ExpiredBook Repair Two

This workshop focuses on intermediate level book repair techniques.  Students must have completed Book Repair I and have basic binding experience.  The techniques taught will be how to fill a loss in paper; corner covering techniques; corner repair with new cloth or tissue, re-backing on the book; guarding signatures; attaching loose signatures; modified re-casing; and how to make a four-flap enclosure.

This workshop is designed for librarians, archivists, or private individuals who would like to know how best to repair damaged items in their collection.  Many techniques will be covered, but mastery will take time and practice.  Students are encouraged to rent studio space after taking the workshops to practice the techniques taught.

Pre-requisites: Book Repair One and Bookbinding One or prior bookbinding experience
Dates: Thursday & Friday, May 28-29
Time: 10am-4pm
Max. no of students: 6
Instructor: Mary Baughman
Cost: $180 tuition + $15 materials fee

Note: Members receive a 10% discount off the price of tuition and materials. Please click here to join as a Member.

Completion of this class will qualify you to use the studios for your own projects. Details on Open Studio may be found here.

For decades, Mary Baughman cared for books at the Ransom Center. Thirty-nine years of work in that dynamic institution convinced her that books are the technology of the future. Teaching book arts for children convinced her that children who learn to love books will support the libraries of the future. Promoting book arts convinced Mary that a book arts center would be welcome in Austin. Mary is a member of the Lone Star chapter of the Guild of Book Workers, a member of the American Institute for Conservation, and a founding member of Austin Book Workers, and one of the originators of the Book Arts Fair held for 20+ years at Laguna Gloria Art Museum.