Intro to Bookbinding: Make Your Own Journal with Norah Maki

Learn softcover bookbinding fundamentals and create your own hand-stitched journal using decorative stitching and specialty papers.

An introduction to softcover bookbinding where you'll make your own journal to take home. We'll learn bookbinding fundamentals - how to measure, fold, punch, and sew your pages.

You'll create a unique journal using decorative stitching patterns and paper to take home!

Meet Your Instructor: Norah Maki, Visual Artist

Norah Maki is an artist, bookbinder, and educator whose work explores the intersection of art, print, and storytelling. She holds an MFA in Design for Social Innovation from the School of Visual Arts and a BA in Visual Art from Bowdoin College. Her work has been exhibited widely in the U.S. and internationally, including solo and group shows in New York, Maine, Ireland, and Switzerland. She has studied and worked extensively in the book arts, including as a scholar in the Advanced Studies in Book Arts program at the Center for Book Arts in New York City. As an educator, she has taught workshops in bookbinding, woodcut typography, and printmaking at institutions including the Center for Book Arts and Parsons School of Design. Through her teaching, she enjoys helping people discover the tactile and creative possibilities of handmade books.

Taconic Ridge Farm is a member of TheWorkshopExperience.org, a group of friends and neighbors who produce exceptional experiential learning through open gardens and workshops on a wide variety of topics in the Roeliff Jansen region, where the Hudson Valley and Berkshires meet.