Bookbinding – 4 days a week (June)

About: Bookbinding

Discover how leather and paper, combined with simple sewing techniques can create a wonderful sketchbook or journal.

This course will give you a taste of bookbinding and working with leather.

It serves as a starting point to delve further and deeper into the world of traditional bookbinding and leather working skills.

Starting with simple folded structures and finishing with a multi-section sewn book with a hard cover, this course will equip you with the skills to start your own little book projects and move on to more complex bookbinding classes in the future.

Learning Objectives: 

• Grain direction in paper
• Cutting leather
• Sewing onto/into leather
• Create your own sketchbook or journal

Workshop Outcomes:

• Understanding plant forms
• Advanced watercolour techniques
• Understanding the characteristics of pigments

Age: 16+

Course Language: English

Workshop Dates and Times: 

• Mondays to Thursdays, 04.00 PM – 08.00 PM
  • Twice a week | 16 hours of learning | 320 AED  
  • 16, 17, 18,19 June 2025
• Mondays to Thursdays, 04.00 PM – 08.00 PM
  • Twice a week | 16 hours of learning | 320 AED  
  • 23, 24, 25, 26 June 2025

Certificate: 

Please note that you should attend at least 90% of the hours to receive your attendance certificate for this course.

Workshop Rules and Regulations: 

• The fee includes all the learning hours and materials that will be supplied in the course.
• No refunds are acceptable and you need to attend the specified hours and times listed on this page.

Workshop Location:  

• Al Taif Mall Business Centre, 17th Floor, Fujairah, UAE

Workshop Language: English

Tutor’s Biography: Ina Baumeister

Ina is a professional bookbinder and box-maker. She holds an MA in Book Art from UAL Camberwell and a master-craftsmanship from the German Crafts Council and Guild of Bookbinders in Munich. As a binder she works with contemporary arts organisation Book Works, the Tate Paper and Photography conservation department as well as other institutions and clients. Most of her work life is closely linked to contemporary art, art publishing, the creative industries and paper conservation. Besides working professionally as a bookbinder for over twenty years, Ina teaches and lectures for universities all over London on a wide range of courses, such as photography, printmaking, design, illustration, fine art and architecture. Ina also delivers tailored staff training to universities and other institutions such as the Tate and Houses of Parliament. Ina states that she rates bookbinding as an art in itself but also sees it as part of a toolkit for a wide range of creative professions.