Introduction to Bookbinding

06/10/2023 10:00 AM - 06/24/2023 01:00 PM ET

Category

Workshop

Admission

  • $150.00

Description

 

Instructor: Christopher Perry

Dates: Saturdays, June 10, 17, 24, 2023

Time: 10AM - 1PM

Member: $135.00

Non-Member: $150.00

 

Description: 

This workshop will be taking place on 3 consecutive Saturdays and will provide an introduction to basic book making. Students will start with simple snake accordions and progress to large format accordians created in hard covers. Japanese stab binding will be explored and by the end of the class have learned signature binding and casing in of hard back books. Participants will learn to plan their projects according to which type of binding they are using; how to properly fold paper; punching the coated signatures in preparation for sewing; the making of the signatures; the different types of gluing used in the book binding process using PVC glue. At the end of the class the students will leave with at least 7 different types of book. Participants should have a basic familiarity with scissors, measuring, perhaps cutting with a knife and straight-edge and gluing. 

 

Materials:

Materials for this workshop will be a $45.00 fee payable to the instructor.

 

Instructor Bio:

Following a degreed study in painting, Chris moved to New York where he worked in the art world, first at the Guggenheim Museum, and later for a selection of artists. His own work progressed slowly while he pursued a career in architectural woodworking until 2007 when he returned to making art full time. The interest in book-binding grew out of a need to create a demonstrative piece for a planned published work that incorporated many hundreds of drawings in a hand-bound book. He soon found that the process of book-binding, especially binding hand-cut pages that emulated what happens in a flip book, took over all of his studio time. Chris Perry - csperry.net/home
 

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