BABA, SECRET BELGIAN BINDING
Sat, Apr 19
|150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
Special event! Learn the secrets to the Criss Cross, aka Secret Belgian Binding!
Time & Location
Apr 19, 2025, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
About the event
SPECIAL EVENT!! Bay Area Book Art (BABA) Visiting Speaker/Teacher: Ginger Burell
Secret Belgian Binding
Learn the secrets to the Criss Cross, aka Secret Belgian Binding! It’s a clever 2 part structure created by Anne Goy in 1986. In this class you’ll learn how to cover and bind the book cover and then two ways to attach the pages inside. You’ll leave class with a finished handmade book.
Ginger Burrell has been making artists’ books and teaching art for 17 years. She has exhibited nationally and internationally and her books are held in museums, private and public collections. She loves working with other artists and the “aha” moment when students understand a difficult technique and turn their ideas into reality.
Instructor will provide: Pre-cut Davey Board, outside cover paper, inside paper for the signatures, waxed linen, punching foam, needles, waxed paper, scrap paper, PVA glue, glue brushes, spacers, frog tape, written instructions with…