Workshops & Events
Box Building for Beginners (In-Person)
This in-person workshop is perfect for anyone new to book arts who would like to learn something a little different.
Digital & Analog Zines
Learn to fold six different styles of zines—from the classic 8-page structure to larger, more innovative booklets—then experiment with creating your own structures.
Polygonal Book Forms
Explore a book structure made from equilateral polygons that are hinged together to function in multiple ways, in this in-person workshop.
Box Building: Drawers & Dividers (Virtual)
Learn to create drawers that slide and divisions within the box in this virtual workshop.
Binding Fan Fiction & Novels: Morning
Format and print fan fiction or a classic novel of your choice, then create a hardcover binding for your book, in this in-person workshop.
Binding Fan Fiction & Novels: Evening
Format and print fan fiction or a classic novel of your choice, then create a hardcover binding for your book, in this in-person workshop.
Paper Spectacle: A Pop-Up Panorama Book
Design and construct a layered pop-up panorama book inspired by Lothar Meggendorfer’s International Circus, in this in-person workshop with visiting artists Julie Chen and Erin McAdams.
Box Building: Clamshell Boxes (In-Person)
Clamshell boxes are used to store and protect precious objects—anything from books to a collection of artworks to sheet music.
Make Your Own Binding Tools
Many bindery tools are specialized, making them difficult to find or expensive to purchase. In this virtual workshop, we'll make a few tools and discuss how to make more.
Box Building Magic: Virtual
In this virtual workshop, learn how to build this unique and playful structure with an artist who has fine-tuned the box design.
Stiff-Leaf Binding and Variations
The stiff-leaf binding is a non-sewn binding technique ideal for assembling printed sheets into a rigid, durable book.
Beaded Books
Interested in expanding your bookmaking abilities by adding surface texture with beads?! This in-person workshop focuses on how to create and adorn book cloth with size 10/0 seed beads.
Historical Ethiopian Binding
This in-person, hands-on workshop introduces participants to Ethiopian binding, one of the oldest continuously practiced bookbinding traditions.
Coptic Binding 1
Explore Coptic bindings, the most common form of link-stitch binding and possibly the oldest continuously used sewing pattern for books.
Accordion Collage Book with Surprise Tunnel
Using ephemera, images, and scrap paper, build a unique structure that houses a folded accordion, which reveals a dimensional tunnel attached to the inside of the back cover.
Exploding Books: Turkish & Petal Fold Structures
Construct a dynamic, adhesive binding with Turkish map-folds and petal-fold variations, in this virtual workshop.
Year of the Horse Pop-Up Card
Join instructor Shawn Sheehy (a Fire Horse!) in celebrating your astrological luck with an energetic and cheerful pop-up!
Summer Moon Flag Book
Create an original flag book—inspired by smiling moons and summer blooms—that showcases your painting and collage skills, in this virtual workshop