Historical Sewing Sampler II: Supported Sewings (Los Angeles, CA)

In this one-day workshop, students will learn to sew over a dozen historic supported sewing styles on a single book. We’ll begin by sewing over cord, alum taw, and split leather. In this portion, we’ll experiment with both raised and recessed supports, as well as packing and sewing variants, in order to better understand the relationship between structure and materials as it relates to efficiency and productivity.

Next, we’ll cover later styles such as sewing over tapes and Ramieband, including decorative variants, and discuss in depth the history of binding and the timeline of developments that gave rise to each sewing style.

Location/Venue: Book Arts LA
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Cost/Fee: $155
Material/Studio fee: $25

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Instructor:

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.