Dates: Saturday, July 19th & Sunday, July 20th (2 meetings)

Hours: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Instructor: Martha Kearsley BB '95

Teaching Assistant: TBA

This two-day workshop is a comprehensive introduction to design, carving, and printing with linoleum blocks and methods for printing on both paper and textiles. Students will learn to transfer designs and carve linoleum surfaces and will explore a variety of methods to produce their prints, including the use of a traditional platen press and several set-ups and methods to print without a press.

Tools & Supplies: All tools and supplies are provided for this class. 

Prerequisite: None

Dates: Monday, July 21 - Friday, July 25 (5 meetings)

Hours: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Instructor: Colin Urbina BB '11

Students will learn the foundations of bookbinding by combining hands-on exercises and discussion. The class starts by exploring non-adhesive structures: soft cover pamphlet, Coptic, historical longstitch, and link stitch. The class ends with a look at case bindings, with the creation of two hardcover flatback bindings. Students also learn different structural elements, sewing variations, and covering and cutting techniques using various materials, tools, and equipment. Throughout the course, discussions will cover terminology, paper grain and folding, selecting proper materials and tools, and adhesives and their properties.

Tools & Supplies: Please bring a notebook and a pencil. All other tools and supplies are provided for this class.

Prerequisite: None

Dates: Saturday, July 26th & Sunday, July 27th (2 meetings)

Hours: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

Instructor: Ariana Rutledge BB '22

In this two-day workshop, students will get a quick introduction to various bookbinding techniques by exploring three different book structures. The class will begin with a simple pamphlet and continue with constructing two multi-signature books known as flatback case binding and link stitch binding. Finally, students will construct a box to house all of their creations. Bookbinding 101 is a great way to familiarize yourself with bookbinding and is perfect for those who are curious about the craft. All levels of experience are welcome to register.

Tools & Supplies: Please bring a notebook and a pencil. All other tools and supplies are provided for this class.

Prerequisite: None

Date: Saturday, July 26th

Hours: 9:00 am - 4:00pm

Instructor: Bill Hanscom

Boxes, wrappers, and slipcases are widely used to house and protect library and archival collections, but they also offer terrific opportunities for artistic exploration. Beyond the protective housing of original artistic works such as books or print portfolios, enclosures can be altered and embellished to complement, enhance, and conspire with their contents. Over the course of this one-day workshop, participants will work to create a reference set of enclosures that neatly nest together.

Tools & Supplies: *There is an additional $40 materials fee due to the instructor on the first day of class. The instructor accepts cash, checks, or Venmo. All other tools and supplies will be provided for this class.

Prerequisite: None

Date: Saturday, August 2nd

Hours: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

Instructor: Jennifer Pellecchia BB '19

Easy to learn and endlessly adaptable, pamphlet sewing is a versatile method for creating any number of traditional and creative book structures. Students will sew three-, four-, and five-hole pamphlets and their variations, beginning with a series of single-section booklets with basic covers, then moving onto more elaborate multi-section bindings.

Tools & Supplies: Please bring a notebook and a pencil. All other tools and supplies are provided for this class. 

Prerequisite: Students should be comfortable with folding and sewing. If you have questions about your experience, please contact ce@nbss.edu. 

Dates: Monday, August 4 - Thursday, August 7 (4 meetings)

Hours: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

Instructor: Erin Fletcher BB '12

The Millimeter binding came about during World War I when leather became a scarce resource for binders. Still wanting to provide an elegant leather binding for their clients, binders would use a minimal amount of leather to cover the spine along with a handmade paste paper. In this workshop students will be creating a Rubow-style Millimeter binding. This variation allows for an uninterrupted paste paper to stretch across the binding with a line of leather running across the head and tail edge of the binding. In order to craft this binding, students will have the opportunity to sew their text block and practice rounding and backing as well as an introduction on paring and working with leather. Finally, students can get creative with edge decoration and make their own paste papers.

Tools & Supplies: All tools and supplies are provided for this class.

Prerequisite: Bookbinding 101 or equivalent experience. If you have any questions about your experience, please contact ce@nbss.edu.

Date: Saturday, August 16th

Hours: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Instructor: Bill Hanscom

Ethiopian manuscript culture represents one of the oldest bookbinding traditions still practiced today. During this one-day workshop, participants will construct a full leather historical binding with wooden boards, inlays of patterned cloth, and traditional endbands of interwoven leather strips. Basic tooling techniques, as well as common designs and motifs, will be discussed and demonstrated. Participants will be given the opportunity to decorate their bindings as time allows.

Tools & Supplies: *There is an additional $50 materials fee due to the instructor on the first day of class. The instructor accepts cash, checks, or Venmo. All other tools and supplies will be provided for this class.

Prerequisite: Bookbinding 101, Fundamentals of Bookbinding I, or equivalent experience. If you have any questions about your experience, please contact ce@nbss.edu.

Dates: Monday, August 18 - Friday, August 22 (5 meetings)

Hours: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

Instructor: Samuel Feinstein BB '12

Books generally have titles. In this week-long intensive, students will learn to title their books by hand in several different ways. We will title books using brass type in type-holders, historical style with handle letters intentionally misaligned, and aligned titling with handle letters, on spines and flat surfaces--done in blind, in gold, and with pigmented foil. We will discuss type, layout, and the ideas behind the many styles of titling. This workshop is for the novice or the practitioner who wants to extend their hands to be able to title with them.

Tools & Supplies: *There is an additional $175 fee for tools and materials due to the instructor on the first day of class. The instructor accepts cash, check, Venmo, or PayPal. 

Preprequisite: None