Double Fan Adhesive Binding ONLINE 2025WKSP-09-15

ONLINE: Double Fan Adhesive Binding with Andrew Huot

We don’t always have books in signatures that we can sew together. If you want to bind loose sheets, adhesive binding can be the best option.

In order to make bindings that last longer than your old paperbacks, we’ll upgrade to a Double Fan Adhesive Binding, where you bend the pages so that a little adhesive coats the face of each page, as well as the edge.

We will discuss soft and hard cover options for your book.

Andrew Huot is a book artist, bookbinder, printer, and conservator in Scarborough, ON, where he operates Big River Bindery, a studio for bookmaking, letterpress printing, and book conservation. He holds a Masters in Book Arts from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and a BS in Printmaking from Portland State University.

His artists’ books use photographs, linoleum cuts, and text to share the humorous side of everyday life around us. His artists’ books are in collections across the country, from the Art Institute of Chicago to Yale University. Andrew teaches online and in his own studio, taught at the University of Illinois School of Information Science and workshops across the US and in Canada at CBBAG, the John C Campbell Folk School, Book Arts LA, the International Preservation Studies Center, and the Guild of Book Workers, among others. His website is https://bigriverbindery.com/

WORKSHOP DETAILS:

Location: ONLINE using Zoom

Dates: Mon, Sept 15, 2025

Hours: 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. (EASTERN TIME)

Course fee: $65 members / $125 non-members

Prerequisite: none

Maximum Enrollment: 20

Registration closes Weds, Sept 10, 2025, 11:59 PM EST

This is a live workshop, but it will be recorded, and links will be made available for the registrants to view until available until Oct 17, 2025.  

Materials Required:

• Single leaves to bind
• 2 endsheets – folded & trimmed to same size as your text pages
• Cambric (starched cloth) or Thicker japanese paper (okawara, moriki, etc) Longer than your book by 2” and about 3” wider than the thickness of the book.
• PVA glue
• Waste paper

Tools Required

• Lying Press, finishing press, or 2 boards longer than your book with 2 clamps
• 2 Bricks or larger rectangular weights.
• Bone folder
• Brush for PVA
• Metal ruler
• Optional

Online Workshop Process:

Materials should be prepared in advance of the workshop to the specifications which will allow participants to take the best advantage of the live format. Please review the technical requirements below prior to registration to be sure you can participate. Questions should be directed to workshop@cbbag.ca

 Technical requirements for participation:

·       Access to the internet and to the Zoom application

·       Screen large enough to follow instructor’s video feed (cell phone is not ideal)

·       Microphone or Headset / Webcam

·       How to join a zoom meeting information https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362193

Participant-requested cancellations will be accepted up to 3 days prior to the published cut-off date for registration and will be subject to a 10% cancellation fee (a minimum of $5). After that, the full fee will be forfeited. In the event of the workshop being cancelled by CBBAG, the workshop fee will be fully refunded.