Wednesday June 17th, 4:30-6:30pm
Wednesday July 8th, 4:30-6:30pm
Wednesday August 12th, 4:30-6:30pm
We offer open studio hours! Our shop will be available monthly for you to print your work. BAL board members will be your hosts and will assist you with your printing projects. Please bring your own paper and get ready to print!
Miniature Cross Stitch Binding on Leather Spine
Taught by Brenda Gallagher
Date: Saturday, June 6th, 10am-4:30pm.
Cost: $120
This book structure is an intermediate sewing technique for students who have experience sewing multi-signature book structures. Leather spines will be backed, punched and prepared for hand sewing signatures of artists paper. Covers will be prepared and attached to the spine. The binding is completed with a decorative cross stitch pattern using multiple colors of embroidery floss. Students will have options to design their book by combining their choice of different leather colors, decorative cover paper options and multiple colors of thread. The result is a binding unique to your design aesthetic! Additional leather spines will be available for students to make additional books at home.
Spring Letterpress card printing
Taught by Julia Seko and Greg Robl
Date: Thursday, June 11th from 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Cost: $120
Join Julia and Greg in the BAL letterpress shop to make cards/prints to celebrate spring, Mother's Day, or the coming Solstice! We'll begin by choosing cuts from the BAL collection. With two colors and two passes, students will learn the art of pressure printing, layering colors, and if time allows, setting lead type. Printing will be completed on the BAL's Vandercook presses. Each student will go home with a frame worthy print or set of cards with matching envelopes.
Taught by Julia Seko and Greg Robl
Date: Thursday, June 25th from 9:00 am to 3:00pm
Cost: $120
Linoleum, created in the mid-1800s for flooring, was discovered by artists early on as an effective medium for carving and printing. In this class students will carve their own designs and print a set of cards with matching envelopes in our vintage letterpress shop. We'll supply the linoblocks (mounted for printing on a letterpress), paper for cards, and presses to print your own designs.Students should bring a pencil and eraser to work out designs before carving. All levels invited. All materials and tools included.
Beginner Folded Book Structures
Taught by Brenda Gallagher
Date: Thursday, July 16th from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Cost: $100
This three-hour workshop will introduce you to the basics of bookbinding, including appropriate materials and tools needed to make your own notebooks, journals, or albums. The book structures you will learn will include several single-sheet cut and fold book structures, a sewn pamphlet stitch journal and a covered hardcover accordion fold book. Additionally, you will learn the tools needed in a basic bookbinding tool kit, receive a detailed list of bookmaking resources and opportunities to study book arts further. By the end of the course, you will have had a thorough introduction to the basics of the folded book structure which will form a strong foundation for furthering your bookbinding skills.
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(kids 12+ must be accompanied by an adult)
All supplies and materials will be provided.
Fore-Edge Fold Book on Three Tapes with Hard Cover
Taught by Sophia Dixon Dillo
Date: Sunday, August 2nd from 10:00 am – 4:30 pm
Cost: $150
This fore-edge fold book opens wonderfully flat, making it an ideal companion for drawings or prints, writing, or a memory/legacy book. Each page is created by folding a piece of high-quality drawing paper, giving the finished book a clean, elegant feel in the hands. We will begin by reviewing terminology and tools. We will then tear paper down to size, fold and punch our signatures, and sew them over three woven tapes. Once the pages are complete, we will glue them up and shape the text block. After a lunch break, we will cover the hardboards with book cloth or decorative paper, then attach the tapes to the inside of the covers and finish with a decorative endpaper. By the end of the day, you will have a completed book and the skills to make more on your own. You will be provided with hand-drawn directions, as well as terminology and resource lists. This class is for beginners to advanced book makers alike. This is one of my favorite structures to teach – I can’t wait to share it with you!
Taught by Gregory Robl
Date: Sunday, August 8th from 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Cost: $110
Create a small, leather-bound notebook that is refillable (3.5" x 5.5"). We'll build two signatures of fine writing paper of about 30 pages each. We'll sew them with linen thread and include a pocket cut and folded from cardstock. Then we'll enclose the signatures in the leather cover with an elastic cord or a leather cord, depending on preference. Participants can emboss their initials or name on the cover.
Ages: 16+
