Introduction to Bookmaking: Folded Structures
December 7 @ 10:30 am - 4:30 pm
$178.00Let’s Make+Take!
Saturday, December 7, 10:30am-4:30pm
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About this Workshop:
This six-hour workshop will introduce you to the basics of bookbinding, including appropriate materials and tools needed to make your own notebooks, journals, or albums. Book structures taught will include a sewn double-pamphlet journal, cloth wrapped hardcover accordion fold book, and other single-sheet folded book structures. Additionally, you will learn the tools needed in a basic bookbinding tool kit, receive a detailed list of bookmaking resources, get a tour of the bindery and will consider some basic concepts for designing book content and structures to suit your individual needs. By the end of the course, you will have a strong foundation in the basics of the folded book structure which will form a strong foundation for furthering your bookbinding skills.
Level: Beginner – no previous experience necessary
Registration closes November 29, 2024. Material fees are included with your registration to cover the supplies provided in class. Students may wish to gather/purchase additional materials for class (see the materials list below). This list will also be provided with the registration confirmation email.
Sample images by Anne Barnes
CLASS MATERIALS LIST:
Registration includes a $20 materials fee to cover consumable materials provided in class, including PVA glue, thread, and paper. Students may want to consider bringing the following optional items:
- Personal apron (we’ll have extras in class) or wear clothes that can get messy
- Notebook or sketchbook and pen for note taking
YOUR INSTRUCTOR:
Anne Barnes is an artist and graphic designer living in Washington, DC. She graduated in June 2020 with an MFA in Visual Arts and worked for many years as a book and cover designer in publishing. Her mixed media work—which includes the use of books as medium and the production of artist’s books—combines a high-keyed color palette, expressive gesture, and symbolic mark-making. The result is the abstracted visualizations of her memories, emotions, and varied perspectives that merge to become metaphors for exploration into themes of human nature, popular culture, feminism, and motherhood. Learn more about her work at www.annebarnesstudio.com and on Instagram @annebarnes_studio.