Bookbinding I: Introduction to Softcover Binding – Summer 2023
Event Info
This weekend, in-person workshop takes place at CBA on Saturday and Sunday, June 17 and 18 from 10:00am–4:00pm
- Saturday, June 17, 10:00am–4:00pm
- Sunday, June 18, 10:00am–4:00pm
Please Note: Registration for this workshop closes on June 10 at 11:59 pm.
About the Workshop:
This in-person class at Center for Book Arts is taught by instructor Elizabeth Castaldo. In this introductory class you will learn the basic use of bookbinding tools and materials, along with bookbinding structures.
Students will learn about non-adhesive structures, bindings for single sheets, and other bindings that can be made with little specialized equipment. Accordions, pamphlets, drum leaf books, and a variety of softcover bindings will be taught during the course.
This class is ideal for those who wish to learn simple forms for presenting work, or for building fundamental knowledge on bookbinding.
Required Materials:
- Pencil and paper for note-taking
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Bookbinding awl
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Bone folder
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Olfa silver knife and blades, or exact-o knife
All other materials will be provided by Center for Book Arts at no additional cost.
About the Instructor
Elizabeth Castaldo (she/her) is is an artist, printmaker, and bookbinder living and working in Peekskill, NY and New York City. Castaldo works with printmaking, drawing, and collage to make works on paper and artists books that explore nature and the body. She received her MFA from SCAD Atlanta where she was a Dean’s Fellow in Printmaking and her BFA from the School of Visual Arts. Castaldo has completed residencies at Center for Book Arts and Printmaker’s Open Forum. In November 2020, her solo exhibition, Proximate Magic, was presented at Saint Joseph’s College in Patchogue, NY and in 2019, her work was included in the traveling exhibition, Freed Formats: The Book Reconsidered. Castaldo organized the exchange portfolio Earth/Mother for the SGCI 2020 conference Puertografico. Castaldo’s work is held in many private and institutional collections including at Savannah College of Art and Design, Carnegie Melon University, Yale University. She teaches printmaking and book arts at Parsons School of Design and Center for Book Arts in NYC.
All images courtesy of the instructor.
The registration fee for this class is $475 tuition plus a $20 materials fee. Looking forward to seeing you soon at Center for Book Arts! If you cannot comfortably pay tuition but are interested in taking this class, please consider filling out our financial assistance application here. We will notify you if you are selected to receive a scholarship before the start date of the class. To view more information about our current scholarship opportunities, please visit this link. Covid Policy: Masks recommended for in-person classes at CBA.
