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* indicates prerequisite required 2013 Advanced Leather Binding Restoration* New Cloth Binding Construction Beginning Paper Marbling The Art of Fabric Marbling Album Contruction Beginning Book Restoration Intermediate Book Restoration Advanced Cloth Binding Restoration* Clamshell Box Making * = prerequisite required |
Call 540-662-2683 All workshops are “hands on.” Cost of materials included unless otherwise noted. Full written instructions included for everything taught in workshops. Spacious, fully equipped teaching facility. Advance payment of tuition is required. Cancellations less than seven days prior to the workshop will require that an administrative fee of approximately 10% of the workshop tuition be withheld from the tuition refund. Instructors with 50+ years combined experience. |
LODGING INFORMATION
Holiday Inn Express 540-667-7050 is located on Route 522 at Route 37 and is about 5 miles from the bindery.
Econo Lodge North 540-662-4700 This is located north of Winchester on Route 37 and is about 6 miles from the bookbindery.
Comfort Inn 540-667-8894 Located on Route 37 north of Winchester near the Econo Lodge.
Courtyard Marriott 540-678-8822 This is south on Rte. 37 at the Rte. 50 interchange and is about 6 miles from us.
Hilton Garden Inn 540-722-8881 This is on the east side of Winchester convenient to I-81 and about a 20 minute drive to the bindery.
Hampton Inn and Conference Center 540-678-4000
Near I-81 on the east side of Winchester and is about a 20 minute drive to the bindery.
School for Bookbinding Arts at Cat Tail Run Hand Bookbinding |
MARBLING & CREATIVE BOOKBINDING WEEK
...Come for the week or choose your favorite class...
DATES: June 3-8, 2013
Featuring Guest Artists Regina & Dan St. John
of Chena River Studios, Amherst, Mass.
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This endlessly beautiful art is taught by master marblers Regina and Dan St. John of Chena River Studios. The St. Johns will share their decades of experience as they teach you to create the same exquisite marbled paper designs they do--marbling that they show and teach around the country and the world. Beginning Paper Marbling June 3-4, 2013 ....You will learn many traditional combed patterns plus the time-honored stone pattern. Everyone may reasonably expect to create 25-35 papers. This course includes numerous extras such as instruction in edge marbling of book pages and marbling on materials other than paper, such as leather or wood.
$275 + $45 materials fee................................Instructors: Regina & Dan St. John
The Art of Fabric Marbling June 6-7, 2013 ....In this course, students will learn to prepare the paints, bath, and fabrics in order to produce beautiful marbled fabrics. During the busy two-day workshop, marblers will learn to work successfully with small and large pieces of fabric, to anticipate typical fabric marbling snafus, and to set up an inexpensive fabric marbling tank at home. Both experienced and inexperienced marblers are welcome, and, while it is not necessary to have taken the Beginning Paper Marbling course, those who do will absolutely benefit from having the experience. All students will return home with amazing wearable, frame-able, or quiltable marbled fabrics that are themselves works of art.
Students may bring their own fabrics, but special preparation to these fabrics is necessary well ahead of the time they are needed in order for them to accept marbling. The information and guidelines for doing these preparations is available upon request.
$275 + $50 materials fee...............................Instructors: Regina & Dan St. John
The $50 studio fee will provide each student with the pigments used within the workshop as well as one scarf and some smaller fabric pieces (all of cotton). Students may also purchase prepared fabrics during class to marble, including the more challenging and exciting silks.
Samples of Fabric Marbling:
Album Construction: Creation & Craftsmanship June 8, 2013 ....Album and scrapbook structures occupy a special and venerable place in Western bookbinding. These functional and aesthetically pleasing structures came into their own during the 19th century as vehicles for the protection and display of precious family photos as well as all manner of collectables and memorabilia. Join us in exploring the decorative artistry and genius of our bookbinder ancestors while creating a wonderful range of modern adaptations of this form. The knowledge and skills gained in this course will allow the student to create several beautiful and functional albums. In addition, the course includes a host of host of tips, techniques, and resources to begin a lifetime of design and creative exploration of albums and scrapbooks
$175 + $30 materials............Instructors: Dan St. John, Jill Deiss, Susan McCabe
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS |
Our series of bookbinding workshops is designed to meet the needs of book dealers, collectors, and those interested in learning the craft of hand bookbinding.
INTRODUCTORY RESTORATION COURSES |
Beginning Book Restoration: Refurbishing & Surface Repairs $235 This course teaches a wide variety of skills that are immediately useful for the repair of cloth & leather bindings and also serves as a foundation for later courses. Techniques taught include: repairing damaged corners, endcaps, and splitting joints; toning of discolorations; improving the surface of leather bindings. A short introduction minor paper repair techniques. Such techniques present unique challenges to the beginning book restorer, and this workshop ensures that students get off to a good start. |
Intermediate Book Restoration: Basic Structural Repairs $235 This workshop focuses on reattaching covers that have come off their texts, with cloth books being addressed one day and leather books the other. Reattaching covers is at once a daunting process while at the same time being one of the most satisfying techniques that a bookbinder can master. We present the student with everything necessary to learn and hone the skills that are needed to find success in this very important endeavor. |
OF NOTE: "Beginning Book Restoration" and "Intermediate Book Restoration" do not need to be taken in chronological order, but the student will find it is more helpful to do so. The information and techniques in each course are not reviewed or included in other classes, so serious students should plan to to take both courses early on in their bookbinding studies in order to achieve the maximum benefit of the advanced courses.
ADVANCED RESTORATION COURSES |
Advanced Cloth Binding Restoration, "The Cloth Reback" $265 The cloth reback is a significant technique, returning cloth bindings to a condition and look very near to what they were before they fell into disrepair. Beginning Cloth Binding Restoration (offered every June) or Beginning Leather Binding Restoration (offered every July) provides adequate preparation for this workshop. Prerequisite: Beginning or Intermediate Book Restoration. |
Advanced Leather Binding Restoration, "The Leather Reback" $265 EVERY APRIL The leather reback is the companion repair to the cloth reback, but for leather bindings. Because leather is a very different material from cloth, students will find the leather reback to be another challenging and exciting technique to learn and to master. Prerequisite: Beginning or Intermediate Book Restoration. |
GENERAL BOOKBINDING COURSES |
New Cloth Binding Construction $265 Students will learn to construct three different styles of covers (two hard cover styles and one flexible cover style). We teach typesetting with moveable brass type to provide students a Gutenberg-like experience as they set type and title their new bindings. We believe in teaching solid bookbinding technique which allows students to forge a solid skill-set which serves them well as they move to more complex bookbinding structures. |
Clamshell Box Construction $265 Students will learn the craft of creating custom-fit clamshell boxes. We teach the same clamshell box that we make for our clients, featuring perfect tolerances between the box components resulting in a box that will not gape open. We share all the tricks we know to help you make beautiful clamshell boxes that provide optimum storage for their contents. Other styles of protective enclosure are shown and discussed. |
MASTERS SERIES COURSES |
Courses in the Masters Series include New Leather Bindings, Paper Repair for Bookbinders, Advanced Clamshell Box Construction, Book Sewing Intensive, and Advanced Titling & Gold Leaf Tooling. Certain prerequisites apply from the Introductory & Advanced Restoration Courses and from the General Bookbinding Courses. Inquire for more information.
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