Bookbinding for Non-Silver (In-person)
Instructor: Denise Carbone
Dates: September 23rd - 24th, 2021
Time: 10am – 5pm
Location: Unique Photo
Cost: $395 (+ $25 material fee to be paid to instructor)
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Binding your prints together is a wonderful way to make your sequential group of images feel tactically connected. Finding a suitable book structure usually starts with examining the thickness of your paper, its foldability, and how your page spread will behave. In this workshop, I will introduce you to three single sheet book structures that appeal to these criteria...
The Hedi Kyle Flag Book: The flag book has become an icon in the book arts world. Based on the simple accordion fold that predates western bookmaking, this book can be viewed two different ways: It can be flipped through page by page, or it can be spread out to reveal the complete contents of the book, presenting an entirely different story. This is a versatile book structure that can provide you with a lot of different options for arranging multiple images and text to present your work or tell your story.
The Drum Leaf Book: Invented by Tim Ely, this book structure allows printmakers to elegantly represent their images as two-page spreads. The book is constructed entirely out of glue instead of sewing, so you don’t have to worry about stitches interrupting the gutter of your page spread or the flow of your image. With this binding, every folio opens flat, and only one side of your paper is visible to the viewer. This makes it a great option for binding non-silver processes that are printed onto thick papers. Depending on your choice of paper and cover options, this structure can vary in function and appearance.
The Drum Leaf Album: This is a variation on the Drum Leaf book and is assembled with built-in spacers that accommodate for the thickness of prints and other inserts so when it’s filled with your art it still closes neatly without causing any undo stress to the spine of the binding.
$25 materials fee to be paid to instructor on first day of class via cash or check.
Cap at twelve.
