Drum Leaf Binding with Karen Hanmer (Online)

Schedule: Jul 10, 2021 — 10am - 1pm (ET); 
9am - 12pm (CT); 8am - 11am (MT); 7am - 10am (PT);

Here's a great virtual workshop for book artists who want to take their bench skills to the next level. Beginning binders will enjoy it, too, but they will need to be familiar with concepts like grain direction and have on hand some standard binding tools and studio supplies.

The Drum Leaf binding, developed by Tim Ely, has features in common with multiple preexisting Eastern and Western binding structures. This adhesive binding is a perfect structure for printmakers, photographers, or anyone who desires to present visual narratives with no sewing thread to interrupt the flow of imagery. Because a drum leaf book is not laid out in signatures but made of single-sided folios, the complexities of imposition are not encountered when laying out text.

The binding opens flat. It can be dressed up or down with a variety of spine treatments, board-covering materials, and edge decoration techniques. It can be constructed quickly, lends itself to edition work, and can be made in a sparsely equipped home studio.

The drum leaf is also an excellent structure for beginning binders. Students learn to work with common bookbinding tools, materials, and techniques and principles such as grain direction, folding signatures, tidy application of adhesive, and measuring one component of the book to fit another.

Advance registration is required for all JCBA workshops. For more details or to register, please email JCBA Director John Cutrone (jcutrone@fau.edu). John will send you an email explaining how to pay your tuition online. It's a simple process.

Location/Venue:  Online with Jaffe Center for Book Arts
For more info & pictures: http://www.library.fau.edu/depts/spc/JaffeCenter/workshops/drum_leaf.php  
Cost/Fee:  $100
Material/Studio fee: Included

Their workshop calendar:  http://www.library.fau.edu/depts/spc/JaffeCenter/workshops/index.php

Instructor and bio:  Karen Hanmer's artist-made books are physical manifestations of personal essays intertwining history, culture, politics, science, and technology. She utilizes both traditional and contemporary book structures, and the work is often playful in content or format. Hanmer's work is included in collections ranging from The British Library and the Library of Congress to Stanford University and Graceland, and of course the Jaffe Collection. She offers workshops and private instruction focusing on a solid foundation in traditional binding skills.