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Bookmaking -Japanese Sidestitch & Paste Paper

Saturday, September 20 @ 10:00 am 2:00 pm

Create your own handmade journal to bring home!

“Japanese Side stitch is a simple non-adhesive binding that is an excellent intro to bookbinding. Also known as Stab Binding, this traditional binding was practiced in China, Japan, and Korea” -Wikipedia

What you will learn:

  • Students will learn to make decorated, patterned paste papers with a corn starch and acrylic paint mixture
  • How to wrap & adhere the decorative paste paper over bookboard creating the front and back covers
  • Create the interior signatures (pages within the book)
  • How to use a jig to punch holes in the paper signatures and covers
  • Assembly of the book using bookbinding thread with the Japanese side stitch technique.  

All materials included!

Your Instructor

Jasmine Quinsier-Freitas
Jasmine Quinsier-Freitas

Make Laser Cutter Instructor, Bookmaking Instructor and Paper Marbling addict

$100

(505) 819-3502

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