Book Arts Workshops - Chester Creek Press

Book Arts Workshops at Chester Creek Press

Workshops are from 9:30 am to 4:00 pm, with a 30 minute break for lunch at noon. Bring your food and eat it here, or there are some excellent eateries in Chestertown, within a few minutes drive.
Materials are included in the price of the workshops. Old clothes are appropriate to wear, and maybe an apron too. The paste paper workshop in particular can get messy (it’s more fun that way) and the pigments we use may not wash out, clothes you don’t care about are good. Paper making can be wet work so waterproof shoes or sneakers are best for your feet.

Payment is requested at the time of registration. The fee is refundable up to 5 days before the date of the workshop.

Register by contacting Bob Walp at 518-338-5238 or bob@chestercreekpress.com
or use the Register buttons below to make your workshop deposit through PayPal (no Paypal account required).

Click here for directions to Chester Creek Press.

2011 Workshop Schedule

(fee includes materials)

Wednesday - July 20
INTRODUCTION TO BOOKBINDING
Learn the basic skills needed to make bindings for albums, journals, or other book arts projects. Through a series of bookbindings, moving from simple to complex, participants will create several books that will develop skills in tearing, folding, sewing and gluing both paper and hardcover bindings. Emphasis will be on good craft techniques and working in harmony with materials and their inherent properties.

$85.00

Saturday - July 30
HAND PAPER MAKING
The paper maker’s craft is centuries old, but the finest papers in the world are still made in much the same way as always. Using small scale professional equipment we will make sheets of gorgeous cotton rag paper. In addition there will be demonstrations and discussions about making paper at home to use in your own book arts projects.

$90.00

Wednesday August 10

PASTE PAPER WORKSHOP
Paste papers are decorated papers made by covering a dampened sheet of paper with a mixture of paste and colored pigment and then working the surface with a variety of tools to create patterns. More fun than finger painting and you can use the sheets you make for book covers, unique paper for wrapping presents, to cover bricks for door stops, and general book arts use.

$90.00

Wednesday August 17
BOX MAKING
In this workshop we will make a hinged-lid box covered with decorated paper and Japanese bookcloth.

$90.00

Canceled
ADVANCED BOOKBINDING -
LONG STITCH BINDING & WRAP AROUND CASE
The long stitch binding is a soft cover binding that requires no adhesive but leaves a decorative pattern of threads on the outside of the spine of the book. We will use a heavy weight handmade paper for the cover and an imported mouldmade paper for the pages.

When our books are finished we will use binder's board and Japanese bookcloth to make a hard shell case with an elastic enclosure to protect it.

$95.00

Saturday - September 24

ADVANCED BOOKBINDING - CASE BINDING
The case binding is the quintessential Western style of binding – what we normally think of as a book. In this workshop we will make a hard cover book with a cloth spine and decorated paper covers. Basic bookbinding experience is necessary.

$90.00

Wednesday - July 20	INTRODUCTION TO BOOKBINDING Learn the basic skills needed to make bindings for albums, journals, or other book arts projects. Through a series of bookbindings, moving from simple to complex, participants will create several books that will develop skills in tearing, folding, sewing and gluing both paper and hardcover bindings. Emphasis will be on good craft techniques and working in harmony with materials and their inherent properties. $85.00

Saturday - July 30	HAND PAPER MAKING The paper maker’s craft is centuries old, but the finest papers in the world are still made in much the same way as always. Using small scale professional equipment we will make sheets of gorgeous cotton rag paper. In addition there will be demonstrations and discussions about making paper at home to use in your own book arts projects. $90.00

Wednesday August 10	PASTE PAPER WORKSHOP Paste papers are decorated papers made by covering a dampened sheet of paper with a mixture of paste and colored pigment and then working the surface with a variety of tools to create patterns. More fun than finger painting and you can use the sheets you make for book covers, unique paper for wrapping presents, to cover bricks for door stops, and general book arts use. $90.00

Wednesday August 17	BOX MAKING In this workshop we will make a hinged-lid box covered with decorated paper and Japanese bookcloth. $90.00

Canceled	ADVANCED BOOKBINDING - LONG STITCH BINDING & WRAP AROUND CASE The long stitch binding is a soft cover binding that requires no adhesive but leaves a decorative pattern of threads on the outside of the spine of the book. We will use a heavy weight handmade paper for the cover and an imported mouldmade paper for the pages. When our books are finished we will use binder's board and Japanese bookcloth to make a hard shell case with an elastic enclosure to protect it. $95.00

Saturday - September 24	ADVANCED BOOKBINDING - CASE BINDING The case binding is the quintessential Western style of binding – what we normally think of as a book. In this workshop we will make a hard cover book with a cloth spine and decorated paper covers. Basic bookbinding experience is necessary. $90.00