Student Level: All
Type of Workshop: Project
Prerequisite: None

Not sure what to do with either those leftover experimental gelli prints or scraps of beautiful thick papers? In this fun workshop I'll teach you how to make your own hand-bound sketchbook/journal from single sheets of paper or heavy boards.

I love to use old book pages as backgrounds in my artwork, but was left with all these lovely old book covers. I also love experimenting with printmaking and always seemed to have lots of test prints laying around. So what is a visual journaler to do? Why grab those "scraps" and make a book out of them!

This bookbinding technique is unique for single sheets of heavy paper, or heavy boards. There is no need to fold and trim papers to make a signature. All shapes and sizes of single sheets of thick papers will work. Book Kits include supplies needed to make mini sample books during the morning and binding thread for a larger personal book you will create in the afternoon.

Kit/Materials Fee (payable to instructor at class time):

• $5.00 includes:
• 2 Practice books
• Waxed binding threads
• Instruction booklet

Instructor Provided (for use in-class, and to share):

• Assortment of waxed binding threads
• Sewing Needles
• Drill
• Instruction booklet
• Practice book kits

Student should bring:

• Old Book Covers, heavy boards, or wood ~ Anything heavy weight that inspires you to use for book covers.
• Leftover test prints from printmaking, an old painting or canvas that you can cut up, heavy weight hand made papers or watercolor papers, recycled cardboard ~ basically the pages just need to strong enough not to rip out when binding the book, so try to stay away from thin papers.
• Exacto Knife
• Scissors
• Metal Ruler
• Self Healing cutting board
• Pencil
• 1/16" hole punch (these can be found in Craft stores)

Optional:

• beads or embellishments for the binding