At this summer workshop in the barn, book designer Dan Shafer will teach us to each bind a hardcover book, hand-sewing the book block and finishing it with a cloth spine and board covers. We will make an elegant 5-1/2” x 7” 96-page book with sturdy text weight paper suitable for journaling or sketching. You will be able to customize your book with a variety of cover finishing materials and options. If you’ve ever wanted to learn the basics of bookbinding and get to know the tools required, this is a way to get familiar with book cloth, linen thread, beeswax, decorative paper, bonefolders, folded signatures, and endpapers. Dan will intersperse information about other bookbinding formats and techniques, and show examples from his 20 years of teaching bookbinding at Cornish College of the Arts as well as his professional work as a book designer.
Dan D Shafer is a Seattle-based graphic designer, artist, and educator. He owns Dandy Co., a graphic design studio specializing in book design, environmental design, and event branding and promotion. He has helped numerous clients self-publish book projects, and recently redesigned the permanent exhibit at the Vashon Heritage Museum. Dan has taught in the design department at Cornish for over two decades.
At this summer workshop in the barn, book designer Dan Shafer will teach us to each bind a hardcover book, hand-sewing the book block and finishing it with a cloth spine and board covers. We will make an elegant 5-1/2” x 7” 96-page book with sturdy text weight paper suitable for journaling or sketching. You will be able to customize your book with a variety of cover finishing materials and options. If you’ve ever wanted to learn the basics of bookbinding and get to know the tools required, this is a way to get familiar with book cloth, linen thread, beeswax, decorative paper, bonefolders, folded signatures, and endpapers. Dan will intersperse information about other bookbinding formats and techniques, and show examples from his 20 years of teaching bookbinding at Cornish College of the Arts as well as his professional work as a book designer.
Dan D Shafer is a Seattle-based graphic designer, artist, and educator. He owns Dandy Co., a graphic design studio specializing in book design, environmental design, and event branding and promotion. He has helped numerous clients self-publish book projects, and recently redesigned the permanent exhibit at the Vashon Heritage Museum. Dan has taught in the design department at Cornish for over two decades.
