Leather Binding III: Fine Binding online workshop

DATE: October 4 -December 13 | Tuesdays | 11 sessions
TIME: 6-8:30 pm Eastern Time / 5-7:30 Central / 4-6:30 Mountain / 3-5:30 Pacific

Students will further develop their binding and leather-working skills including sewing on flattened cords, rounding, backing, paring, and covering. The focus will shift from mere protection of the text to an elegant presentation.

Students will complete one full leather binding with three-color sewn endbands, leather hinge, flexi flyleaves with decorative paper and champhered boards. Eleven half-day sessions.

Note: This is a fast-paced, advanced-level workshop for students experienced with traditional binding. Prerequisites: Leather Binding I and II or equivalent. Students should be making leather bindings independently, outside a workshop setting.

The optional supply packet will include a Russell's Oasis goatskin, marbled paper for endsheets, sewing supports and thread, endband silk, supplies for endband cores, book board, various paper and cloth linings, and a book in sheets comparable to those available on this site. You can also choose to source your own supplies from a list provided to registered students a month before the workshop begins.

A partial list of required tools: Scharfix; spokeshave, paring knife + strop + paring surface, sewing frame, finishing press, something to back in (finishing press + backing boards, a lying press, or a job backer), nipping press and press boards, backing hammer.

The online format is a series of live tutorials via Zoom. The tutorials are recorded and the videos are available to registered students for 90 days. Students need not be present for the live sessions. Workshop fee includes supplies and a detailed handout, which are mailed to arrive in time for the first session. Zoom links will be sent the week before class, and a tool list no later than three weeks in advance. Please check your spam filter if you have not received these messages in this timeframe.

Payment and refund policy: Payment in full is due at time of registration. Tuition minus a $100 registration fee is refundable until supplies are sent, 3-4 weeks before the start date. No refunds can be issued after supplies are shipped. Forfeited fees cannot be applied to another workshop.