Bookmaking for Calligraphers (San Jose, CA)

Looking for special books to hold your calligraphy? Make them yourself! Create four beautiful hard cover books in two days. We’ll begin with an Envelope Fan Book and progress to a star book with pockets on the first day. On the second day we will begin with a Single-Needle Coptic Stitch and progress to a French Link. Each of the books will have cover designs of your choice. The Envelope Fan Book and Star Book has removable inserts, perfect for calligraphic experimentation! Your Coptic Stitch and French Link books will lay flat after binding so you can enjoy using them for your calligraphy. Use them as special practice books or create a work of art for yourself or as a gift. The instructor will provide instructions with step-by-step photographs so that you can make the books again and again in your home studio.

Location/Venue: A Work of Heart - 9am - 5pm
For more info & pictures: https://www.gingerburrell.com/classes
Cost/Fee: TBD
Material/Studio fee: TBD

Their workshop calendar: https://tinyurl.com/y4ljkn6s

Instructor and bio:

Ginger Burrell is an artist and teacher. She often collaborates with her husband, Greg, who is adept at U-turns because there is something that really needs photographed. She has her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography from San Jose State University’s school of Art and Design. She teaches book arts at the Palo Alto Art Center and in her home studio.

Ginger’s primary medium is artist books. Her work includes photography, monotype and composite imagery and explores a range of topics from the personal, to the political, to the universal. She has exhibited nationally and internationally and her books are held in private and public collections.