Instructor: Bari Zaki

No group Zoom workshops are currently scheduled. That said, the full-length live recording is available, either on its own, or with the option of scheduling a private or semiprivate workshop (in addition to the recording). No previous bookbinding experience is necessary. See the dropdown below for pricing.

This group workshop is a great opportunity to become more comfortable and dextrous deploying glue & a glue brush for a wide range of creative projects. You will make two structures, a hardcover padholder-folder and an elegant petite clipboard. You will experience first-hand the different ways in which various surfaces—decorative papers, bookcloth, and even metal—behave once you’ve applied P.V.A. glue. As a bonus, you will wrap a pair of butterfly clips with two different types of decorative paper. And I also share my personal tips for trimming your clip-covering papers perfectly.

In this pre-recorded gluetorial, you will:

1. Experience glueing on three diverse bookbinding materials

2. Learn how to make a hinged book cover

3. Acquire the skill to wrap a perfect corner

4. Practice ways to minimize glueing mishaps

5. Learn to care for your glue brush

6. Learn to pad

Workshop fee includes all the materials (but not the tools) you’ll need to make one hardcover padholder-folder (soft-spine) with a back pocket for a pad of paper and one clipboard: Japanese decorative papers; Cambridge Imprint papers; bookcloth for your spine; a stacklet of lovely drawing paper to pad; Stonehenge paper for creating your pocket; binders board cut to size for you; and, last but not least, a pair of madam-sized butterfly clips to cover with your decorative papers.

Tools needed: Bonefolder & X-acto knife. Both of these are included in my Basic Bookbinding Kit, or you can purchase items individually. I offer a 20% discount on any tools ordered for the workshop (via refund after your workshop purchase).

Ancillary tools needed: Cutting mat, ruler, triangle ruler, pair of sharp scissors, pencil, a small cup for your glue, scrap paper for glueing on, a small cloth to keep your fingers glue-free, and, optionally, a small wastepaper basket for your gluey scrap papers.

Nota bene: If you have the necessary tools but are in need of the glue & glue brush, you’ll find them in a separate shop listing here.

The materials shown here are a seasonal array of Japanese papers, Cambridge Imprint papers & bookcloth. Each kit will is individually assembled with a complementary combo. If a particular colour or pattern catches your fancy, please e me and I will do my best to accommodate.

If you’d like to purchase an additional set of materials, you certainly can. However, you cannot accomplish this in the dropdown menu (because one set of materials is included with the workshop fee). To order additional sets of materials, please e me and I will be in touch extremely promptly. It’s $145 per additional set, with no shipping fee if you order at the same time as your workshop registration. And I will be sure that you don’t receive any duplicates.

This recording is 4-ish hours in total. It includes the “natural pauses” from the original workshop sessions, giving you time to complete the various steps. You can pause the video wherever and as often as you’d like, but you may not need to at all.

To schedule a date & time, add this class to your cart, and then email barizakistudio@gmail.com with your preferred date(s) and time of day. Feel free to call or e me with any questions (773-294-7766 or barizakistudio@gmail.com).

I look forward to sharing my long-standing love of glueing & beautiful bookbinding materials with you.