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Coptic Bookbinding
- Gin Petty
November 15 (Saturday)
9 AM – 4 PM (one hour break for lunch)
Teaching and materials fee - $90
Location –
Broadway Center, 204 N Broadway, Berea - Teaching Room
Signup limited to 8 participants
No previous experience necessary
Coptic binding is one of the most
distinctive and lovely ways to bind a book. The sewing forms a chain
stitch across the spine and can be varied to create either a simple
or an elegant pattern on the front and back of the book. During the
class, the participants will learn how to figure dimensions of the
book, create covers, measure for stitching and bind with a Coptic
stitch. Participants will leave with one bound book, along with
covers and materials for another book to be bound at home. A CD disk
with step-by-step instructions and pictures will be provided.
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www.ginpetty.com
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Gin Petty is a self-taught artist
who began carving wood at age six when her father taught her
to sharpen a knife. For over 25 years she earned her living
carving spoons and functional kitchenware as the ‘Whistlin'
Whittler.’ She is also accomplished in basketry and
papermaking. Bookbinding came about, she says, quite naturally
as a way to use that paper. "My interest lies more with
playing with the bindings than in producing the books
themselves. No matter what the field, my interest has always
been more about the process than the finished product." Recently Gin Petty's papermaking was featured in an installment of Kentucky
Life.
Video:
www.ket.org/kentuckylife/1400s/kylife1402.html
Gin Petty is a juried member of the
Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen. She regularly
demonstrates bookbinding, basketry and papermaking at the Kentucky Artisan Center
in Berea.
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