Flexible Sketchbook
TUTOR: Avril Makula
DATE: TBA coming again in 2024
TIME: 9.30am – 4.00pm
COST: Members $150 Non-members $180
If you are interested in a class that is booked out we have opened a waitlist.
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Limited to 7 participants
A great follow on for beginners, also suitable for all those wanting to explore other bindings.
About the course:
Not happy with the sketchbooks in art supply shops? In this one day course you will make a sketchbook which has the flexibility of a notepad but the strength and solidity of a hard cover bound, stitched book. Starting with 5 full sheets of quality art paper you will fold them down into sections and then proceed with the binding.
Materials will be supplied including 5 sheets of paper.
The selection of paper will be Canaletto Gr. Gross Bianco 160gsm, Fabriano Tiepolo Bianco 290 gsm, Fabriano Rosapina Bianco 220 gsm.
Tools will be provided. The bindery is fully equipped. However, students can bring their own tools.
IMPORTANT:
Good eye/hand coordination and good dexterity are necessary for this course as sharp knives are used in the cutting of board and paper.
You will be shown correct procedure in the use of these tools but good co-ordination will assure accurate cutting and prevention of injury.
Please wear closed in shoes.
Other Information:
The bindery will be open by 9am. Tea, coffee and biscuits will be supplied. There will be a lunch break of 30 minutes. It is recommended that you bring your lunch. There is a fully equipped kitchen adjacent to the bindery. Shops and cafes are not close.
About the tutor:
Monica Oppen has been binding books since the 1980s. For three years she worked and trained with Daphne Lera at DS Murray Bookbinders a hand bindery in Sydney. Her entry into bookbinding was through wanting to bind books of prints she was creating. From here her passion for the alchemical nature of bookbinding has engaged her in continuing to learn and improve her skills and knowledge of bookbinding styles and techniques. She continues to work as a printmaker and bookbinder. She regularly collaborates with artists on book projects bringing to the projects the bookbinding skills that her colleagues lack. Over the years she has come to understand that bookbinding, like other hand craft skills, is an embodied skill that requires dedication and endless practice to master. She welcomes students to start on this rewarding journey. She has been a member of the NSW Guild of Craft Bookbinders for 15 years.
