cbl-Newsletter 1/2023
Review and outlook
An aera has ended. |
We all enjoyed a few hours in the suntrap of Switzerland «Ticino», which really lived up to it’s name on this special day. |
A new era begins. |
No. 01 |
Contemporary Codex
Course location Ascona
We will rethink traditional sewing of a text block by incorporating non-traditional materials as structural elements in a binding. This allows us to build books that move and function beautifully while also taking on the challenges, for example, of having thick or heavy pages, varied dimensionality, or pop-up structures. We will also take a look at a variety of ways to create articulating spines that provide increased flexibility and allow for optimal opening of a book as well as adding a beautiful architectural element to a binding. |
Instructor: | Kylin Lee |
Date: | Monday, 20. February 2023 to Friday, 24. February 2023 |
Duration: | 5 days |
Course location: | Centro del bel libro, Via Collegio 17, CH-6612 Ascona |
Language: | German and English |
Costs: | CHF 1’150.- |
Material costs: | Special material depending on use |
Participants: | Bookbinders, interested persons with prior experience |
Registration: | register now - click here |
No. 02 |
Easy - Creating Your Own Amazing Booklets
Course location Zurich
Need some space for your ideas, notes and sketches? Would you like to bind notebooks yourself, working with your hands? In this class you will experiment with binding, covers to your booklets and book binding ideas. We fold, cut, sew, punch and screw. You learn binding techniques and creative approaches which allow you to create single and multi-layer booklets at home. You will bind a handful of booklets and go home with a stack of your own amazing booklet samples. |
Instructor: | Helma Kühn-Osius |
Date: | 15th / 22nd / 29th March 2023 |
Duration: | 3 evenings: 17:30 - 21:00 |
Course location: | Schule für Gestaltung, Ausstellungsstrasse 104, CH-8005 Zurich |
Language: | German and explanations in English |
Costs: | CHF 520.- |
Material costs: | Special material depending on use |
Participants: | Open to all, without previous experience |
Registration: | register now - click here |
No. 03 |
Origami and bookbinding
Course location Ascona
Techniques from two traditional crafts combine and complement each other. The results are leporello-like objects with hard covers, folded connections for single pages and postcards, or stitched brochures with a flexible, folded cover. In folded booklets with slide-in compartments, sections or compartments can be inserted to create aesthetic and practical book objects. In the course, you will learn individual techniques, receive instructions for functional combinations or realise your own objects and ideas. The course instructor is inspired by traditional and modern origami and combines this with her work in hand bookbinding. |
Instructor: | Christiane Grimm-Angelrath |
Date: | Monday, 27. March 2023 to Wednesday, 29. March 2023 |
Duration: | 3 days |
Course location: | Centro del bel libro, Via Collegio 17, CH-6612 Ascona |
Language: | German and explanations in French |
Costs: | CHF 700.- |
Material costs: | Special material depending on use |
Participants: | Bookbinders, interested persons with prior experience |
Registration: | register now - click here |
We look forward to implementing our new concept with confidence!
Fotos: | Hans Rohrer, Helma Kühn-Osius |
Editorial: | Katharina Meier |
Translation and adaptation: | Ruth Hofmann |
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