Book Making Workshops

Handmade books are wonderful objects that make beautiful and personal gifts. They can be tailored to fit a variety of uses and covers can focus on any subject.

Bookmaking workshops can be great fun:

for the family
for a scout troop
high school art class, we can bring works to you

We can arrange workshops most any time of the day or week and can break them down into multiple shorter sessions to accommodate your group's schedule

One day, one book

This is bookbinding on caffeine. Get your hands on the basics from pastepaper to sewing a text block to attaching a hard cover. Take home the book you made from scratch all in a day’s work. Read more

No prerequisite. Ages 9 to adult.

Pastepaper primer

Get in touch with your colorful inner child. Basic tools, tips and techniques combine with classic bookmaker’s technicolor wheat paste to make original designs for covering books or other personal projects. Read more

No prerequisite. Ages 9 to adult.

A pair to remember

Once is never enough to learn something complicated. Take advantage of this half day workshop to learn the art of handsewing two text blocks with the bookbinder’s classic long stitch. Read more

No prerequisite. Ages 9 to adult.

The hard case of the two books

No mystery here. Bring the results from “A pair to remember” and learn the steps and techniques for creating a hard cover and attaching it to a finished text block. And then on your own time hone your skills as you zero in on the second one. Read more

Prerequisite: A pair to remember. Ages 9 to adult.

No sew / no glue books

Have fun with these imaginative book formats that are held together with no visible means of support. Read more

No prerequisite. Ages 9 to adult.

Great pamphlet-stitched books

This simple technique is as flexible as it is sturdy and time honored. Learn to apply its variations to both soft and hard cover books, as well as invitations, keepsakes, ornaments and more. Read more

No prerequisite. Ages 9 to adult.

Classic clamshell box

An archival quality clamshell style box is just the thing for preserving a family Bible, baby book, wedding album or other treasures. Read more

No prerequisite. Ages 9 to adult.

Coptic stitch binding

Learn the ancient Egyptian secret of exposed stitching on the spine of a book. As unusual as it is decorative, this technique has no known mummy curses attached to it. Read more

Workshops