Book & Paper Arts Workshops
Medieval Long and Link Stitch Bindings (Boston, MA)
Long-and link-stitches connect the text block directly to the limp parchment cover and can be used individually or in combination to create striking exposed-sewing patterns on the spine. After examining models and images of historical bindings, participants choose from a number of templates and create two structures using traditional techniques and features such as fore-edge flaps and string-and-button closures.
Prerequisite: Bookbinding 101 or equivalent experience.
Location/Venue: North Bennet Street School (8:30am - 4:30pm both days)
For more info & pictures: https://tinyurl.com/y8rj22qv
Cost/Fee: $325
Material/Studio fee: $40 (bring cash or check to class, all other tools and supplies are provided for the class.)
Their workshop calendar: https://tinyurl.com/y9g32579
Instructor: Bill Hanscom is a special collections conservation technician for Harvard Library at the Weissman Preservation Center in Cambridge, MA; coordinator and instructor for the Book Arts BFA program at Montserrat College of Art in Beverly, MA; and an independent workshop instructor. He is a 2008 graduate of the Book Arts/Printmaking MFA program at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. He has essays included in Volumes 3 and 4 of the Suave Mechanicals: Essays on the History of Bookbinding series published by The Legacy Press in 2016.