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Bookbinding Core Skills: 2025 Summer Session

Join us at the Center this Summer for our Signature Introductory Book Binding Workshop

By Virginia Humanities

Location

Virginia Center for the Book

Jefferson School City Center 233 4th Street NW Charlottesville, VA 22903

Refund Policy

Refunds up to 7 days before event

About this event

Event lasts 3 days 6 hours

Book Binding Core Workshops I-IV (Summer 2025 Session)
w/Jane Freeman & Yolanda Merrill
Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday, July 17– 20, 2025

This four-part Bookbinding Core Series prepares participants to undertake various projects and additional classes in intermediate and advanced bookbinding techniques and structures.

Class 1 introduces essential bookbinding tools, shop equipment, materials, and processes.
Class 2 employs the portfolio structure to develop skills in board cutting, working with cover materials, and using adhesives.
Class 3 starts with introducing the case-bound book, its history, and its mechanics.
Participants will learn how to sequence the making of this structure and will end the day with a fully finished case-bound book.
Class 4 is a continuation of class 3.
Participants will make a second case-bound book. They can decide on this book's size and cover material and can experiment with decorative paper brought from home.

Workshop Details: Book Binding Core Workshops I-IV (Summer 2025 Session)

Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday, July17-20, 2025 (10:00 AM to 4:00 PM daily)
Instructors: Jane Freeman & Yolanda Merrill
Class Size: Max 8 students.
Skill level: No previous bookbinding experience required.
Location: Virginia Center for the Book (map: Jefferson School City Center)
Fee: $410 VCB Members / $460 Non-Members
Class may be UVa Education Benefit Eligible, non-degree certification class #071725 (must use non-member price)
Course fees must be paid to complete your registration.
Registration closes on July 11, 2025
All materials are provided, along with tools available for in-class use.
For information about this workshop, the Center, and its programs, contact gsqueen@virginia.edu

Our COVID Vaccination and Masking Policy for this Workshop:

The Virginia Center for the Book expects that all program participants are vaccinated.
Should public health guidelines change and new norms be applicable, we reserve the right to revisit the expectations in the interest of participant health and safety.

Organized by

Virginia Humanities

Virginia Humanities is the state humanities council. We’re headquartered in Charlottesville at the University of Virginia, but we serve the entire state.

We aim to share the stories of all Virginians—or, better yet, find ways for people to share their own stories. We want Virginians to connect with their history and culture and, in doing that, we hope we’ll all get to know each other a little better.