2020WKSP-01 Crucial Boxes

2020WKSP-01

Crucial Boxes

Instructor: Don Taylor

Location: CBBAG Bindery (180 Shaw St)

Duration: 4 days, Saturday-Sunday, Jan 11-12 and Jan 25-26

Hours: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Course fee: $420 members/$480 non-members

Materials fee: $40 payable to the instructor

Prerequisite: none

Registration closes Tuesday, Jan 7 11:59 PM EST

These are boxes that every booklover/ artist/ bookbinder needs to know how to make. Starting with the basics of box design, construction and materials preparation, this four-day course begins with a simple lidded box and moves through hinging techniques, non-standard shapes, drawer styles and built up constructions such as are used in jewellery boxes, clamshells, and boxes with sliding lids.

Techniques for covering with leathers, papers and prepared cloths will be explored with the aim of equipping students with the tools for designing and executing purpose-built structures.

Don Taylor is a bookbinder and restorer who works and teaches in Toronto. He was trained in bookbinding and design at Sheridan College and the Three Schools of Art and has studied with Betsy Palmer Eldridge. His work is exhibited widely and is represented in public and private collections across Canada and he can be found at www.dontaylorbookbinder.com. He has taught for CBBAG since 1984.