Spend this summer session learning to make beautiful handmade books. We will explore various structures and approaches to bookbinding including Saddle Stitch Binding, Long Stitch and Link Stitch, Cased in Accordion, French Link Stitch on Tapes, Hour Glass Binding and Long Cross Stitch. These bindings will be incorporated into a variety of hard and soft cover book structures. Students will come away from the course with several handbound books created using foundational skills that can be applied to many books.
(Session B Book structures vary from Session A. Sessions can be taken together or independently)
Marie Otero is a photographer and mixed media artist living in Perth, Western Australia. Marie recently returned to Perth after having spent some twenty-plus years living in the United States, where she regularly taught photography and mixed media workshops both in-person and online. She has also conducted workshops in the UK and Europe.
Marie’s current creative focus is within the realms of bookmaking, where she likes to blend the traditional bookbinding techniques with the less formal artist book and art journal styles.