The Craft of Making and Restoring Book Bindings

This program teaches the craft of traditional Western bookbinding, restoration and conservation methods, along with an overview of the history of book making. This course views books as material structures holding cultural memories and as telling cultural objects in themselves. The program is organized in two courses, both of which involve classroom lectures and practical workshops. Course one: The Craft of Making and Restoring Book Bindings; and course two: Introduction to the History and Craft of Book Bindings.

Application deadline is March 15, 2016

Course leader

Flavio Marzo Contact information: pwithers@iirpsemail.org (718) 768-3508

Target group

Students of the following subjects will find this program useful: book binding, book conservation and restoration, library science, library management, archival sciences, management of rare book collections, bookbinding, book design, anthropology and history of technology.

Course aim

This program aims to teach the craft of traditional Western bookbinding, restoration and conservation methods, along with an overview of the history of book making.