Historic Bindings Series

Date: Sundays, February 27 – March 20, 2011, 4 – 7 pm
Location: 2100 Building (in Rainier Valley), 2100 24th Ave. S., Seattle, WA [map]
Cost: $175 ($75 for an individual class)

In this series, we will cover 4 historic bookbinding structures:

Week 1 (February 27) - Nag Hammadi
The Nag Hammadi is a limp leather tacketing structure found in Egypt.

Week 2 (March 6) - Ethiopian Style Binding
The Ethiopian Style Binding with its case (madhar) features wood boards, exposed sewing with a 'tunneling' attachment to boards. 

Week 3 (March 13) - Vade Meccum
The Vade Meccum is also known as a physician's book. It is a small medieval book that hangs from the belt and each page folds out into a much larger page filled with images.

Week 4 (March 20) - German Longstitch
The German Longstitch features decorative sewing which is seen along spine edge, and it often has a closure device of some kind. Historically they were used for legal records.

Instructor Bio: Jenny Craig is a Seattle book artist and librarian. She trained at Day Moon Press and the University of the Arts in letterpress printing, bookbinding and papermaking. She teaches and exhibits locally whenever the opportunity presents itself. 

Instructor Bio: Lark Preya owns Dirigible Works, creating artists’ books and ephemera. She has an MFA in Bookarts from the University of Alabama, concentrating in printing, binding, papermaking and the history of the book. She is a member of ILSSA and on the board of the Seattle Center for Book Arts.

Please register by February 20, 2011.

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  • If your class is canceled by SCBA, you will promptly receive a full refund.
  • If you cancel more than 21 days prior to the first day of class, you will receive a full refund.
  • If you cancel 21 days or less before the first day of class, you will receive a credit for the amount of the original class to be used for any future SCBA class offered within one year from the date of the cancellation.
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