23. Bookbinding: Secret Belgian Binding

Course Date(s) 
Oct 25, 2020
Sundays, 10:00-4:00
5 hours/1 day
4 (no experience necessary)
Registration Closes 
Oct 19, 2020
Costs 

$75 + materials fee $25 payable to the instructor on first day of class

Course Overview 

We will make a journal using the Secret Belgian Binding technique (aka The Criss Cross Binding). Create a beautiful hardcover journal using this technique and discuss the "secrets" of its origins and the story behind its name. Tools and materials are provided but if you have some of your own tools, feel free to bring them. Class breaks for one-hour at lunch.

Instructor(s) 

Rhonda Miller BA, MLIS

Rhonda Miller is a bookbinder with a keen interest in book structures and historical bookbinding techniques.