Date: August 2-3, 9:30 am - 5:00 pm | Presenter: John DeMerritt

Paper bindings are flexible, durable and use minimal amounts of adhesive and equipment. They incorporate strong sewing and durable handmade covers that wear in beautifully. In this workshop, students will make two books. The first book will be a limp paper structure with folded sections sewn on a support and a handmade paper cover laced onto the supports.

The second structure will be a paper case binding, with sewn unsupported sections glued into a cover made of handmade paper. Participants will learn two different sewing patterns, how to sew on supports of linen cord, proper spine lining and how to make two different covers out of handmade paper. We will discuss proper use of different adhesives, use of templates to make covers and how to choose the correct materials for these structures.

Presenter Bio: John DeMerritt owns and operates John DeMerritt Bookbinding, in Emeryville, CA. His studio produces books and portfolios for artists, galleries, fine press publishers and institutions.

John has taught and lectured at The SF Center for the Book, The Kala Institute, Columbia College Center for Book and Paper, Visual Studies Workshop, Oregon College or Arts and Craft, The Guild of Bookworkers, The North Bennett Street School, UC Santa Cruz, Dartmouth College, Mullowney Printmaking, Paper and Book Intensive and the Penland School of Craft.

From 2000 to 2013, he taught Book Structure at the San Francisco Art Institute.

John and his wife, Nora Pauwels, publish collaborative projects with artists under their imprint DeMerritt | Pauwels Editions.