Please check the updated list of bookbinding workshops and classes in the USA for the year 2017
Find below a list of bookbinding courses and workshops in the USA. All courses listed are available to the public, some are day courses, others are multi-day courses and some are full time.
If you know of any more bookbinding courses or related book arts workshops (paper making, marbling, conservation etc) then please leave some information in the comments section below. Thank you =)
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Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Book Arts Program at the University of Alabama
http://www.paperbookintensive.org/classes-2015/
http://bookarts.ua.edu/curriculum/
California
Los Angeles
BookArtsLA
http://bookartsla.org/
Type Camp
http://www.typecamp.org/camps/
Lettering, Printing & Typography camps all over the world
Muir Beach
Coleen Curry’s Bindery
http://www.coleencurry.com/teaching/
http://handbookbinders.org/workshops/
Oakland
Mills College
http://www.mills.edu/academics/graduate/eng/programs/MFA_in_bookart.php
Flying Fish Press
http://www.flyingfishpress.com/workshops/index.html
email: [email protected]
phone: 510.526.4176
Workshops by book artist Julie Chen
San Diego
Multiple Locations
http://www.sandiegobookarts.com/Workshops.htm
San Francisco
San Francisco Center for the Book
https://sfcb.org/workshops
email: [email protected]
phone: (415) 5650545
375 RHODE ISLAND ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103-5133
The San Francisco Center for the Book is a center of inspiration for the book arts world, featuring the art & craft of letterpress printing, bookbinding, and artists bookmaking. We are dedicated to the art of the book!
Type Camp
http://www.typecamp.org/camps/
Lettering, Printing & Typography camps all over the world
Santa Cruz
Wishi Washi Studio
http://www.wishiwashistudio.com/WORKSHOPSFALL15.HTML
Santa Rosa
Bookbarnkat Studio
http://www.bookbarnkatstudios.com/workshops/
Colorado
Telluride
American Academy of Bookbinding
http://bookbindingacademy.org/courses/telluride-2/
Idaho
Santa
Old Way Bookarts Tools and Workshops
http://www.traditionalhand.com/oldway/
Illinois
Chicago
Starshaped Press
http://www.starshaped.com/teaching/
https://www.facebook.com/StarshapedPress/
phone: (773) 728-6359
4636 N. Ravenswood #103 · Chicago, Illinois 60640
Iowa
Iowa City
The University of Iowa Center for the Book
http://book.grad.uiowa.edu/
Kentucky
Louisville
Lettersong
http://www.bonnie-stahlecker.com/info/
Maine
Deer Isle
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
http://www.haystack-mtn.org/programs/
Maryland
Silver Spring
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center
http://www.pyramidatlanticartcenter.org/#!workshops/c4u1
Massachusetts
Boston
North Bennet Street School
http://www.nbss.edu/education/continuing-education/
http://www.nbss.edu/education/programs/
Easthampton
Daniel E. Kelm
http://danielkelm.com/core/wideawake/3/1#/galleries/9
Michigan
Detroit
Signal-Return
http://www.signalreturnpress.org/workshops/
email: [email protected]
phone: (313) 567-8970
1345 Division Street, #102, Detroit, MI 48207
Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo Book Arts Center
http://kalbookarts.org/workshops/
email: [email protected]
phone: (269) 373-4938
Park Trades Center, Suite 103A, 326 W. Kalamazoo Avenue, Kalamazoo, MI 49007
Bookbinding workshops in many binding styles, as well as courses in paper making, marbling, letterpress, woodblock printing, etc.
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Minnesota Center for Book Arts
http://www.mnbookarts.org/
New Hampshire
Hanover
Dartmouth College Library
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~library/preservation/bookarts/book_art_fallschedule_2015.html
New Mexico
Truth or Consequences
Priscilla Spitler, Hands On Bookbinding
phone: (575) 894 0311
Priscilla Spitler, Hands On Bookbinding, Truth or Consequences, NM 87901
The Flatback Case Binding ($100 ~ materials included)
January 30 (Saturday), 9:30am – 4:30pm
Learn or review the BASICS of sound case bookbinding at this one day workshop. Students will hand bind one 1/4 cloth, flatback case binding (cloth on the spine, decorative paper on the boards). Methods learned prepare students for all future Hands On Bookbinding workshops, whether choosing a path to traditional fine binding or focusing on artist book structures, or box making.
The Rounded Spine for Case Binding ($195 ~ materials included)
February 20 & 21 (Saturday and Sunday), 9:30am – 4:30pm each day
Building on the techniques taught in the Bookbinding Warmup class, students will learn to shape (“round and back”) the sewn text, paying close attention to the control and use of spine swell created by the folded and sewn sections. Two rounded case bindings will be made during this workshop: one bound in quarter cloth and decorative paper and the other covered in full cloth. Students gain more experience in measuring, cutting, assembly and casing-in books.
Prerequisite: Bookbinding Warmup. Class limited to 8 students, 4 minimum.
Structure for Artist Books ($195)
March 4 & 5, 9:30am – 4:30pm each day
This workshop is designed to help the artist/student to think ahead when binding an artist book, but without compromising the spontaneity of their creation. Simple structures will be constructed that give room at the spine to compensate for later additions, such as collage, photos or for engineering pop-up spreads.
Prerequisite: Bookbinding Warmup (if requested a Warmup class could be scheduled for Friday, March 3). Class limited to 8 students, 4 minimum.
Case Binding Refined with Leather ($235 ~ leather, materials included)
March 18 & 19 (Saturday and Sunday), 9:30am – 4:30pm each day
Further refinements of the case binding are featured in this class that introduces working with fine goatskin leather. Students learn to pare leather on paring machines. Two books will be completed: a 1/4 leather rounded case with decorative paper on boards, and a 1/2 leather rounded case, which adds leather to the four corners and decorative paper in the center of the boards. Case joints (hinges) will vary in width between the two bindings, the first with the usual pressed groove used on most case bindings; and the other, bound with a tighter joint for a continuous contour, enhanced by back-cornered boards and a shaped, rounded headcap at each end of the leather case spine.
Prerequisite: Hands On Bookbinding’s Bookbinding Warmup and The Rounded Case classes. Note: The Rounded Case is being offered on March 17 & 18, just prior to this leather course, an option for many out of town students.
The Clamshell Box ($225 ~ materials included)
April 9 & 10 (Saturday & Sunday) 9:30am – 4:30pm
The drop-spine box, popularly known as the clamshell box, opens like a book. It is constructed with an outer case, which has two interlocking trays attached to it. Versatile, it can be used to protect and house books, prints, photos, or other unusual objects.
Bookbinding Warmup is a Prerequisite. Class limited to 6 students, 3 minimum.
Transition to Binding In-Boards With Leather ($225 ~ leather, materials included)
April 30 & May 1 (Saturday and Sunday), 9:30am-4:30pm each day
This class transitions the student from the case bound book to the concept of the spine hollow and “in-boards” binding, where the boards and the book spines are attached to the text block before it is covered.
Prerequisite: Hands On Bookbinding classes: Bookbinding Warmup, The Rounded Case, and Case binding Refined (to be repeated April 28 & 29). Class limited to 6 students, 3 minimum.
The Authentic Sewn Boards Binding ($115 ~ materials included)
June 11 (Saturday), 9:30 am to 4:30 pm
This one day class presents the Sewn Boards Binding as originally designed by Gary Frost in the late 1980s. It is not a case binding. Cover boards are sewn on to the text and the spine component allows for a completely flat opening. The edges are trimmed on three sides creating a clean looking, squareless book. Very little adhesive is used on this binding and it does not require pressing.
Prerequisite: Bookbinding Warmup preferred.
New York
Brooklyn
The Arm Letterpress
http://www.thearmnyc.com/workshops
Hudson Valley
Paper Dragon Books
http://paperdragonbooks.com/Teaching
email: [email protected]
phone: (646) 633-7179
One year bookbinding apprenticeship program
New York
Center for Book Arts
http://centerforbookarts.org/learn/
Type Camp
http://www.typecamp.org/camps/
Lettering, Printing & Typography camps all over the world
Rosendale
Women’s Studio Workshop
http://www.wsworkshop.org/
North Carolina
Brasstown
John C. Campbell Folk School
https://classes.folkschool.org/
Charlotte
Ciel Gallery
http://www.cielcharlotte.com/sign-up.html
Durham
Type Camp
http://www.typecamp.org/camps/
Lettering, Printing & Typography camps all over the world
Penland
Penland School of Crafts
http://penland.org/books/
Oregon
Portland
Oregon College of Art and Craft
https://ocac.edu/programs-study/book-arts
https://cms.ocac.edu/taxonomy/term/2
Thompson Conservation Laboratory
http://home.teleport.com/~tcl/workshop.htm
Pennsylvania
Bella Forte Books
http://bellafortebooks.com/
email: [email protected]
phone: 215-828-9261
2202 Alter Street, Studio 1 , Philadelphia, PA 19146, (by appointment)
Online courses, studio workshops, and bookbinding store
Texas
Dallas
The Craft Guild
http://www.craftguildofdallas.com/classesWorkshops.php
Virginia
Charlottesville
Rare Book School
http://rarebookschool.org/programs/
Winchester
Cat Tail Run Hand Bookbinding
http://www.cattailrun.com/workshops.html
Washington
Bothell
Pickle Bound Books
http://pickleboundbooks.com/t/classes
email: [email protected]
phone: 503-313-5613
Whidbey Island
Sweet Water Creek Farm Studio
http://www.sweetwatercreekfarmstudio.com/-workshops.html
Wisconsin
Appleton
Benjamin D. Rinehart
http://www.benrinehart.com/#!teaching/c60z
Sister Bay
Liberty Grove Paper Arts
http://libertygrovepaperarts.com/
https://www.facebook.com/nlakerly/
phone: +1 920-854-4246
10810 N Spring Rd, Sister Bay, WI 54234
Wednesday Workshops, LGPA Home Studio in Sister Bay, WI
9-2, $45, All materials included,
Bring your own lunch, if you wish.
August 3 Long Stitch Binding
August 10 Making Boxes!
August 17 Coptic Binding
August 24 Secret Belgian Binding
August 31 Blizzard Book/One Page Wonders
Sept. 7 Introduction to Box Making, Hinged Cube
Sept 28 Intermediate Box Making, Hidden Compartment Japanese Box
Oct. 5 Japanese Stab Binding Journals
Oct. 12 Advanced Box Making, Tool Box ($65)
Nov. 2 Spiral Bound Books: Guest Book, Photo Album, or Journal/Make all 3!
Nov. 16 Holiday Paper Arts – Open to suggestion!
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