Books as Objects: Folded Book Workshop

Books as Objects: Folded Book Workshop

Learn to create a folded book to hold mementos or art prints and a book wrapper to keep it all together.

By Arts Department of the Toronto Reference Library

Date and time

Tuesday, June 25 · 1 - 3pm EDT

Location

Toronto Public Library - Toronto Reference Library - Discussion Room 3rd Floor

789 Yonge Street Toronto, ON M4W 2G8 Canada

About this event

This is a two-part talk in collaboration with Special Collections and Rare Books. Learn about the history of bookbinding that includes a unique specimen from the 1400s, as well as other handmade books from the Sherlock Conan Doyle collection. Following the presentation is an overview of artist books using examples from the Arts Department collections.

This is a part of the Books as Objects series hosted by the Arts Department:

June 1 – Bookbinding Workshop

June 4 – From Antiquity to Modernity Talk

June 11 – Cyanotype/ Marbling Workshop

June 18 – Marbling/ Cyanotype Workshop

June 25 – Folded Book Workshop

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Arts Department of the Toronto Reference Library
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