REVERSE PIANO HINGE, £50

This workshop is being held on SATURDAY 17th MAY 2025, 10am – 1pm

This 3 hour workshop is all about the reverse piano hinge technique – a kirigami (cut and fold) approach that requires minimal glue and no stitching. It is a deceptively simple (when you know how!) and exciting bookmaking technique that gets viewers inspecting the engineering. This technique binds signatures together, and allows for experimental book arts techniques for creating interesting covers and paper play.

It is split into approximately half taught time, and half supported independent enquiry: once we have mastered how the technique works, we will investigate alternative creative possibilities for our other books, including peep holes, gate folds and multiple hinges. Depending on your pace, you will take away at least 2 handmade books, but as many variations you can make in the 3 hours!

This workshop is designed for those who have some bookmaking experience,…