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Bookbinding Workshop
November 15 @ 9:30 am - 4:00 pm
$165 – $181
Spend a day learning bookbinding techniques with travelling bookbinder Janita Ayton. The group will be guided through Japanese stab stitched bookbinding and coptic bookbinding. Book cloth will be provided for covers so it can be blocked/debossed in gold with a blocking machine.
DATE | Saturday November 15
VENUE | Museum of Printing
TIME | 9.30am -4.00pm
COST | Friends of NERAM/Culture club members $165 Non-members price $181
Max participants 8
WORKSHOP OUTLINE
Morning session: Make covers for both book styles. Make a Japanese stab stitched book and gold blocking covers.
Lunch break
Afternoon session: Make coptic book.
Materials to bring:
Materials needed for Japanese stab stitched book: Size can be any within reason, A5 to A4-ish 8 to 15 pages each book. Paper needs to be flexible, less than 110gsm. BYO paper gives participants the option to use existing prints/artwork, or bring blank paper.
Each book needs 2 covers the same size as pages these can be slightly thicker but less than 160 GSM or same as pages.
Materials needed for coptic book: Cover boards around 2mm thick and 6 to 10 mm bigger each way than the pages. The pages can be any size but need to be folded in half so they can be sewn. Up to 10 sheets.
Materials included:
Embroidery cotton for sewing the book is provided, but if people are choosy about colour, please BYO. Book cloth for covers will also be provided, so it can be blocked/debossed in gold.
Book before 9am November 11th, to secure a place.
