Books & Paper Summer Session 7
August 14–19
Jeffrey Altepeter
Traditional Calf Bindings
In this workshop, students will create replica 18-century trade-style bindings. Daily demonstrations will provide a foundation of traditional binding methods as we produce structurally accurate historical models. The books will be sewn on cords laced into boards then covered in leather. Equal attention will be given to the period aesthetic through the use of historical staining recipes to create sprinkled, splattered, mottled, and marbled calf. We’ll add decorative tooling with period-accurate finishing tools. All levels. Books studio.
Head of bookbinding at North Bennet Street School (Boston); other teaching: Paper and Book Intensive (MI), Guild of Book Workers, Penland.
