A beautiful book combining Japanese & English binding styles, the Belgian style first creates a 3-piece hardback cover & then adds a multi-section book block.
Description:
Once you have learned enough binding styles, you will find that anything can be used to make a book. We will create a hardback cover and spine that could easily be substituted with wood, metal, cardboard, plastic, leather, stone tiles, or any other stiff material.
Note: My other classes “3D Relief Sculpture” and “Introduction to Wrapping Book Covers” compliment this class because you’ll make a custom cover for the book you’ll make in this class.
A beautiful book combining Japanese & English binding styles, the Belgian style first creates a 3-piece hardback cover & then adds a multi-section book block.
Description:
Once you have learned enough binding styles, you will find that anything can be used to make a book. We will create a hardback cover and spine that could easily be substituted with wood, metal, cardboard, plastic, leather, stone tiles, or any other stiff material.
Note: My other classes “3D Relief Sculpture” and “Introduction to Wrapping Book Covers” compliment this class because you’ll make a custom cover for the book you’ll make in this class.
Bookbinding - Introduction to Wrapping Book Covers
Summary:
We will make a custom book cloth & wrap a set of book covers. This class is intended to be taken before taking another of my bookbinding classes, but not required.
Description:
Making a book with a wrapped cover takes two days. By taking this class, you can make a custom wrapped book using leather or book cloth you will make and use it to create a book in one of my other classes. If you are not signed up for one of those classes, fear not, you will make a set of “Hinged Album” covers and be given the supplies you’ll need to complete your book at a later point.
Note: My other classes “Japanese Stab Binding: Two Styles,” “Hardback Blanket Stitch Binding,” “Hardback Secret Belgian Binding," and “Hardback Coptic Binding” complement this class because you can use the covers you make in this class on the book you’ll make in that class.
Bookbinding - Two Japanese Stab Styles - Tortoiseshell & Ledger
Summary:
Elegant & simple, Japanese Stab Binding is a classic non-adhesive binding which allows you to bind single flat sheets of paper between soft or hard covers. We will make two examples in this workshop.
Description:
The Tortoiseshell book we will make will have leather covers and a decorative wrapped book block. The Ledger book will be a smaller paper-covered book with a clever paper clasp.
Note: My other class “Introduction to Wrapping Book Covers” compliment this class because you’ll make a custom cover for the book you’ll make in this class.
Bookbinding - Two Japanese Stab Styles - Tortoiseshell & Ledger
Summary:
Elegant & simple, Japanese Stab Binding is a classic non-adhesive binding which allows you to bind single flat sheets of paper between soft or hard covers. We will make two examples in this workshop.
Description:
The Tortoiseshell book we will make will have leather covers and a decorative wrapped book block. The Ledger book will be a smaller paper-covered book with a clever paper clasp.
Note: My other class “Introduction to Wrapping Book Covers” compliment this class because you’ll make a custom cover for the book you’ll make in this class.
Epoxy clay is a fun material to work with! Inspired by past year's free spirits, this year, we will supply the materials, ideas, & advice you need, but let you experiment on a project of your choice.
Description:
Making a dragon egg is a fun and foolproof project for using epoxy clay for the first time. We suggest first timers stick with this project, but for those of you who have some experience with the material, have researched the material a lot, or have a specific goal in mind, feel free to go off track! We will provide the materials for the dragon egg project. If you want to do a different project, please contact us ahead of time so that we can plan accordingly or tell you what you should bring. If you are taking our “Thermoplastic 101” class, think about using the Thermoplastic to create a base structure of your epoxy clay creation! Workshop participants are encouraged to bring source material for inspiration or reference.
Epoxy clay is a fun material to work with! Inspired by past year's free spirits, this year, we will supply the materials, ideas, & advice you need, but let you experiment on a project of your choice.
Description:
Making a dragon egg is a fun and foolproof project for using epoxy clay for the first time. We suggest first timers stick with this project, but for those of you who have some experience with the material, have researched the material a lot, or have a specific goal in mind, feel free to go off track! We will provide the materials for the dragon egg project. If you want to do a different project, please contact us ahead of time so that we can plan accordingly or tell you what you should bring. If you are taking our “Thermoplastic 101” class, think about using the Thermoplastic to create a base structure of your epoxy clay creation! Workshop participants are encouraged to bring source material for inspiration or reference.
Do you want to create pieces for a game you're designing, elements for your latest costume, or customized dolls & accessories? We will explore the unique advantages of working with thermoplastic.
Description:
This workshop is very open ended. Past participants made the following items: Flowers, a knife, repaired a toy, a fireball that lit up with a spare LED from his costume, fangs, finger extensions, and more. This really is a fascinating material, and a great way to learn how to use it is by sitting around with a bunch of new friends experimenting together! For those of you interested in other sculptural techniques and materials, consider taking our “Epoxy Clay: Sculpt Dragon Egg or Project of Your Choice.” (You can create a base structure out of thermoplastic and a long lasting & detailed outer shell with epoxy clay. Workshop participants are encouraged to bring source material for inspiration or reference.
Do you want to create pieces for a game you're designing, elements for your latest costume, or customized dolls & accessories? We will explore the unique advantages of working with thermoplastic.
Description:
This workshop is very open ended. Past participants made the following items: Flowers, a knife, repaired a toy, a fireball that lit up with a spare LED from his costume, fangs, finger extensions, and more. This really is a fascinating material, and a great way to learn how to use it is by sitting around with a bunch of new friends experimenting together! For those of you interested in other sculptural techniques and materials, consider taking our “Epoxy Clay: Sculpt Dragon Egg or Project of Your Choice.” (You can create a base structure out of thermoplastic and a long lasting & detailed outer shell with epoxy clay. Workshop participants are encouraged to bring source material for inspiration or reference.
Create a Top Hat Style Fascinator with Needle Felting
Summary:
Needle felting is used to sculpt with wool. Felt & decorate a tiny top hat to create a personalized fascinator. Or, turn it into a top hat for your pet.
Description:
Needle felting is extremely fun, but creating something detailed the first time you experiment with it can be frustrating. We will start with a simple form to create the base of our project. You will learn the basics of felting without the fear of creating something unrecognizable. From there you can choose to continue felting to create the decorations for your hat or choose from an assortment of other materials Whatever you create will look awesome!