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Center for Bookbinding Arts |
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The following classes will be held at the National Hispanic Cultural Center, 1701 4th Street SW, ABQ. Class size is limited to 15 students. Please contact Mita Saldana at Against The Grain 505-281-5737 or e-mail mita@atgbooksnm.com ETHIOPIAN BINDING Saturday, March 5 1:00-4:00 This is a wood covered book which dates back to 3rd century Africa. It has multiple signatures, an exposed spine sewing that is done with 2 needles, and is non-adhesive. Sounds more difficult but it's actually easier than a Coptic binding! Come on! Let's pretend we're monks and bind our little scratchy wool robes off! DOUBLE DRAWER BOX Saturday, March 12 10:00-4:00 Boxes, boxes, boxes. They are my weakness! In my quest to make more I developed this one. It has two drawers stacked one on top of the other inserted into it's own "cabinet", each drawer having a pull-tab for ease of opening. Makes a wonderful place to keep jewellery or favorite momentos. CALLIGRAPHER'S BOX Saturday, March 19 10:00-4:00 This is brand new and is great for an adult pencil box or as a jewellry box. It's long and has a bottom section with rails that allow two sliding trays on top. From the outside it looks much like a clamshell box or book. MAKING BOOKCLOTH AND SEWING ONTO TAPES Saturday, March 26 10:00-4:00 Come learn how to change almost any type of cloth into bookcloth. If you have cloth you would like to transform, bring it to class along with a hair dryer if you have one. I will provide other cloth selections. Then we will make a multi-sectioned hard cover book with your new cloth. We will sew over straps or tapes that are exposed on the spine, then attached to the covers. BOOKBINDING I Mondays and Wednesdays, This is your introduction to basic bookbinding using traditional methods. We will cover the history, tools, techniques, and materials of hand bookbinding. Each project is designed, cut and assembled by you. You will complete at least two soft-bound pamphlet stitched books, a single section hard-bound book, and complete a multiple signature hard bound book. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Flat Back Multiple Signature Book Decorative Calligrapher's Box |
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