Bookbinding Lab provides access to basic binding tools, hot foil stamping machines, buttonmaker, and large tables. Work on your own projects alongside other artists in a friendly and supportive environment. Fee includes some consumables (small amounts of thread and PVA); supply your own book board, cloth, paper, and other needs.
For those interested in using cutting equipment to cut stacks of paper with a guillotine or large sheets of paper on a board shears, please register for Cutting Equipment Lab.
Experience Required
Pricing
$35 | $18 Scholarship | $53 Pay-It-Forward
MCBA members receive a 10% discount on tuition.
Scholarships are available for individuals facing adversity as it relates to identity, income/wealth, and lack of access to arts resources. The Pay-It-Forward rate (tuition, plus 50%) supports MCBA’s efforts to make scholarships available. We leave it to you to choose the rate that is meaningful to you based on your income, wealth, and privilege status.
Experience Required
Prior training using the bindery tools and equipment you plan to use (bone folders, knives, awls, hot foil stamping machine, etc.) is required to register. If you need introductory experience in bookbinding to register for future Bookbinding Labs, register for Introduction to Hand Bookbinding, offered every one or two months. For training on safe and effective use of hot foil stamping machines, register for Hot Foil Stamping on Kwikprint Machines (offered about once each year) or inquire about a one-to-one tutorial.
Registration closes 24 hours in advance. Instructions on how to enter MCBA for Studio Lab will be sent in a confirmation email once registration is complete.