November 2018
Making paste papers
Paste paper is a centuries-old technique used to create colourful, beautifully patterned papers for use as endpapers, doublures, and sometimes cover papers of hand bound books. A starch paste mixed with ink or pigment is brushed or scraped onto dampened paper and then painted or combed into intricate patterns. You can use the papers you make in this class not only in your bookbinding projects, but also for covering boxes, for collage, creating backgrounds for scrapbook pages, or making one-of-a-kind…
Find out more »December 2018
Bind your own 2019 planner
Make your own personalized planner in time for the new year! You will receive pre-printed planner pages and design your own decorative paper cover, create customized inserts, and bind your planner using the simple and elegant Japanese Retchoso binding style, which opens flat for easy jotting or sketching. The basic planner will have 5 sections and a soft yet sturdy paper cover, and you can add extra pages, collage, envelope inserts, pockets, stamping with letterpress type, and more. This class…
Find out more »Introduction to hand papermaking
In this fun class you will learn the basics of hand papermaking and make your own beautiful sheets of paper to use in your art, craft, and bookbinding projects or simply to use as one-of-a-kind stationery. We will discuss tools and techniques for making pulp, and you will learn how to pull sheets from several different batches of high quality cotton paper pulp that's been prepared in advancefor you. All materials are provided and you will make at least 10-15…
Find out more »January 2019
Personalized bookplates
In this class you will learn the basics of typesetting and linoblock printing in order to create your own set of bookplates (ex libris labels) for your book collection. You will have the option of creating a fully hand carved design, creating a design exclusively from our wood and metal type and letterpress ornaments collection, or combining the two to create your own one-of-a-kind bookplate design. This class combines two printmaking methods, and to allow for block carving and typesetting…
Find out more »Crossed structure bookbinding
Crossed structure is a fun and easy supported binding in which the sewing supports are part of a two-piece slotted cover that can be customized and decorated in numerous ways. We will be making a paper cover in the class, but this binding will work with fabric, leather, felt, book cloth, and many more materials. You will have time to make your cover one-of-a-kind using collage, paint, stamping, vintage rub-on letters, or stitching before assembling your pages and binding your…
Find out more »February 2019
Paper marbling
In this fun class you will learn how to create beautiful marble patterns on paper. In paper marbling, paint is suspended onto the surface of specially prepared thickened water and combed or swirled into intricate patterns, then transferred onto sheets of paper. These lusciously patterned sheets were traditionally used in bookbinding, but you can also use your finished papers in scrapbooks, collages, greeting cards, or even just framed for the wall! All materials are provided, and you will create between…
Find out more »Introduction to hand papermaking
In this fun class you will learn the basics of hand papermaking and make your own beautiful sheets of paper to use in your art, craft, and bookbinding projects or simply to use as one-of-a-kind stationery. We will discuss tools and techniques for making pulp, and you will learn how to pull sheets from several different batches of high quality cotton paper pulp that's been prepared in advancefor you. All materials are provided and you will make at least 10-15…
Find out more »March 2019
Coptic bookbinding with collage cover
Coptic binding is an ancient bookbinding method in which folded sections of paper are sewn together between rigid covers to create a decorative chain stitch across the exposed spine. This is an ideal method for binding albums and sketchbooks, as the book can be laid open entirely flat. This class runs fro two weeks on Wednesday evenings, March 6 & 13, from 7 to 9:30pm. In the first session you will prepare your cover and will have time to make…
Find out more »Paper marbling
In this fun class you will learn how to create beautiful marble patterns on paper. In paper marbling, paint is suspended onto the surface of specially prepared thickened water and combed or swirled into intricate patterns, then transferred onto sheets of paper. These lusciously patterned sheets were traditionally used in bookbinding, but you can also use your finished papers in scrapbooks, collages, greeting cards, or even just framed for the wall! All materials are provided, and you will create between…
Find out more »Crossed structure bookbinding
Crossed structure is a fun and easy supported binding in which the sewing supports are part of a two-piece slotted cover that can be customized and decorated in numerous ways. We will be making a paper cover in the class, but this binding will work with fabric, leather, felt, book cloth, and many more materials. This class runs for two weeks on Tuesday evenings, March 19 & 26, from 7 to 9:30pm. In the first session you will have time…
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