Course Code: 26MBB100IB
This five-week, in-person workshop takes place on Wednesdays, July 8th - August 5th, from 6PM to 9PM ET.
- Wednesday, July 8th, from 6PM to 9PM ET
- Wednesday, July 15th, from 6PM to 9PM ET
- Wednesday, July 22nd, from 6PM to 9PM ET
- Wednesday, July 29th, from 6PM to 9PM ET
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Wednesday, August 5th, from 6PM to 9PM ET
Please Note: Registration for this workshop closes on July 1, at 11:59pm Eastern Time.
About the Workshop:
This in-person class at the Center for Book Arts is taught by instructor Ana Cordeiro. In this introductory course, you will learn the basic use of bookbinding tools and materials, along with fundamental bookbinding structures.
Students will explore non-adhesive structures, bindings for single sheets, and other bindings that require minimal specialized equipment. Techniques covered include accordions, pamphlets, French stitch, Japanese stab binding, double accordion, and flag books.
This class is ideal for those who wish to learn simple forms for presenting their work or to build a solid foundation in bookbinding.
Required Materials:
- Pencil and paper for taking notes
- Please wear closed-toed shoes and clothes that can get stained or dirty (CBA will provide aprons, but the ink used on press can stain)
- If you already own the following please bring them. If not, CBA will have some for purchase or to borrow:
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- 3 packs of wax paper
- Deco and plain paper
- Color threads (I think we need more colors without wax) the linen one from Talas
- Pencil and paper for note-taking
- Bookbinding awl
- Bone folder
- Olfa silver knife and blades, or exact-o knife
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PVA
About the Instructor:
Ana Paula Cordeiro is a Brazilian national, New York City -based visual artist working primarily in the book form. The co-author of a book about making books called Bookforms, she has also co-organized the multi-media installation Introspective Collective at The Clemente. She was awarded a grant from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation and an Honorable Mention at the International Human Rights Arts Festival Creators of Justice Award for her essay “Citizen”. In 2024, she had her first solo show in the US at the Gallatin Galleries, and she was awarded The Governor’s Medal of Arts and Culture during the Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations. Ana is graduating in 2026 as Dean Scholar for the Arts in the MA program at the Gallatin School of Individualized Studies at NYU, with a concentration titled “The Collective Introspective: How Artist’s Books Can Sabotage Patriarchy and Colonialism”.