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adderbolt - Jack posted an update Wednesday, Oct 12, 2011, 12:04am EDT, 14 years ago
Bookbinding Workshop Teaches Old-School Skills
Downloading books to an e-reader is common in today's technology-savvy culture, but the art of handcrafting a book holds special appeal for some people. Those who have always wanted to create their own hardcover can do so during an upcoming workshop.
"Behind the Cover: Tour Denver Bookbinding and Build Your Own Book Workshop" includes a session where 15 people can craft a single-signature book to take home. The workshop is offered Oct. 19
Gail Lindley, owner of the Denver Bookbinding Co., says her clients often include graphic artists who create hardcover portfolios for clients, schoolteachers who make specialty books for their classes, and families who want to pass down heirlooms such as Bibles or unpublished books written by relatives. "Not only does making a book engage your brain, but it engages your hand, as well," says Lindley.
During the tour, attendees will be able to see a 400-year-old book made of cotton paper, as well as another volume made of sheepskin vellum. The bindery, which is celebrating its 82nd year in business, is the only remaining Colorado company that specializes in hardcover binding. There used to be five, Lindley says. Additional classes being offered at the bindery in upcoming months include making a pop-up card and crafting an Italian leather journal.
"I still have lots of young people in their 20s and 30s who are reading to their children because hardcover books were one of the experiences they enjoyed in their childhood," Lindley says
