 Bookbinding II
This class is a direct extension of Bookbinding I. While reviewing skills learned, such as rounding and backing, we will extend our sewing vocabulary to include concertina and other album structures and variations on the pamphlet binding. We will also make a box and pay a visit to the Kensol hot stamping press. Bookbinding I is a pre-requisite.October 6 - December 15, ten Monday nights 6 - 9pm Sage Reynolds $450/$475 NOTE: BBII also offered as a weeklong, daytime intensive Nov. 17 - 21 and as an ongoing, five-week Monday daytime workshop Oct. 6 - Nov. 3 Soft Cover Leather Bound Books for Beginners: The Long Version
Want to make leather bound books but are intimidated or lack experience? No previous experience in bookbinding or leather working is needed to create these beautiful soft leather bound books. In this in-depth, evening workshop, you will add surface design to the leather covers using linoleum block cuts to create texture, image and color. Decorative endpapers and a deckled edge text block complete the aesthetic of the books. We will also learn to make leather headbands.October 29 - December 10, six Wednesday nights, 6 - 9 pm Biruta Auna $275/$300 Book Restoration
This course will concentrate mostly on the common practice of re-backing cloth volumes. Paper repair, re-sewing of loose sections, dry cleaning, and the treatment of spines and endpapers will also be addressed. Students should bring at least two cloth covered books to the first class: one with a split or loose spine, and another with broken or split endpaper joints. Prerequisites: Bookbinding II is strongly recommended or Bookbinding I and the ability to make a case with confidence.October 7 - December 9, ten Tuesday nights, 6 - 9pm Sarah Dillon $450/$475 | ||||||||||||||||
