Course Code: 26MBB011l
This two-day, in-person workshop takes place at CBA Saturday and Sunday, August 1st and 2nd, from 11AM to 5PM ET.
- Saturday, August 1st, from 11AM to 5PM ET
- Sunday, August 2nd, from 11AM to 5PM ET
Please Note: Registration for this workshop closes on July 26th, at 11:59 pm.
About the Workshop:
This in-person class at Center for Book Arts is taught by instructor Zoe Katz.
Endbands are the small decorative bands sewn onto the head and tail of a book's spine, and they carry more history than their size suggests. For centuries they did real structural work, reinforcing the spine at its weakest points and anchoring the text block against the wear of daily use. Binding traditions from Coptic Egypt to the Islamic world developed endband patterns so distinctive that conservators can sometimes guess a book's origin from the endband alone. Today, a well-sewn endband remains one of the details that sets a hand-bound book apart.
In this workshop, students will learn to sew two types of hand-sewn endbands, as well as two ways to create custom false endbands that can be applied with minimal effort as an alternative to store-bought rolls. Students will also learn to make their own cores, the foundations used in many types of endbands, and we will discuss the possibilities that different core materials open up in endband making and design.
This class is ideal for bookbinders looking to refine a finishing detail, and for artists interested in adding color, texture, and a touch of tradition to their bindings.
Required Materials:
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Bone folders
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olfa knife
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awl
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Optional: (a text block that is sewn and not yet cased in or have spine lining)
All other materials will be provided by Center for Book Arts at no additional cost.
About the Instructor
Zoe Katz is an artist working in the medium of artists' books. She also maintains a freelance bookbinding practice, collaborating with bookbinders, artists, and artists' book makers on the fabrication of large-scale artists' book projects. She has taught workshops at Pratt, Parsons, and Cooper Union, among other universities. Her artists' books are held in the collections of Harvard University, the Walker Art Center (Rosemary Furtak Artist Book Collection), Virginia Commonwealth University, the SFMOMA Library, and the Jack Ginsberg Artists' Book Collection in South Africa, and her editioned work is distributed by Printed Matter. She is based in New York City.
All images courtesy of the instructor.