• Collaborate on A Folio of Poetry Broadsides

    Virginia Book Arts 600 East Water St., Suite F, Charlottesville, VA, United States

    In this special two-day workshop, a small cohort of six collaborators will create a folio of original letterpress poetry broadsides—each pairing a poem with a hand-carved illustration. Constraints in design […]

  • Joomchi & Momagami: Asian Paper Manipulation for Book Arts

    Virginia Book Arts 600 East Water St., Suite F, Charlottesville, VA, United States

    Joomchi and Momagami are both a traditional Asian paper craft that creates textured handmade paper using your hands and water. This paper art dates back to the tenth century. (A.D. […]

  • Secret Belgian Binding

    Virginia Book Arts 600 East Water St., Suite F, Charlottesville, VA, United States

    Secret Belgian binding (or crisscross binding) features a linear pattern of colored thread crisscrossing over and between the spine and the two covers. This structure holds the cover boards together […]

  • Reductive Color Woodcut

    Virginia Book Arts 600 East Water St., Suite F, Charlottesville, VA, United States

    One Block: Many Layers! Reductive Color Woodcut is a technique for creating a multi-layer print using a single block of wood. After each layer is printed, more of the original […]