Intermediate Bookmaking: Make it your own

This is a two day class which will take your book making to the next level. On day one we will make materials for our covers: book cloth and surface design on paper. You can use some small, treasured pieces of fabric from your stash and convert it into book cloth. We will also learn a traditional form of marbling called Suminagashi which uses sumi ink. These papers can be also used for end sheets, cover paper, cards, collaging, etc. On day two we will learn a soft cover journal that has removable signatures. Your pages can be multiple types and sizes of paper or fabric. It is a great book to take along on a trip or keep in your purse for when your creativity strikes. The second book will be a traditional hard cover Japanese Stab binding with a decorative, intricate stitch called asa-no-ha-toji . As a bonus we will do some cyanotype printing IF the weather behaves, we need the sun for this

Level: Intermediate

Instructor: Joyce Tromba (Read Joyce's bio)

Price of this workshop reflects the 20% off Summer Series Discount!

Members: $160

Non Members: $192

Materials fee: $15-20 (paid the day of workshop)

Materials provided by instructor: Materials for Suminagashi, book board, text paper, bookmaking tools, chemistry for cyanotpes linen thread

Students should bring: A small piece of fabric, and a selection of papers or fabric for the journal, your bookmaking tools if you have them

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