This past semester I had the privilege of teaching bookbinding at the University of Utah in their beautiful Book Arts studio. I had a lot of fun, and the students were terrific. Here is some of their work:
Coptic Binding:
Japanese Stab Binding and Chitzu:
I was a little bit stunned with the creativity of some of these students: During my demo I had the class sew mini books, almost like sewing cards, just so that they could see how simple the construction is, but I also wanted them to see how it’s possible to come up with your own sewing patterns. They seemed to take that challenge and run with it: Many of these sewing patterns are the students’ own designs:
this one and the photo below are the same books
reverse side
Flatback and Round Case:
Little Box:
Final Projects:
For their finals, the students wrote proposals of what they would like to make. Here were some of my favorites:
The cover to the above book is constructed of old shingles that the student had found. Kind of cool, but crumbly, and smelly, too ;)
These are great! Mu favorite is probably the 2nd one. Definitely makes me want to go create a book! I <3 bookbinding :)
Pretty, pretty. The shingle one looks cool, but I’m sure the smell would put me off.
Hi Lili,
I’m so pleased you are still checking in on my blog. Your students did an amazing job, these are beautiful projects. I love the Japanese style binding.