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Students with sewing experience will enjoy the intermediate level of the Historic Sewing Sampler. In this course, we’ll learn to sew over a dozen historic binding styles on a single book. We’ll begin with unsupported sewings (Coptic and Greek) and progress to cord, alum taw, and split leather (Carolingian and Romanesque). In this portion, we’ll experiment with both raised and recessed supports, as well as packing and sewing variants. We’ll also cover later styles such as sewing over tapes and Ramieband and discuss in depth the history of binding and the timeline of developments that gave rise to each sewing style.
Anne Covell, a book artist and papermaker, received her MFA in Book Arts from the University of Iowa Center for the Book. She has studied Asian and Western papermaking techniques and has taught courses in bookbinding, papermaking, and natural dyeing for the University of Iowa Center for the Book and the University of Georgia study-abroad program in Cortona, Italy |
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