Want to create handmade photobooks? Join instructor Andrew Huot at CONTACT Photobook Lab (80 Spadina Ave, Suite 205) for two nights of bookbinding workshops. All levels welcome, no prior book-making experience required.
Introduction to Bookbinding
April 17, 6-9pm
$80 – register here
In one night, you’ll learn about the tools and materials used in hand bookbinding and discover different styles of book construction that you can use to present your photography. By the end of the workshop, you’ll have a stable base to make handmade photobooks the way you want them.
The workshop price includes a $15 materials fee.
Italian Long Stitch Binding
April 24, 6-9pm
$90 – register here
The long stitch book was common to accountants and record keepers in 16th Century Italy. In one night, instructor Andrew Huot of Big River Bindery will teach participants how to construct a modern variation using the long stitch method with multiple sections, adding the pages into your books. This sewing method has rows of sewing on the spine that serve as a decorative element as well as the structure. Participants will go home with a completed book. The workshop price includes a $20 materials fee.
Save $20 when you bundle these workshops together!
Andrew Huot is a book artist and bookbinder in Toronto, Canada, where he operates Big River Bindery. He taught bookbinding, conservation, and preservation at the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois for 12 years. In addition to conservation and bookbinding, he teaches bookbinding and book arts in his Scarborough studio, for the Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild, and at arts centers around Toronto. He holds a Masters in Book Arts from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and his artists’ books use photographs, linoleum cuts, and text to share the humorous side of everyday life. His artists’ books are in collections including the Art Institute of Chicago, Yale University, Emory University, and OCADU.