Basic Book Binding

Completed book with cover.

Last week I had the opportunity to attend a basic book binding workshop. The workshop instructor was the experienced artist, book binder, and calligrapher, Joan B. Machinchick.  What I truly appreciated was the workshop pamphlet that Ms. Machinchick created for each student, complete with Japanese Stab binding!  This was most appreciated because I often find that in note taking during workshops I often miss an important part of the demonstration.  This way I could just listen and watch.  Under her guidance, we created simple two signature sketchbooks using marbled paper as the cover.  The project is shown here: