Introduction to Bookbinding: The Long Stitch
Taught by Woody Leslie
Woody Leslie is an artist, bookmaker, cartoonist, and musician originally from Vermont, but now living in Brooklyn. He is the founder One Page Productions, an artist book printing press specializing in tiny books made from one sheet of paper (more at onepageproductions.com). Not only has he printed a wide range of titles through 1Pp, he has also self-published a multitude of handbound artist books, writings, comic books, and more.
Learn how to make your very own hand bound book using the long stitch, a simple, yet elegant technique for binding together multiple sections, with lots of room for elaboration and variation.
We'll cover book binding basics, from tearing sheets, to folding, piercing & assembling sections, making a paper cover, and of course binding.
When it's all said and done, you'll come home with your very own blank journal/notebook/sketchbook/whathaveyou, and also the knowledge and wherewithal to make more on your own.
