This one-day course to the basics of bookbinding, including appropriate materials and tools needed to make your own notebooks, journals, or albums.

Book structures taught will be the pamphlet, accordion and stab binding. Students will also learn how to add a hard cover to their projects. The various properties of adhesive will be presented. Tools will be presented that should be acquired for a kit if by the end of the course further projects based on this foundation of skills is pursued. Class is 6 hours and can be in two 3-hour sessions or one 6-hour session.

(3 student minimum)