Yes, we do teach bookbinding techniques!
In this one-day workshop students will learn bookmaking basics and create 5 art journals from recycled prints. Soak up some summer sun in Signal Return’s bright new studio space and have some fun learning the book arts techniques or refining your letterpress skills.
Using a method of overprinting on test prints, we’ll create covers for our books on the printing press. While the covers dry, we’ll create simple pamphlet books with stapled signatures, sewn signatures, and special folds to create pockets. Participants are encouraged to mix it up and get creative with their own style! We’ll add the covers when dry, and each person will walk away with 5 unique books to gift or keep. (Overprints and test prints may vary from examples in images).
Cost of workshop includes materials, instruction by S-R staff and takeaway prints. Paper in this workshop is from French Paper Company, a small Michigan Paper Mill around for more than 140 years.
PRICE: $150
Class Size: Maximum 8
Instructor: Elizabeth Isakson-Dado
Elizabeth Isakson-Dado is an artist, educator, and curator. She holds a BFA in Printmaking from Wayne State University, and an MFA in Book & Paper Arts from Columbia College Chicago. Liz has exhibited widely in the US and has work in institutional collections including the Poetry Foundation, the Center for Book and Paper Art, and Art in Print Magazine. For the past 10 years, she has taught university classes and community workshops in letterpress printing. Liz also sells her own prints through her Instagram, @theaquariushouse, to raise money for social justice campaigns. She lives and works in Berkley, Michigan.