Bookbinding for Artists: Non-Adhesive Watercolor Sketchbook

Description

Bookbinding for Artists: Non-Adhesive Watercolor Sketchbook

Instructor:  Linda Anderson

September 14^th and 21^st, 1 pm – 3 pm each day

$75 plus tax

Includes all materials

This class shows artists how to make their own sketchbook or art journal. Using 140# Fabriano Artistico watercolor paper and a cover that can be decorated with sewing, collage, dyes, or paint, you will end up with a 6” x 7.5” x 1”, 32-leaf book. The design is adapted from a medieval structure with pages sewn in (non adhesive) that lie flat when opened.

The six-hour workshop in two parts will include an introduction to the project, showing many samples. The first session will be preparing the folios and cover. You will decorate your prepared cover at home between sessions, using sewing, collage, paint, or dyes, whatever your expertise is. Or you can leave it blank. In the second session we’ll sew the folios into the finished cover using waxed linen thread, resulting in a finished book.

Facilitator Bio:

Linda Anderson holds an MFA in Printmaking/Design and was trained as a Book Conservator. After retiring from teaching art, she taught book arts at the Austin Book Arts Center in Austin, Texas. Completing two residencies with Power & Light Press, Linda moved with her husband, Howie, to Silver City. She is involved with the arts community and works in her home studio on Chihuahua Hill. She has led several bookbinding workshops in Silver over the past few years.