Print & Book Arts
Book Basics: Hardcover Pamphlet-Stitch Binding
Learn about the tools and materials used in hand bookbinding while making a hardcover pamphlet-stitched book.
Tuition Assistance and Other Policies
Meeting Times
- Sat, 11/2/2024 10:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Sat, 11/2/2024
Closed
About
Learn how to work with decorative papers, binder's board, and folded pages to create a simple hand-bound book. You'll learn fundamental bookbinding skills including working with paper grain, scoring and folding, creating a hard cover and liner with cold mount adhesive, and sewing the pages into the cover with a simple pamphlet stitch. You'll have a completed book at the end of the class.
Details
- Experience level: Beginner. No binding experience is needed.
- This is a great class if you've never made a book before or you want a refresher on the basics. Techniques learned in this class will be applicable to more advanced book classes.
- Please bring a lunch. BARN has a microwave and a refrigerator you can use on the lower level.
Project
You'll complete a 16-page, pamphlet-bound, blank book with a decorative, paper-wrapped hard cover.
Materials
A $20 materials fee, included in the cost of the class, covers everything you will need, including:
- Davey board, a high-quality cardboard
- Decorative papers for the cover
- Paper for the book pages
- Waxed linen binder's thread
- Bone folder
- X-acto knives and other cutting tools
- Binder's needles
- Scotch Positionable Mounting Adhesive
Class Policies
Ages 14 and up are welcome.
BARN Policies
- View BARN's Cancellation and Refund Policy.
- Tuition Assistance is available. Fill out the application before registering.
- BARN is committed to accessibility. We try to make accommodations when requested; the earlier you contact us, the more likely we can help. Please email accessibility@bainbridgebarn.org to find out more or request an accommodation.
- Sensory Statement: Makerspaces like BARN can be noisy and cluttered, smell strongly, and have bright or flickering lights. BARN is not an allergen-free facility. If you have concerns, please email info@bainbridgebarn.org.
Instructors or Guides
Ann Lovett
Ann holds a Master of Fine Arts in printmaking from Tyler School of Art, Temple University, in Philadelphia and a Master of Fine Arts in poetry from Warren Wilson College in North Carolina. Her visual art practice includes artists books, printmaking, and photography, and her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. She has been the recipient of New York Council on the Arts and New York Foundation for the Arts grants, numerous artist residencies, and is represented in museum and individual collections. She taught photography at State University of New York in New Paltz, N.Y., for 33 years and moved to the Puget Sound area recently from Ashland, Ore., where she also was a volunteer instructor with the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
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