Event Info
This in-person workshop takes place at CBA on Saturday and Sunday, July 27th – 28th from 11AM to 5PM ET.
- Saturday, July 27th, from 11AM to 5PM ET
- Sunday, July 28th, from 11AM to 5PM ET
Please note that registration for this workshop will close at 11:59pm on July 20th.
About this Workshop
Each participant will begin with a worn and damaged 20th century clothbound book. We will assess the condition of each book, discuss its original structural components, and come up with an appropriate conservation plan. Although each book will vary, the operations of repair are broad and will apply to each case. Each participant will be guided through the process of carefully and purposefully taking their book to pieces. We will remove boards and spine, and any loose materials attached. We will clean the spine of old adhesives and line it with a new piece of fabric. The boards will be prepped for receiving new covering material, and we will also prepare the fabric we will use for the rebacking. The next step is to re-attach the boards with the slips of the new spine lining. With the boards in place, we will fit our new covering fabric, and make sure that the boards are ready to accept the new material. We will then paste up the repair fabric and put it into position, forming the turn-ins at head and tail. Once everything is dry, we will replace the original materials on the boards and spine. Although we will be working in cloth on fairly modern books, the principles and procedures are the same for leather books, and we will also discuss the repair of leather bindings, and I will bring examples to demonstrate as necessary.
Required Materials
Each participant is invited to bring a 20th century book in bad shape, preferably with sewing intact. We can also offer to provide participants with a book to fix. We will need a spine-lining fabric (I use airplane linen), text weight scrap paper to create the hollow back structure, and book cloth.
All other materials will be provided by Center for Book Arts.
About the Instructor
Devon Eastland started taking books apart and putting them back together in 1990. After college, she ran her own business selling books printed before 1700 for twenty years. During this period, she found books needing binding help and restored them for sale, along performing restoration services for outside clients. Coolest bookbinding moment in life: making books for films led to making all of the books for Greta Gerwig’s Little Women and appearing in the film as the bookbinder!
Class size is limited to ensure an optimal participant to instructor ratio. Register now before spots fill up! Registration for this workshop closes on July 20th at 11:59pm. The price of this class is $420 plus a $25 materials fee.
