The School for Bookbinding Arts
2024 Workshops
To Register
- Registration is on a first-come/first-serve basis. Email us at workshops@cattailrun.com or call (540) 662-2683 to confirm availability and/or receive advice about which course to enroll in. You must pay the tuition for a class in order to guarantee your spot in it.
- A number of courses have materials' fees in addition to the tuition. The amount of such fee is noted in each course listing and indicates if it is due at registration or at the time of the class to be collected directly by the instructor. If the materials fee is due at class, the class letter that goes out several weeks prior to the class will tell you the methods in which the instructor can take payment for the materials fee.
- Please note that $35 of each workshop tuition consists of a non-refundable administrative fee which will be deducted from your returned tuition if you withdraw. (This fee is waived should the workshop not be held).
- Refund policy: Tuitions and any materials fees paid upfront (less the $35 administrative fee per workshop) will be refunded to the student if they withdraw in writing via email 7 or more business days prior to the first day of class. This refund applies only to tuition and any materials fees paid in advance. Should the class be cancelled due to inclement weather or other exigent circumstance students will receive a full refund including the administrative fee.
- Upon payment for a class, we provide receipts as proof of registration.
- We accept credit card payments over the telephone for tuition and (where applicable) materials fees. You can also pay with a check or credit card by printing, completing, and mailing the Workshop Registration Form. We cannot at this time process debit cards or online payments.
Series: Bookbinding Courses
*Advanced Cloth Binding Restoration: The Cloth Reback
Instructor: Jill Deiss
April 11 – 12 (Thurs – Fri) 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
$295 + $45 materials
[Materials fee due with tuition]
Prerequisite of Intro to Book Restoration OR New Cloth Binding Construction
*Advanced Leather Binding Restoration: The Leather Reback
Instructor: Jill Deiss
April 17 – 19 (Wed – Fri) 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
$445 + $60 materials
[Materials fee due with tuition]
Prerequisite of Intro to Book Restoration OR New Cloth Binding Construction
New Cloth Binding Construction
Instructors: Jill Deiss, Alexis Candelaria & Rowland Kirks
May 16 – 17 (Thurs – Fri) 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
$295 + $45 materials
[Materials fee due with tuition]
Book Repairs for General Library Collections
Instructor: Jill Deiss
June 3 (Mon) 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. $225
There is no materials fee for this class.
Introduction to Book Restoration
Instructors: Jill Deiss, Susan McCabe & Alexis Candelaria
June 6 – 7 (Thurs – Fri) 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. $295
OR
July 25 – 26 (Thurs – Fri) 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. $295
There is no materials fee for this class.
Leather Onlay Intensive
Instructor: Amy Jackson
June 8 (Sat) 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
$225 + $40 materials
[Materials fee due with tuition]
Full-Leather Medieval Girdle Book
Instructors: Jill Deiss, Susan McCabe & Alexis Candelaria
June 17 – 18 (Mon – Tue) 9 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
$295 + $65 materials
[Materials fee due with tuition]
Fashioning Metal Clasps for Books
Instructor: Jeffrey Altepeter
June 20 – 21 (Thurs – Fri) 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
$295 + $10 materials [Hold materials fee until class.]
[Register early as there are tools and materials to acquire prior to class.]
The Retchōsō: Multi-Section Japanese Binding
Instructor: Lana Lambert
[includes woodblock printing of Chiyogami papers to use on the cover]
June 24 – 25 (Mon – Tue) 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
$295 + $70 materials
[Hold materials fee until class.]
Historical Leather Pocket Diary Construction
Instructor: Mary Sullivan
July 15 – 16 (Mon – Tue) 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
$295 + $65 materials
[Hold materials fee until class.]
Marbled-Cover Album Construction
Instructor: Robin Ashby
with Dianne Roman
July 22 – 23 (Mon – Tue) 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
$295 + $50 materials
[Hold materials fee until class.]
Color Mixing and In-Painting for Book Restorers
Instructor: Amy Jackson
August 3 (Saturday) 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
$225 + $15 materials
[Materials fee due with tuition]
Introduction to Paper Repair
Instructors: Jill Deiss & Alexis Candelaria
October 5 – 6 (Thurs – Fri) 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
$295 + $55 materials
[Materials fee due with tuition]
*Book Sewing Intensive
Instructor: Susan McCabe
October 16 – 17 (Wed – Thurs ) 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
$295 + $55 materials
[Materials fee due with tuition]
Prerequisite of Intro to Book Restoration OR New Cloth Binding Construction
*Endbanding Intensive
Instructor: Susan McCabe
October 18 (Fri) 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
$225 + $40 materials
[Materials fee due with tuition]
Prerequisite of Intro to Book Restoration OR New Cloth Binding Construction
The Art of Japanese Bookbinding
Instructor: Lana Lambert
November 7 – 8 (Thurs – Fri) 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
$295 + $60 materials
[Hold materials fee until class.]
Series: Boxing Fortnight
Cloth-Covered Clamshell Box Making
Instructors: Jill Deiss & Alexis Candelaria
August 7 – 8 (Wed – Thurs ) 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. $295 + $55 materials
[Materials fee due with tuition]
*Advanced Clamshell Tray Structures
Instructors: Jill Deiss & Mona Hayford
August 9 (Fri) 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. $225 + $45 materials
[Materials fee due with tuition]
Prerequisite of Cloth-Covered Clamsell Box Construction
Rounded Leather-Spine Clamshell Box Making
Instructors: Jill Deiss & Mona Hayford
September 25 – 26 (Wed – Thurs) 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. $295 + $55 materials
[Materials fee due with tuition]
Slipcase Construction
Instructors: Jill Deiss & Mona Hayford
September 27 (Fri) 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. $225 + $45 materials
[Materials fee due with tuition]
Japanese Tea Box
Instructor: Lana Lambert
August 15 – 16 (Thurs – Fri) 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
$295 + $60 materials
[Hold materials fee until class.]
Series: Marbling & Paper Craft
The Art of Fabric Marbling
Instructor: Brittani Locke
April 22 – 23 (Mon – Tue) 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
$295 + $90 materials
[Hold materials fee until class.]
Beginning Paper Marbling
Instructor: Robin Ashby
July 19 – 20 (Fri – Sat) 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
$295 + $70 materials
[Hold materials fee until class.]
Gold & Curls: Quilling and Gilding Workshop
Instructor: Naomi Lipsky
August 1 – 2 (Thurs – Fri) 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
$295 + $65 materials
[Hold materials fee until class.]
Hand Paper Making
Instructors: Amy Jackson, Rowland Kirks & Jill Deiss
August 12 – 13 (Mon – Tue) 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
$295 + $50 materials
[Materials fee due with tuition]
Japanese Tea Box
Instructor: Lana Lambert
August 15 – 16 (Thurs – Fri) 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
$295 + $60 materials
[Hold materials fee until class.]
Beginning Paper Marbling
Instructors: Regina & Dan St John
August 22– 23 (Thurs – Fri) 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
$295 + $70 materials
[Hold materials fee until class.]
Colorful! Making Your Own Acrylic Pigments
Instructors: Regina & Dan St John
August 24 (Sat) 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
$225 + $45 materials
[Hold materials fee until class.]
Bellissimo! Italian Marbled Paper Patterns
Instructors: Regina & Dan St John
August 26 – 27 (Mon – Tue) 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
$295 + $70 materials
[Hold materials fee until class.]
*Advanced Paper Marbling: Spanish Wave and Moiré
Instructors: Regina & Dan St John
August 29 – 30 (Thurs – Fri) 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
$295 + $70 materials
[Hold materials fee until class.]
Prerequisite of Beginning Paper Marbling or experience
*Acrylic Marbling: The Next Step
Instructors: Regina & Dan St John
September 2 – 4 (Mon – Wed) 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
$445 + $95 materials
[Hold materials fee until class.]
Prerequisite of Beginning Paper Marbling or experience
Handset Type and Accordion Books with Slipcase
Instructor: Dianne Roman
September 12 – 13 (Thurs – Fri) 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
$295 + $55 materials
[Materials fee due with tuition]
Preservation Care for Paper-Based Collections
Instructor: Shan Linde
September 16 – 17 (Mon – Tue) 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
$295 + $80 materials
[Hold materials fee until class.]
Ex Libris by Hand: Carve and Print Your Own Bookplates
Instructor: Lana Lambert
October 10 – 11 (Thurs – Fri) 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
$295 + $60 materials
[Hold materials fee until class.]
Making Custom-Marbled Book Cloth
October 25 – 26 (Fri – Sat ) 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Instructors: Brittani Locke & Lana Lambert
$295 +$85 materials
[Materials fee due with tuition]
Pop-Up Book Making with Your Own Marbled Paper
Instructors: Brittani Locke & Pam Buchanan
October 28 – 29 (Mon – Tue) 9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
$295 + $75 materials
[Materials fee due with tuition]
Get Edgy: Fore-Edge Painting and Edge Marbling Workshop
Instructors: Melody Krafft, Brittani Locke & Jill Deiss
November 4 – 5 (Mon – Tue) 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
$295 + $70 materials
[Materials fee due with tuition]