Book Arts Class at the Bountiful Davis Art Center

10 Book Workshop

Bountiful Davis Art Center

745 South Main Street

Bountiful, UT 84010

 Bookbinding course includes the following 10 books

Single Sheet Books

Chapbooks

Japanese Stab Bound Books

Flower Fold Books

Accordion with Pockets & Sewn Signatures

Hinged Hardcover

Circle Accordion

Softcover Leather Longstitch

Hardcover Longstitch

Tapes Bound Book (a traditional hardcover book)

All books you create in the class will be designed, created and kept by you! The cost of the class is $125 which includes all the materials for the class as well as some small bookbinding tools so you can continue to make books at home! 

You'll need to bring:

A pencil

Scissors

X-acto Type Craft Knife with extra blades

Ruler with Metal Edge

Cutting mat or old magazine to cut on 

To Register for this class contact the Bountiful Davis Art Center(BDAC) by clicking this link here: BDAC Contact Information

Leather Longstitch Books

A Custom Order

This photo album was custom ordered by Sarah in Australia for an anniversary present to her husband. They've taken photos of him standing next to large landmarks (big pineapples and such) and this album is to hold those photos.

All the lettering and design was burned in by hand. Leather is a rustic hickory brown lambskin. You can click on the photos to see them larger.

Upcoming Class

Raised and Inset Designs in Paper, Fabric and Leather

Provo Art & Frame

201 West Center in Provo, UT

Tuesday, September 6th

6-9pm

Sign up by emailing me at KarleighJae@gmail.com

We'll go over raised and inset designs in paper, fabric and leather and let you try it out yourself!

The cost is $35 and that includes all the materials for your sample pieces you'll create and keep. The sample pieces can be used as actual book covers.

This class was also taught at the Focus on Book Arts Conference in Forest Grove, Oregon this past June. You can see some photos from June's class by clicking here..

Below are a few examples of inset and raised designs.

Embossed hinges or raised spine book hinges in leather

raised design in paper on a tapes bound book

Disneyland E ticket inset into leather photo album cover

Raised circle on spine and cover of book, Inset 4 leaf clover

Raised hinges with fleur de lis

Letters of "Our Family" in French, English and Italian raised in leather on photo album cover

Detail of other side and the raised cords along the spine

Raised design in leather

Raised leather design

Raised cords and inset berries on front cover of leather photo album

Love birds raised in leather on photo album with simple raised hinges

Raised hinges and Inset four leaf clover design

Inset stamp on front cover and raised design along the spine and covers

Cordbound Bookbinding Workshop

Cordbound Bookbinding Workshop
Length of class time: 6 hours

All materials and a few tools are provided for each student.

Each student will make a traditional quarter leather hardcover book with raised cords, Italian leather spine and paper cover (your choice of printed and handmade papers from around the world).

Tools students need to bring:

*Cutting mat, cutting board or magazine to cut on
*Bonefolder
*Metal Edge Ruler
*Scissors
*Xacto Type Craft Knife
*Pencil

For this class a rotary cutter and clear plastic ruler are helpful. I'll bring mine to share but if you happen to have these useful tools, please bring them.

The style we are learning is the traditional 1/4 leather rounded spine hardcover raised cord book. They date back to the 5th century and were introduced when Byzantium monks established their firstscriptorium, Byblos, in modern Lebanon. The Arabs were the ones to bring this style to life with all sorts of decorative work, gorgeous gold embossing and clasp closures. They still make the most wonderful cordbound books in the world.

Below are a few of the cordbound books that Daniel and I have created in the last year.

8" x 10" Full Leather Cordbound Book

6" x 6" CordBound in Butter Yellow Italian Leather

6" x 6" Purple Cordbound in Purple Italian Leather with 500 pages

Cordbound 12" x 12" Photo Album with Metal Name Plate Inset

Close up of 12 x 12 Cordbound Album with Raised Letters

Two 8" x 10" Photo Albums with Leather Spines and Grey Lokta Covers

8" x 10" Photo Album

1/4 Leather with Black Leather and Peacock Blue Lokta

Cordbound Books with Raised cords all over cover

Curved Cords on Spine instead of traditional straight cords

Two Classes on Tuesday Night in Provo, UT

Tuesday July 26th, 2011

Starbooks from 5-6pm, class fee $10 

Coptic Stitch Books from 6-9 pm, class fee is $25 

Take both classes for only $30.

The Ethiopian coptic stitch dates back to the 4th century. It's a beautiful book with an exposed spine in which you can see the sewing of the pages. The coptic stitch book will open flat for maximum use of the pages. It works great for sketchbooks, photo albums and journals. It's also a nice book for recipes because you don't have to hold it open while cooking in the kitchen and it works great as a wedding guestbook too!

To sign up for the class, please email me at KarleighJae@gmail.com 

Please bring the following tools:

Pencil
Cutting mat (or old magazine to cut on)
x-acto type craft knife or utility knife
Scissors
Metal Edge Ruler
Bonefolder (available at Provo Art & Frame, ask for a student discount for taking my class! They close at 5pm!)

Classes held at Provo Art & Frame at 201 West Center Street in Provo, Utah. The class is held in the studio above the store.