Sat, April 18, 2020 10:00 A.M.
Art Department at Parkway Central Library

This workshop was originally scheduled for March 14th and is now full, all those registered for the March 14th date will attend on April 18th. Take a look at other upcoming book arts workshops now on our calendar. 

Stab binding is a family of book binding techniques used for over two thousand years in Japan, China, and Korea. Both cathartic and simple, stab bindings are an efficient way to produce elegant books. Using thread to wrap around the spines, Japanese stab bindings are an ideal way to bind loose sheets of paper together securely. The workshop begins by learning the basic foundation 4 hole stitch (yotsume toji) with the noble (kangxi) corner variation in order to make a thin, soft cover book. We will then create models to learn the hemp leaf (asa-no-ha toji) and tortoise shell (kikko toji) bindings. This set of bindings is ideal for beginners.

After a taste of simple glue based bookbinding in high school, Teresa Silva began to teach herself how to bind books from books she borrowed from the library. After a brief interlude of learning to bind books properly from professionals (but not really becoming better at glue), she began to focus on exposed spine, non-adhesive bindings as well as Japanese stab bindings that can be made using simple tools, all sorts of easily procured materials, and could be sewn almost anywhere.Find her @http://www.instagram.com/unwornworld

This free workshop will take place 10 AM - 1 PM in the Art Department, 2nd floor of the Parkway Central Library. Materials will be provided, but participants may bring their own tools.

The Art Department partners with the Philadelphia Center for the Book to bring free book arts workshops to Parkway Central from September to May. Space in these very popular classes is limited; please let us know in advance if you will not be able to attend after you have registered so that we can release tickets to those on the waiting list