Whether there are spring winds, summer monsoons, or the chill of winter, bookbinding workshops at Hands On Bookbinding begin this Fall 2009 with a full schedule planned for 2010. Oh, yes, we do have fine, sunny days in T or C, too.

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BOOKBINDING BASICS: The Flatback Case Binding.
September 19 & 20 (Saturday and Sunday)  $195.  ~ materials included.

Three sewing methods will be introduced in this class including the single pamphlet stitch, multiple section sewing on cloth tapes, contrasted by sections sewn with an unsupported link stitch. Sewn texts will be bound in three flatback case bindings, two in quarter cloth (on spine) with decorative paper on the boards, and one full cloth cover. Simple and sound techniques will be taught for measuring and cutting, text preparation and covering.

A repeat class is scheduled for October 8 & 9 (Thursday and Friday).

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THE ROUNDED SPINE for Case Binding.
October 10 & 11 (Saturday and Sunday) $195.  ~ materials included.

Building on techniques taught in the BASICS class, students will learn to shape (“round and back”) the sewn text, paying close attention to the control and use of spine swell created by the folded and sewn sections. Two rounded case bindings will be made during this workshop: one bound in quarter cloth and decorative paper, and the other covered in half cloth, on the spine and corners, with decorative paper laid between them. Students gain more experience in measuring, cutting, assembly and casing-in books.

A repeat class is scheduled for October 22 & 23 (Thursday and Friday).

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CASE BINDING REFINED with Leather.
October 24 & 25 (Saturday and Sunday) $225. ~ leather/materials included.

Further refinements of the case binding are featured in this class, as students begin working with fine goatskin leather. Two books will be completed: a 1/4 leather rounded case with decorative paper on boards, and a 1/2 leather rounded case, which adds leather to the four corners and decorative paper in the center of the boards. Case joints (hinges) will vary in width between the two bindings, the first with the usual pressed groove used on most case bindings; and the other, bound with a tighter joint for a continuous contour, enhanced by back-cornered boards and a shaped, rounded headcap at each end of the leather case spine.

A repeat class is scheduled for November 11 & 12 (Wednesday and Thursday). Hands On Bookbinding is participating in HOT SPRINGS, COOL ARTon Friday, November 14.

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BINDING IN-BOARDS with Leather. 
November 14 & 15 (Saturday and Sunday) $225. ~leather/ materials included.

This class is a departure from the case bound book, focusing on “in-boards” binding, where the boards and the book spines are attached to the text block before it is covered. Two variations of the European “simplified” and “millimeter” style bindings will be taught, both utilizing an attached spine/paper component that acts like a hollow yet extends over the spine shoulders to the endpaper linings as a flange for the board attachment. They are elegant structures featuring thinner boards with a small amounts of leather applied to the spine (one with literally millimeters of leather along the board fore-edge), bringing attention to the decorative paper on the boards.

If requested, this class may be repeated  December 3 & 4 (Thursday & Friday). Otherwise, students may take a 2010 class to complete this series.

This course is designed to transition students to future classes in laced-on boards binding, or fine binding.   Prerequisite: Hands On Bookbinding’s Bookbinding Basics, The Rounded Case, and Case binding Refined classes.

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Priscilla finishing a rounded case binding edition for Bob Baris' Press on Scroll Road.