Groundworks Art Lab

Students will make several miniature books with beaded spines. We will cut small pages and fold into signatures. Then a miniature case will be created by covering small boards with decorative paper and book cloth spines. Students will then make several beaded books. We will learn simple macrame using waxed linen thread adding beads in a variety of designs. Book pages will then be tied in with macrame weavings. Optionally, students can add a ribbon for hanging the book like an ornament. We'll break for lunch. 

All materials will be provided by instructor:

• Bookboards cut to size 
• Paper for book pages 
• Glue 
• Thread for binding and sewing books 
• Needles 
• Waxed linen thread for macrame 
• Beads 
• Book cloth 
• Decorative paper
• Tools: glue brush, bone folder, scissors, pencil

Optional materials to be provided by students:

• Beads of a variety of sizes (instructor will provide a selection)
• Scraps of decorative paper or book cloth you might wish to use (optional)
• If you have your own tools, please bring them. If not BAL has all the tools students need for the class: glue brush, bone folder, scissors, pencil

We'll break for lunch

16+

The Book Arts League is a Colorado-based community of individuals who share an interest in letterpress printing, calligraphy, and bookbinding.

https://www.bookartsleague.org/