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ART 293 Book Arts

Fall-Spring Semesters

This course is an introduction to the traditional methods of bookbinding.  Through lectures and demonstrations, students will learn and develop the techniques and skills necessary to create historical structures.  Each assignment builds on the basic skills learned and includes pamphlets, multiple signature binding, clam shell box and portfolio construction.  This course not only provides a technical foundation in book structures, but will introduce the history of each binding style and show examples of contemporary works. Prerequisite:   or  . Art majors only.

3 credit hours