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.
• Bring a lunch. BARN has a microwave and a refrigerator you can use on the lower level.

Details

A $20 materials fee, included in the cost of the class, covers everything you will need, including:

• Davey board (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.

Project

You'll complete a 16-page, pamphlet-bound, blank book with a decorative, paper-wrapped hard cover.

Class Policies

Ages 14 and up are welcome.