Masterclass: Lecture with Coleen Curry

LECTURE:  TUESDAY, MARCH 10TH

6:30 -9:00PM

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Articulated Leather Staple Binding

Monday - Friday, March 9-13, 11-5pm

Instructor: Coleen Curry

This class is co-sponsored with the Guild of Book Workers, NY Chapter and the Center for Book Arts. Guild Members receive 10% off

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This class will introduce one of the staple binding techniques developed by Sün Evrard, focusing on a multi-section, soft-cover articulated binding in leather.

Similar to a case structure, the textblock is prepared separately from the leather cover with primary sewing. The case is prepared with a leather exterior and articulating leather doublures inside (without boards). The two are joined in an innovative and conservation-friendly secondary sewing, with hand-made staples. The result is a soft-cover binding that is easily reversible and in no way alters or affects the textblock. The conservation based technique is a fun, contemporary take on a centuries old method of secondary sewing (hand-made staples instead of thread or leather thongs).

Coleen will emphasize technique in building the structure: elements that reinforce the strength of the binding include the articulating doublure areas, wooden dowels creating a yap at the foredges, and leather endbands.

Students will learn to manipulate suede to create a gorgeous leather cover. This technique may also be used in other leather crafts.

About the Instructor:

Coleen Curry is a contemporary design binder. Coleen’s aim is to craft technically evocative bindings that provide a visual, sensual, and tactile experience. She bound her first book in 2003 with Tini Muira; the experience was a game changer. In 2009, Coleen received her Diploma in Fine Binding from the American Academy of Bookbinding (AAB). Notably she has studied with Monique Lallier, Eleanore Ramsey, and Hélène Jolis. Coleen assists Don Glaister teaching fine binding at AAB and has led workshops in the US and Australia since 2014. She is past President of the Hand Bookbinders of California and currently the Vice Chair for the San Francisco Center for the Book.

She exhibits internationally, has won several awards, and her work is held in both private and public collections including the Boston Athenæum and Bancroft Library. Coleen is Canadian and lives on the California coast where she crafts design binding, and in her free time, swims and rock climbs. 

Images courtesy of the instructor.