Customized Bookcloth: Backing Fabric

NOTE: You are registering for a pre-recorded workshop. You will receive recording links and a complete kit of materials upon registration. We ask that you reserve the recorded session for personal use only.

Customized Bookcloth: Backing Fabric

Emily Tipps

$55, materials kit & shipping included 

PLEASE NOTE: International shipping will be billed an additional $25 once registration is confirmed.

Fabric offers an attractive and durable solution for covering boxes and book covers, but ready-made bookcloth presents a limited palette of mostly solid colors and humdrum textures. Don't get hemmed in by run-of-the-mill choices! Instead, back textiles with Japanese paper for use as bookcloth. Want to cover an artist's book with calico from grandma's apron? Think art-deco-printed percale would make a swell cover for a blank journal? Would sleek silk be an elegant solution for that photo album? In this workshop, participants expand their ability to tailor bookwork by learning to back natural-fiber fabric with simple materials and easy-to-access tools.

*The amount you are paying today is the total fee and includes a materials kit and recording. This fee is non-refundable and is required in order to receive the recording and materials kit. If you have any questions, please contact: bookartsprogram@utah.edu