Groundworks Art Lab

In this class, students will be introduced to the ancient art of pyrography, better known as woodburning. We'll begin the class by practicing our woodburning skills and then decorating our book covers which will be made of thin slices of hard wood. We'll seal the covers with a wood finish and while the covers dry, we'll begin preparing pages for the book. Students will tear and fold paper for interior pages, prep decorative flysheets and punch signatures. Finally, we will drill the cover boards and sew the book together using the coptic stitch. This book is a delightful gift for the book lover in your life!

All materials will be provided by instructor:

• Wooden covers 
• Spray polyurethane wood finish
• Paper for book pages
• Decorative paper for flysheets
• Waxed linen thread for binding 
• Tools: bone folder, scissors, pencil, woodburners, needles, awls

Students may bring a sheet of preferred decorative paper to use for flysheets (optional). 

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/