Learn bookmaking skills while celebrating the beauty of the North Shore! During this course, students will create a birch bark-covered journal using stab binding techniques. Walk the shore for inspiration and collection of natural materials used to make your cover unique. Clean, peel and press birch bark into a malleable paper-thin material that retains its natural bark texture and color, and then apply the bark onto the journal’s 8x12-inch thin cover panels. Finally, bind the journal together with leather lacing, experimenting with hole and lacing patterns. Course projects will also include time to experience various printing and transfer techniques to customize the journal’s interior, including glue-on-glass printing plates and carved-block printing.

The main concentration of this class will be making the journal. The North Shore is unique in its ability to provide rich ephemeral materials as well as abundant subject matter. Techniques learned during the course can be utilized to produce one book or several, creating a limited edition run with text and images. Printing and transfer techniques will be experimented with throughout the project.

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