Intro to Bookbinding:

Impress your friends with your new bookbinding skills! Learn the basics with these three sophisticated structures: a hardcover pamphlet, a long stitch journal, and a classic hardcover book. Students will learn the fundamentals, such as measuring, determining grain direction, cutting, sewing signatures, and casing-in, and how to work with the basic materials of bookbinding (board, cloth, paper, and adhesives). Students will also have the opportunity to personalize their books by making their own book cloth and using customized inset labels. This is a fast-paced workshop, covering lots of ground—a perfect place to start your bookbinding journey!

Level: This class is appropriate for adult students at all levels.
Dates & Time: Saturday & Sunday, May 24th & 25th, 10am-4pm
Max. no of students: 6
Instructor: Amanda Stevenson
Cost: $300 tuition + $20 materials fee

Members receive a 10% discount off the cost of the workshop, among other benefits.
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Completion of this class will qualify you to use the studios for your own projects. Details on Open Studio may be found here.

ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Amanda Stevenson is the director of the Austin Book Arts Center. She began her career in the book arts at the Center for Book Arts in New York City, where she was the Registrar/Administrator in the early aughts. Availing herself with many classes in bookbinding and letterpress, she learned from some of the best. Before co-founding the Austin Book Arts Center in 2015, 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. She believes in the enduring power of books.