Bookbinding in the Japanese Tradition
Nancy Schrock, Ann Marie Willer, Shalini Patel
Wed Jan 20, 10am-12:00pm, 14-0513
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 08-Jan-2010
Limited to 12 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: manual dexterity
Participants will create a side-sewn soft-cover book using the techniques of traditional Japanese bookbinding. The workshop will include an overview of the history, materials, and techniques of the Japanese bookmaking tradition, which is markedly different from that used to create Western books. Each participant will complete one blank book covered in beautiful Japanese decorative paper.
See the URL below for directions to the Wunsch Conservation Lab.
No walk-ins allowed.
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/preservation/aboutus.html
Contact: Nick Szydlowski, 14-0513, x3-5282, nick_s@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
Latest update: 17-Nov-2009
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