STRUCTURES for ARTIST BOOKS

Saturday - Sunday, 9:00am – 4:00pm. $220. ~ materials included.

Book structures designed to help the artist/student to plan ahead when binding an artist book, but without compromising the spontaneity of their creation. Departing from traditional binding, these bindings use little adhesive during construction and have more flexibility at the spine to compensate for later additions, such as collage, photos or for engineering pop-up spreads.

Two books will be executed in this workshop with techniques including sewing on exposed straps for one, and the second book made with folded text pages that are tipped (glued) together instead of sewing. Both bindings allow the text to lay flat when opened to view full spreads. Bindings require no pressing and very little adhesive. What could be more perfect for the artistic temperament. Prerequisite: THE SKETCHBOOK BINDING, BOOKBINDING WARMUP, or SEWN BOARDS BINDING. Class limited to 5, 3 minimum.

STRUCTURES FOR ARTIST BOOKS ~ future date to be determined.