Date & Time: June 22, 2008 (Sunday), 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Location: Nucleus
Instructor: Patrick Williams
Materials to bring: Listed below
Cost: $55 if you bring your own materials. $80 with materials included.

To Register: Purchase your tickets above or call 626-458-7482.

Ever wondered how books are made? Ever wanted to make your own for whatever reason? All it takes is a bit of know-how. Once the trade of highly skilled master craftsmen, the handmade book has been virtually replaced by mass production. But you don’t need to be a master craftsman to make your own books. With a few basic supplies and a few little tricks you can make whatever you like. We’ll talk over the basics of perfect binding, sewing signatures/pamphlets, Japanese stab-stitch (and variations), and creating hardbound covers. Learn what you need to know in order to make your own personalized portfolio, sketchbooks, notepads, gifts, and more!

Bio:

P. Williams is a self-professed sketchbook addict and collector. After filling up about 100 sketchbooks, he embarked on a quest to discover how to make his own, which eventually led to him teaching others what he had learned. He is a graduate of Art Center College of Design, in illustration, and has taught at the Orange County High School of the Arts (CA), Bellevue Children’s academy (WA), Daniel Smith (WA) and also helped start up the SCBA (Seattle Center for Book Arts). He is a prolific painter exhibiting work all over the country. Expect to see his work in several books due out in the next few months. He currently has 190 sketchbooks in his collection.

Material:
1 ream 8.5" x 11" photocopy paper (or better stock)
Binder’s thread (or embroidery thread)
Needles
Davey board/chip board (16" x 20"-ish)
X-acto/utility knife and extra blades
PVA glue (Elmer’s is ok too)
Cutting mat/extra chip board
Book cover cloth (or a fabric you’d like to involve in the construction of a book)
Metal Ruler

Recommended:
Bone folder
Super (looks like a linen mesh)
A sheet or two of decorative paper