Introduction to Bookbinding 3: Round-Back Case Bindings

About this course

Participants make a classic round-back case binding by hand, creating a hardback notebook with a full cloth-covered case and rounded spine. The workshop focuses on constructing this traditional book format and concludes with each participant completing their own bound book. The finished structure can be used as a notebook, sketchbook, presentation book, gift or starting point for an artist book. The techniques are intended to be transferable to making further books at home with minimal equipment.

What you'll learn

• Construct a round-back case binding by hand
• Create a cloth-covered hardback notebook
• Form a book with a rounded spine
• Apply the techniques to making further books at home

Is this course right for you?

The workshop is suitable for beginners and for learners who have completed the first two Introduction to Bookbinding workshops. The three workshops are encouraged in sequence but are not required, so this session can also suit learners approaching this binding structure independently.

• Suitable for beginners
• Can follow Introduction to Bookbinding 1 and 2
• Part of a three-workshop introductory series

Before you go

• All tools and materials are provided.