Hands Making Hand Tools for Book Arts with Jim Croft

Date: Saturday & Sunday, April 5 & 6, 2008
Time: 10 am - 6 pm
Location: 2100 Building, 2100 24th Ave. S. (in Rainier Valley), Seattle, WA [map]
Cost: $180 + $15 materials fee; additional materials will be available for purchase from the instructor

Don't miss this unique opportunity to learn from Jim Croft, a master toolmaker and artist. The class will begin with making bone tools, gradually progressing into awls, bamboo lifters, and sharpening according to student preferences. The instructor will describe how he processes elk and deer bone and its use in different crafts. Demonstrations of hewing, rasping, sharpening, sawing, carving, filing and drilling will be covered. The materials fee covers a certain amount of materials and additional supplies can be purchased from the instructor.

Instructor Bio: I’ve been binding books and making my own tools for 37 years, after a trip to Europe birthed an extreme devotion to ancient skill. My specialty is making the Gothic (Gutenberg era) binding from my own gathered, grown, and wrought materials – thread, glue, flax and hemp paper, wood covers, brass or bronze clasps, textile and leather.
 
Please contact Maggie Booth at maggieb@seattlebookarts.org for more information, or to register at the student rate or SCBA supporter rate. To register for this class, please click the link below and pay using a credit card, debit card, or PayPal account. You may also print and mail in a registration form with your payment.

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