BOOKBINDING FOR ARTISTS : A Workshop
May 3 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT
$20.00 – $40.00
BOOKBINDING FOR ARTISTS : A Workshop
Saturday May 3rd, 12-2pm
Discover the art of bookbinding—no glue required. This hands-on workshop introduces the beauty of pamphlet binding, where simple techniques and high-quality materials come together to create elegant, handcrafted booklets.
Starting with large, uncut sheets, you’ll learn to tear, fold, sew, and case your own book using Mohawk Superfine paper for the text block and Colorplan cardstock covers in a range of rich colors. Through careful material handling and precise craftsmanship, you’ll:
- Tear down large sheets with a bone folder for clean, deckled edges.
- Sew a durable, single-signature pamphlet with strong thread.
- Fold and case the cover for a refined, professional finish.
Along the way, Ana Paula Cordeiro will guide a discussion on the unique qualities of different papers—how they fold, tear, and transform—helping you choose and work with materials in new ways.
Whether you’re new to bookbinding or refining your skills, this workshop invites you to explore precision, simplicity, and creative experimentation in a supportive, hands-on environment.
All levels welcome, no experience required
Workshop supplies will be provided.
Cost:
$20 Mana Affiliated Artists
$40 All others
About the Instructor
Ana Paula Cordeiro makes books by hand, photographs with film, prints from lead type, and writes either sparingly or profusely on unbound folios, which she then proceeds to bind into volumes. In 2018 she co-organized the multi-media installation Introspective Collective. In 2019 she contributed to a book publication about bookmaking called Bookforms. And in 2020 she was awarded a grant from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation and an Honorable Mention at the International Human Rights Arts Festival Creators of Justice Award for her essay Citizen.
Originally from Brazil, she is based in New York and does much of her work at Shoestring Press and The Center for Book Arts communal shops. Chronologically speaking, in the fall of 2020, she had an interview published by The Interior Beauty Salon; in the Summer of 2020, she was part of an online program in conversation with Merve Emre, hosted by the Bodleian Library, Oxford University, and her work Body of Evidence was reviewed on Books on Books. In 2022 she recorded a podcast for Inwood Art Works On Air.
This workshop is sponsored in kind by Talas, Conservation, Archival, and Book Binding Supplies.
