Learn some basic bookbinding skills with this small album structure, perfect for a datebook! The class will be furnished with the kit, including pre-cut boards and a pre-printed 2017 datebook text block. Basics, such as grain direction, folding and sewing signatures, and “casing-in” will be covered. Students will personalize their datebooks with cloth and decorative paper. These make great gifts!
Level: This class is appropriate for students at all levels.
Dates: Saturday, November 12
Time: 12pm-4pm
Max. no of students: 8
Instructor: Amanda Stevenson
Cost: $60 tuition + $10 materials fee
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Amanda Stevenson is the director of the newly formed Austin Book Arts Center. She cut her teeth in the book arts at the Center for Book Arts in New York City, where she was the Registrar/Administrator from 2004-2007. Availing herself with many classes in bookbinding and letterpress, she learned from some of the best. Before coming to ABAC, she worked for seven years at The Printing Museum in Houston, primarily as the Curator, where she was responsible for organizing exhibitions, collections management, and education programs. She holds a Master’s degree in Library Science from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, with a concentration in special collections management, and a BA in Art History from UT Austin.
- November 12, 2016
12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Total spaces remaining: 5