Visiting Writers Series 2009-2010
Making Handmade Books
Tuesday December 8th, 2009 6-9PM
Stylized Japanese Side-Stab Binding:
The stylized Japanese stab-binding is a binding in which holes are drilled along one edge through a hard cover and a stack of pages (book block) and is then bound with thread or ribbon, with decorative stitching. This type of binding is particularly useful in binding individual pages together. These beautiful books make great journals scrapbooks or albums.
Time: 1 evening; 3 hours.
Materials: $25 (includes cover boards, bookcloth, decorative cover papers and lining papers, text papers, and thread/ribbon.)
HY200-The History and Future of the Book will be offered during half-block 2010. The course examines the development of technologies of the written word, from clay tablets and sheepskin scrolls to the manuscript codex, early printed book, modern printing, and digital text. Questions the way reading, writing, and preserving texts intersect with identity, memory, and history, making extensive use of primary materials in the library’s Special Collections and incorporating a hands-on experience at The Press at Colorado College. .5 unit-Lawson and Randall. No credit after HY105 Civilization in the West: Cultures of the Book.