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Bookbinding workshop
October 13, 2021 @ 4:40 pm - 7:00 pm
Instructor: Javiera Barrientos
In this workshop you will learn basic pamphlet stitch techniques for making zines, plaquettes, chapbooks, small journals and more. The session will include a brief introduction to the history of the tools and materials, followed by making.
Javiera Barrientos, cofounder of the Center for the Studies of Pretty and Useless Things, is a Chilean book historian and book binder. She has taught university courses in Chile and Argentina courses on the history of reading and the book and global early modern literature.
No previous knowledge required. In order to build community among students returning to campus for the first time, priority will be given to first- and second-year graduate students of the English Department. Others are very welcome if space permits. If you’d like to participate but are not a G1 or G2 in English, please email leah.price@rutgers.edu to be put on the waiting-list!
Register in advance here.
Time: 13 October, 4:40pm
Location:
CCA Seminar Room
15 Seminary Place
Rutgers Academic Building
West Wing, Room 6107
