Expand your book binding skills and learn a new hand bound book technique! The French Sewn continues our exploration of the book form, this class reinforces the vocabulary of book anatomy, the tools needed for hand book binding, and material considerations for making beginner book structures. The French Sewn book is stitched onto tabs that will be laced into a folded paper cover. Historically these hand stitched patterns would have been hidden by covers, but we will make them a decorative element of our books. All tools and materials needed for the class will be provided.

Instructor and book artist, Joelle Webber, has spent 40 years collecting book arts techniques in college and workshop settings. At Mermaid Bindery, she binds books and boxes for others as well as writing, paper decorating, collage, calligraphy, pop-up and paper sculpting to illustrate her own artist books. Building on these creative techniques, she designs workshops for many different communities of makers.

Workshop location: Waterfall Arts, 256 High Street, Belfast, ME 04915; 207-338-2222. More workshop details and registration here.