Book That! The Japanese Stab-Sewn Tortoise Shell Book

Welcome to the last mini-bookbinding workshop of the year for anyone who wants an easy and fun introduction to the world of making books. This is another foray into Japanese stab-sewn bookmaking, but with more complexity along the spine…the beautiful tortoise-shell pattern (Kikko-toji). We will practice the sewing pattern first on a cover board template, with pre-made holes, then move on to making a sample book with all the measurements included on the back cover. Basic bookbinding tools, techniques and paper selection will be included when we begin. Become a bookbinder in two hours!

All tools and materials are provided for this workshop.

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Derek Bacchus has been a publishing consultant, creative director, designer, photographer, educator, letterpress printer, and bookbinder. He was a magazine art director for a number of titles, a book publishing design director, and a publisher and chief product officer at a children’s edtech startup.

He has taught for over twenty years, including design history at Parsons School of Design and The Cooper Union (New York); 2-D Design, and Information Design at Cooper Union; and bookbinding at the Pont Aven School of Contemporary Art in Brittany, France. He has design degrees from Parsons School of Design, and Yale University, where he also studied Greek, Roman, Medieval and Renaissance history.

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