Photo by Michael Erb Van Devender Middle School Art teacher Heather Royer speaks to seventh-grader Clayton Tucker during a book binding class Friday at the school. Students learn how to design and ...

You will learn bookbinding techniques and the pattern of Coptic stitching. We will look the importance of paper grain and how to fold, sew, and cover your books to create useful and beautiful books ...

The Coptic stitch bookbinding was first used in Egypt by the Copts in the 2nd Century AD. It has become popular again with hand bookmakers because of the beauty of it’s exposed spine as well as the ...