📚BEGINNING BOOKBINDING WITH ANNE!
THU AM | 8 LIVE/RECORDED SESSIONS | ALL levels | No Prerequisites | 10-12:30PM US Eastern :::: JAN 08-MAR 05 (No class Feb 26th) | $255.81
📖 Coptic, Nested Accordion, Tape, Long Stitch w/chain, and more! Stitching, taping, gluing, folding, collaging, all with your creative comrades.
⌛️Early Bird discount thru Dec 31 2025
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💻 Classes are recorded and available for download during class and for two weeks after last class date.
📚 Making a journal begins with paper from all over the world, 🌎 filtered through you; the lens the Universe chose to show others themselves, by showing them who YOU are.
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💪🏻You, my friend, are powerful, and so is the journal you make! The more you put into it, the more it talks back to you. TRUE STORY.
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✂️ Create scalloped scraps from the papers used to collage the covers and recycle them into short sheets that remain visible on the spine and are surprising elements within each signature.
📝 Make filling a book with your thoughts and ideas that much more fun and meaningful.
Here's the class schedule:
Week 1 • THU Jan 08, 2026, 10 - 12.30PM Eastern
Week 2 • THU Jan 15, 2026, 10 - 12.30PM Eastern
Week 3 • THU Jan 22, 2026, 10 - 12.30PM Eastern
Week 4 • THU Jan 29, 2026, 10 - 12.30PM Eastern
Week 5• THU Feb 05, 2026, 10 - 12.30PM Eastern
Week 6 • THU Feb 12, 2026, 10 - 12.30PM Eastern
Week 7 • THU Feb 19, 2026, 10 - 12.30PM Eastern
(no class Feb 26th)
Week 8 • THU Mar 05, 2026, 10 - 12.30PM Eastern
Class Description:
Stitching up a book is the most soothing and enjoyable creative outlets I have. There is something so wonderfully pleasing about repetitively gliding beautiful thread that I have pulled through fragrant beeswax into a pattern of holes through decorative and paper. As I am stitching, I get to relive all my creative choices in collaging my covers, from head to tail. And when this piece is done, it's life has just begun. For every morning, I have the luxury of filling the pages I have stitched together with my thoughts as lettering practice, as a journal, and as a canvas for sketches, drawings, and paintings.
The anatomy of a book is fascinating, as are the personal adjustments one can make to create this decorative and functional work of art. A personal handmade journal is a vehicle in which you can fill your hopes and dreams, drawings, musings, sketches, lettering practice, and more. If you enjoy stitching, gluing, folding, drawing, painting, laughing, and the freedom to be yourself in good company, this class is for you!
We'll start our journey by learning how to make your own custom brushable glue, and marveling at the mechanics of folds and creases in paper. We'll learn the basic language of bookbinding: folio, signature, head, tail, spine, fore edge, creep, book block, and more. Using Keith A. Smith's book "Non-Adhesive Binding, Vol. One: Books without Paste or Glue" as a detailed exemplar for stitch sequences and my own exemplars for broader concepts, recipes, and designs, we'll get you well on your way to becoming an accomplished bookbinder.
Projects included:
• Pamphlet stitch book
• Zine
• Nested Accordion Square Book
• Coptic Book
• Tape Bound Book
• Long-Stitch with Chain
Week 1:
ZINE
Pamphlet stitch book
Glue Mixing Demo
Board Cutting Demo
Make a Corner Tool
Week 2:
Nested Accordion (Slinky Book)
Turkish Map Fold
Week 3:
Begin Coptic Book
Week 4:
Complete Coptic Book
Week 5:
Begin Tape Book
Week 6:
Complete Tape Book
Week 7:
Long Stitch w/ Chain Book
Week 8:
Side Stab Books