Japanese Binding Duo: Flutter Book and the Butterfly Book with Anne Covell (Online)

Schedule: 
Oct 18, 2020: 2:00pm - 4:00pm (PT); 
3:00pm - 5:00pm (MT); 4:00pm - 6:00pm (CT); 5:00pm - 7:00pm (ET) 

In this class, students will learn to bind two Heian period Japanese bindings - the Flutter Book and the Butterfly Book. 

In the Flutter Book, individual sheets are pasted to hinges at the fore-edge and attached to a single cover sheet that wraps around the spine. Because the textblock is only tipped to the cover and not glued at the spine, the pages can easily be blown out by a gentle breeze, giving the book its descriptive name. 

In the Butterfly Book, individual sheets are folded and pasted along a narrow strip at the spine. The cover is made in three parts: a decorative spine liner, and two laminated paper covers that are pasted and attached to the first and last pages of the textblock. When open, each pair of leaves joined by paste turns at an angle that resembles the wings of a butterfly.

Location/Venue:  Online with Book Arts LA
For more info & pictures:  https://tinyurl.com/y39y4qgd
Cost/Fee:  $65
Material/Studio fee: 

Their workshop calendar:  https://bookartsla.org/collections/all

Instructor and bio:  Anne Covell received her MFA in Book Arts from the University of Iowa Center for the Book where she studied on an Iowa Arts Fellowship. She has taught courses in bookbinding, papermaking, and natural dyeing for the University of Iowa Center for the Book, as well as the University of Georgia study abroad program in Cortona, Italy. Her work has been exhibited throughout the United States and abroad and can be seen in a growing number of special collections libraries and museums worldwide including the Yale University Arts Library, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the National Library of Chile. She currently resides in San Diego, CA.