Preservation Enclosures with Andrew Huot (Online)

Schedule: Wednesdays 
Oct 7, Oct 14, Oct 21, Oct 28, Nov 4, Nov 11, Nov 18 

6 pre-recorded video tutorials and PDF instructions posted each Wednesday at 8:00 am ET. Access to a private chat area for questions and comments, additional videos posted when needed.

Do you work at a library or are you a collector of materials that are fragile or rare, and want a better set of options for housing them safely?

Join us for Preservation Enclosures. We’ll be learning about the tools and materials you’ll need to make boxes and enclosures for a variety of materials. Each week we’ll concentrate on a different style of box. Once the workshop is completed, you’ll have several options to protect your books and papers.

In this course you will learn:
How to measure your books and papers for an enclosure.
How to judge the best materials to use for preservation enclosures.
How to create eight (8) enclosures for a variety of materials.
Skills to make and adapt the structures for any book or collection.

Level of Experience / Skills Required: All levels; no prior book-making experience required. Some comfort with accurate measuring, folding, and cutting with blades/knives will be helpful to master the skills taught in this workshop.

Location/Venue: Online with Book Paper Thread
For more info & pictures: http://bookpaperthread.com/preservation-enclosures
Cost/Fee: $270 ($320 with curated materials kit)
Material/Studio fee:

Their workshop calendar: http://bookpaperthread.com/online-workshops-2

Instructor and bio: Andrew Huot is a book artist, bookbinder, and conservator in Atlanta, Georgia, where he operates Big River Bindery, a studio for bookmaking and letterpress printing, book repair, and design. He holds a Masters in Book Arts from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Andrew’s teaching includes: bookbinding and preservation for the University of Illinois School of Information online program, workshops in his studio and across the country at places such as the John C Campbell Folk School, BookArtsLA, the International Preservation Studies Center, and the Guild of Book Workers among others. His artwork focuses on everyday life, abstracting the patterns, lines, and shapes to create playful work that resonates with readers. He exhibits his work widely and it is held in over 50 university library collections.

See his prints and artists’ books at andrewhuot.com and his conservation and binding work at bigriverbindery.com