French Link Binding: Two Ways (Los Angeles, CA)

We'll learn the versatile French Link, also called Web Stitch, and learn to construct a pair of books. One book has an exposed spine and the other is case bound.

This structure highlights many possible options: softcovers or covered boards, the finely designed stitching can be over tapes or simply using the signatures, the spine can be exposed or covered. Advantages to this structure include that it opens fully flat, so it's an ideal structure for a journal or sketchbook.

Location/Venue: Book Arts LA
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Cost/Fee: $125
Material/Studio fee: $25

Their workshop calendar: https://tinyurl.com/ybdk3vkh

Instructor:

Danita Rafalovich, the "needle whisperer" Danita brings excellent binding and sewing management skills to this workshop. Danita Rafalovich has a B.S. in Biology with an emphasis in Botany from California State University Long Beach. She is an accomplished binder and has taught a wide variety of contemporary and traditional book binding workshops. Danita’s enthusiasm for book arts is demonstrated through her work as a volunteer in outreach programs at locations such as the Venice Library, Antiquarian Book shows and events such as the Printers’ Fair at the International Printing museum. Working with the public, she has completed thousands of books on site. Her work is represented in a variety of publications about Artists’ Books, she has also completed the bindings on Artists’ books collected throughout Los Angeles and in special collection libraries throughout the United States. Danita Rafalovich is a founding member of BookArtsLA.