Upcoming Workshops
- Bookbinding I: October/November 2023CBBAG Bookbinding I with Joan Byers, October 28 to November 1, 2023 This is a five full-day course from the Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild (CBBAG) which introduces the various tools, materials, sewing methods, and constructions fundamental to hand bookbinding. We will start by making simple pamphlets and proceed to the binding of two small ...
Past workshops
- Bookbinding I: April/May 2022CBBAG Bookbinding I With Joan Byers April 23, 24, 25 & April 29, 30, May 1 2022 This is a six full-day course from the Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild (CBBAG) which introduces the various tools, materials, sewing methods, and constructions fundamental to hand bookbinding. You start with the making of simple pamphlets and proceed to the ...
- Dropped Spine Binding Workshop (March 2020)Dropped Spine Binding Workshop With Joan Byers March 21 & 22, 2020 In this two day workshop we focus on binding a blank book with a dropped spine, allowing the book to open flat once bound. This will be a small hardcover book with a cloth spine (If you were in the previous “making book cloth workshop”, you ...
- Workshop: Cloth RebackingWorkshop: Clock Rebacking With Lorraine Butler April 25 & 26, 2020 (Saturday & Sunday) Learn to restore a cloth-bound, hardcover book, retaining the original cover and spine and rebuilding it structurally. Students can bring their own books to work, subject to suitability. No larger than 8” high, ideally about 5-6”. The text block needs to be intact, as ...
- Super Sewing!Super Sewing! With Joan Byers June 15, 2019 (Saturday) Learn some different ways of attaching individual signatures to a cover to create a decorative pattern. In this workshop we will learn how to figure out the geometry and logical sewing sequences needed to create at least three different pamphlet bindings. You will make a one signature, a two ...
- Bookbinding I: April 2019CBBAG Bookbinding I With Joan Byers April 5, 6, 7 and 12, 13, 14, 2019 This is a six full-day course from the Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild (CBBAG) which introduces the various tools, materials, sewing methods, and constructions fundamental to hand bookbinding. You start with the making of simple pamphlets and proceed to the binding of ...
- Make an Impression!Make an Impression! A mini workshop with Joan Byers and Lorraine Douglas October 28, 2018 (Sunday) Embossing is a way of making an impression in relief on paper so that it stands out. Learn two ways of embossing and debossing. The first method uses dry paper embossed by hand and the second is with damp paper on a ...
- Fold – A – RamaFold – A – Rama Folded books inspired by Hedi Kyle With Joan Byers November 18, 2018 (Sunday) With the recent release of Hedi Kyle’s “The Art of the Fold” there is fresh enthusiasm for folding paper into innovative book and paper structures. Come and enjoy learning how to fold the perfect accordion and create a few of Hedi’s very ...
- Reflection & Impression: Applying Gold Leaf to PaperWith Suzanne Moore Dates: (Saturday through Monday) April 21 – 23, 2018, 9:00 am to 4:30 pm By experimenting with gilding on a variety of papers using patent gold leaf with diluted PVA and a wide choice of tools, and by impressing thin materials into gilded papers by hand and with a press, you will accomplish an ...
- 25 Books for ChristmasCBBAG BC Islands Fall Workshop With Joan Byers November 18 & 19, 2017 One Christmas Carol for each of the days leading to Christmas In this workshop we will make 25 different book structures in pamphlet form. Different page folding (using 8 1/2″ x 11″ size paper) from single sheets to signatures and folding/cutting variations. The covers will also ...
- Bookbinding ICBBAG Bookbinding I With Joan Byers September/October 2017 Dates: (Friday through Sunday) September 30, October 1, 2 and October 14, 15, 16 2017 Six day course introduces the variety of tools, materials and constructions fundamental to hand bookbinding. The course starts with the making of several simple pamphlets and proceed to the binding of two hard cover books. Cost – ...