Ethiopian Binding
Date & times: May 13 •  12:00 -3:30pm
Price: $70 (member) $80 (non-member)
Materials: $5 (please bring to class)

In this class, Jeff Becker will guide you to make your own multi-signature sewn book with wooden covers. The Ethiopian binding structure may have emerged as early as the fourth century and has been in use unchanged for centuries. This humble, elegant binding opens flat and is the inspiration for many contemporary “Coptic” book arts structures. Characteristics include wood boards trimmed flush with the text block, paired sewing stations, and chain stitch-sewing that enters the board edge to incorporate board attachment.

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