Intro to Bookbinding Level 2 course

American Academy of Bookbinding

This course is designed for students who have taken L1 Bookbinding and are ready to further develop skills and explore materials. Students will sew a textblock, making the Millimeter Binding […]

Paper Conservation Level 1 course

American Academy of Bookbinding

This course will focus on repairing losses and tears on different types of papers and guarding a textblock that has been pulled apart for rebinding. Learn when and how to […]

Paper Conservation Level 2 course

American Academy of Bookbinding

This advance course is designed to provide continuing paper conservation students with an opportunity to expand and deepen their knowledge through practical application. Advanced repair techniques, basic lining methods, the […]

American Academy of Bookbinding: Inlay & Onlay Intensive

American Academy of Bookbinding

Instructor: Colleen Curry The techniques in the class open real possibilities for creative work in contemporary design binding decoration. Design patterns will be applied to plaquettes that focus on several […]

American Academy of Bookbinding: Manipulating Leather class

American Academy of Bookbinding

Instructor: Colleen Curry Turn leather and suede into beautiful pieces of art to be used for decorative inlays and onlays for bindings, covering books, and flyleaves. We will finish the […]

American Academy of Bookbinding: Link Structures class

American Academy of Bookbinding

Instructor: Sol Rebora   This master class with Sol Rebora, from Argentina, is centered around design and conservation concepts. Four structures will be made in the two weeks, incorporate reversible […]

Fundamentals of Full Leather Binding

American Academy of Bookbinding

American Academy of Bookbinders course with Don Glaister.   This core course focuses on traditional full-leather bookbinding techniques interpreted for the twenty-first century. Students will produce one or two laced-on, […]

MORE IS BETTER: A Master Class in Artists’ Editions

American Academy of Bookbinding

American Academy of Bookbinders course with Instructors: Don Glaister & Peter Geraty   This two-week master class will concentrate on design, ingenuity, and collaboration in the planning and production of […]

Beyond Pigment & Paste

American Academy of Bookbinding

taught by Suzanne Moore Discover the unlimited possibilities - patterns to paintings - using the principles of traditional paste paper, and venturing - way - beyond. The techniques presented will […]