Book Arts Program - Spring 2012 Schedule

**Registered for a workshop but can't attend? Please email us to cancel your registration.**

The Book Arts Workshop is located in Baker Library, Room 21-23. Click here for a map and directions.

Letterpress Studio Schedule

Letterpress workshops and open studio sessions are offered on Monday and Tuesday nights from 6:30 - 9pm. Studio space is limited to 6 participants and advanced registration is required. Click here for the Spring 2012 letterpress schedule.

Bindery Studio Workshop Schedule

Binding workshops are taught on Tuesday nights from 6-9pm. Workshops are limited to 8 participants and advanced registration is required. Click on any of the registration links below to sign up for a workshop, or check out our Eventbrite events page.

April 3: Core Class - Introduction to Bindery Equipment with Stephanie Wolff
This session will cover good techniques and safety for using bindery equipment, including board shears, presses, and more. To reinforce these skills and practice using some of this equipment, we will make single signature and double signature pamphlets. Attendees will gain comfort in using common bookbinding tools, and everyone will leave with two finished pamphlet books!

April 10: Side Sew with Stephanie Wolff
In this workshop we will bind both a traditional 4-hole Japanese binding and an alternative twig binding. Both bindings are useful for compiling single sheets of paper rather than folded signatures.

April 24: Core Class - Sewing a Multi-Signature Textblock with Elizabeth Rideout
In this skill-based core class students will focus on two different commonly used sewing techniques in case binding. Students will prepare and sew two book blocks and learn about supported and unsupported sewing structures. Please note this class does not include "casing in", the process of covering a textblock. You may register for Core Class - Making a Cloth Case to learn casing in.

May 1: Core Class - Making a Cloth Case Binding with Elizabeth Rideout
Want to put a hard cover on your favorite paper back book or a book block you've sewn by hand? This class will cover step by step the process of making a cloth case and casing-in your book.

Please come prepared with a sewn text block.

May 8: Picture Frame with Deborah Howe
Have you ever wanted to put that special picture in a perfect frame but couldn't find one? Well now you can make your own personalized picture frame. Create a double sided frame "booklet" that when opened will display two images of your choosing (images need to be the same format, both horizontal or both vertical).

May 22: Star/Carousel Book with Helen Bailey
The star or carousel book is a variation of the accordion structure that opens 360 degrees to create a star-like 3-dimensional display. Each side of the star has a window to show decorations or scenes, in a similar fashion to a tunnel book.

Open Bindery Schedule

Open Bindery nights are held on Tuesdays from 6-9pm. These sessions allow participants to work on their own projects, with the Book Arts instructors available for guidance. Open Bindery sessions are limited to eight participants and require registration.

To register for an open bindery session, select a date below. Clicking these links will take you to our Eventbrite registration pages.

For more information contact Barb Sagraves or blitz any of the instructors.