Leather Binding II: Raised Cords online workshop
This workshop is not currently scheduled, but it could be in the future. Please contact me if you are interested.
In this workshop, students will further develop their binding and leather-working skills including sewing on raised cords, rounding, backing, paring, and covering. Students will complete one full leather binding with sewn endbands, flexi endsheet with decorative paper, and simple blind tooling around raised bands. Eleven half-day sessions.
Note: This is a fast-paced, advanced-level workshop for students experienced with traditional binding. Prerequisites: Binding Fundamentals, Basic Leatherworking for Bookbinding, and Leather Binding I, or equivalent. Students should be making traditional bindings independently, outside a workshop setting and have acquired some proficiency with paring.
The supply packet will include a Russell's Oasis goatskin, marbled paper for endsheets, sewing supports and thread, endband silk, supplies for endband cores, book board, various paper and cloth linings, and a book in sheets comparable to those available on this site. You can also choose to source your own supplies from a list provided to registered students a month before the workshop begins.
A partial list of required tools: Scharfix; spokeshave; paring knife + strop + paring surface; sewing frame; finishing press; something to back in (finishing press + backing boards, a lying press, or a job backer); nipping press and press boards; backing hammer; band nippers.
The online format is a series of live tutorials via Zoom. The tutorials are recorded and the videos are available to registered students for 90 days. Students need not be present for the live sessions. Workshop fee includes supplies and a handout, which are mailed to arrive in time for the first session. Zoom links will be sent the week before class, and a tool list no later than three weeks in advance. Please check your spam filter if you have not received these messages in this timeframe.
Students outside US and Canada please contact me to discuss options for supplies.
Payment in full is due at time of registration. See FAQs for refund policy.
