In support of its mandate to increase educational opportunities, CBBAG publishes a listing of teachers offering instruction in various book arts.
The list of teachers below was posted on March 15, 2016. The information contained was supplied by the individuals listed and they are solely responsible for the accuracy of the information.
Contact teachers directly for details about the programmes they offer.
Inasmuch as it is not possible for CBBAG to know the capabilities of all of the teachers listed, inclusion in this list should not be construed as an endorsement by CBBAG.
Any corrections, updates, or new listings should be sent to the CBBAG office for future revisions to this list.
PO Box 69003 RPO Tuxedo Park
Winnipeg, MB Canada
R3P 2G9
Phone: 204-489-6658, 204-489-6658
Email: atbaypress@gmail.com
Website: www.atbaypress.com
Typically we do classes for high school students in Winnipeg.
Bookbinding: hand binding, design binding, trade and limited editions, edition binding, box making. Hand Printing: calligraphy, lettering arts. Artists’ Books: accordion, long stitch-link stitch, Oriental, sewn structures.
Workshop, Classes
Will travel.
Myself and the other bookbinders here at the Press appear at conventions and are often included in panels and discussions. We also collaborate with other artists.
North Saanich (Vancouver Island)
BC Canada
Email: kelpie@shaw.ca
Home Study (monitored stream and with Dan Mezza) BBI, BBII. Many shorter workshops with other teachers, such as Martha Cole, Don Taylor, Natasha Herman and others
Have been teaching since 2000 bookbinding courses, both for artists books and since 2015 teaching CBBAG's BBI and BBII
Bookbinding, both for book artists and for the core CBBAG courses
Private, Workshop, Classes
Own studio. Will travel.
2326 Park Ridge Place
Victoria, BC Canada
V9B 6J1
Phone: 250-474-0203, 250-474-0203
Email: terryanncarter3@gmail.com
Website: www.terryanncarter.com
workshops at Paper Place, Toronto. Au Papier Japonaise, Montreal. With paper maker Claire Dufresne (Ming Studio, Montreal) workshops with Sumi-e brush artist/book maker Heather MacDonald (Ottawa)
Taught Japanese Literary Forms and Small Book Making at Royal Roads University (Victoria) Book Making at La Roche D’Hys (France) Zen Festival (Montreal) Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival.
Paper “fold” books are my specialty: flutter, fan, origami books, scroll books. Hedi Kyle inspired books Working now with natural materials for large book sculptures: Spirit-full books
Private, Workshop, Classes, Apprenticeship/internship
Institutions, Associations. Will travel.
1313 Queen Street West, Unit 203
Toronto, ON Canada
M6K 1L8
Phone: 416-535-9887, 416-535-9887
Email: miracoviensky@rogers.com
Website: www.miracoviensky.com
Art at Boston School of Museum of Fine Arts; bookbinding and artists’ books at CBBAG and various workshops in the United States and Canada; book design and book production at Ryerson University.
Professional artist for over 25 years with artists’ books as primary art form.
Various art schools, community art centres, colleges, and workshops, including CBBAG Toronto School of Art, Japanese Paper Place and many others.
Artists’ books with emphasis on the integration of structure, materials, and content; alternative book structures; use of transparency and translucency; non-toxic image transfer; use of non traditional materials; and artistic process in artists’ books.
Private, Workshop, Classes
Own studio, Institutions, Associations. Will travel.
Has exhibited widely and has artists’ books in over 40 public collections, including the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Harvard University, Wellesley College, Toronto Reference Library Special Collections, and Columbia University.
132 Carleton Street
Fitzroy Harbour, ON Canada
K0A 1X0
Phone: 613-623-8843, 613-623-8843
Email: paul.demers@sympatico.ca
I have been to private binding workshops as well as taken Bookbinding I, Bookbinding II, and Leatherwork.
I am in restoration of wooden painted and gilded objects.
I teach many courses through Ottawa Fire, as well I teach at Lee Valley Tools and through CBBAG with my wooden board Coptic stitch classes.
Wooden board binding.
Private, Workshop, Classes
Own studio, Institutions, Associations. Will travel.
I do a lot of traditional water and oil gilding over a gesso base, as well I do a good amount of cabinet work out of wood.
Studio 416, Bldg. 74, 15 Case Goods Lane, Distillery District
Toronto, ON Canada
M5A 3C4
Phone: 416 504 6761
Email: nataliedraz@gmail.com
Website: www.nataliedraz.com
OCADU Print & Book, BA Print Media University of Toronto; MFA Print Media and Pop Up Books, Concordia University; CBBAG Foundations
Professional Artist & Workshop Instructor; Sessional Faculty in Print at Concordia University (2014)
Professional Artist & Workshop Instructor; Sessional Faculty in Print at Concordia University (2014)
Pop Up and Kinetic Book Forms, Altered Books, Unusual Books, Intaglio and Monoprint Printmaking, Paper Treatments
Private, Workshop, Classes
Own studio, Institutions, Associations. Will travel.
Please refer to my website for upcoming workshops, or feel free to contact me directly!
Toronto, ON Canada
M6H 3J6
Email: sproutspress@yahoo.ca
Website: www.sproutspress.com
BFA from OCADU, with a focus on printmaking and book arts.
Sole Proprietor/private practice.
Various art galleries and centres across Southern Ontario (Mississauga Living Arts Centre, Art Gallery of Burlington, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Graven Feather, Guelph School of Art, CBBAG)
Papermaking, bookbinding; introductory and some intermediate.
Private, Workshop, Classes.
Institutions, Associations. Will travel.
#402-549 1/2 Fisgard St
Victoria BC Canada
V8W 1R5
Phone:250-382-2186, 250-382-2186
Email: victoriaedgarr@yahoo.ca
Website: www.victoriaedgarr.com
Bookbinding workshops with Joan Byers, Lorraine Douglas, BC Islands Chapter Printmaking : La Guilde Graphique, Montreal
Production of Artist books with: boxes (Clamshells, French Box, Limp box) and various bindings (pamphlet, stab, multi-section bindings, Palm leaf, accordion,) album/portfolios, in unique and multiples, for artist books and print portfolios.
GZPS, Ground Zero Printmakers Studio , MISSA, Metchosin International Summer School Of The Arts, VCA Victoria Art College, FCA Federation of Canadian Artists, in printmaking and artist books.
Artist Books Type of Instruction: Private, Workshop
Own studio. Will travel.
Extensive experience in printmaking-etching/intaglio, polymer litho, relief, creative, production and editioning, work with adults and children in English and French.
369 Congress Street, Floor 6
Boston, MA United States
02210
Phone: 512-289-5679, 512-289-5679
Email: erin@herringbonebindery.com
Website: www.herringbonebindery.com
Graduate of full-time Bookbinding program at North Bennet Street School
Owner and Head Binder at Herringbone Bindery since 2012
Continuing Education Instructor at North Bennet Street School since 2012; Book Arts Middle School Program Instructor since 2014; have also taught at other venues
I teach a variety of bookbinding structures and techniques, including design techniques and enclosures.
Workshop, Classes
Institutions, Associations. Will travel.
PO Box 8877 Cincinnati
Ohio United States
45208
Phone: 513-304-5758, 513-304-5758
Email: gabrielle@gabriellefox.com
Website: www.gabriellefox.com
Guildford College of Higher & Further Education, Surrey, UK, Bookbinding Diploma
Self-employed; Binder-in-Residence, Transylvania University, Kentucky; Conservation Division Head & Conservation Contract Consultant, University of Cincinnati, Ohio
Senior Lecturer Croydon College of Art; CBBAG; GBW; American Academy of Bookbinding; Telluride; San Francisco Center for the Book.
Fine & Design Binding, Leather Binding & Finishing, Boxmaking, Miniature Binding
Private, Workshop, Classes
Own studio, Institutions, Associations. Will travel.
3064 St-Samuel
Quebec City, Quebec Canada
G1C 3T2
Phone: 418-640-7303, 418-640-7303
Email: info@hfrancoeur.com
Website: www.hfrancoeur.com
Trained by masters in Quebec and Ontario, as well as by masters from France, England, USA and Spain
Own bindery since 1992
Since 1995 at bindery, institutions, abroad
Bookbinding: traditional, beginner, intermediate, design binding, box making; decorative papers: paste
Private, Workshop
Own studio. Will travel.
Also teaches Balinese, Japanese, and Coptic book forms, artists' book forms, books as objects, repair, restoration.
709 Rosedale Rd
Glenview, IL United States
60025
Phone: 847-636-0942, 847-636-0942
Email: karen@karenhanmer.com
Website: www.karenhanmer.com
American Academy of Bookbinding with Monique Lallier plus extensive private instruction with Scott Kellar, Don Etherington, Priscilla Spitler
Independent bookbinder/book artist since 1997
Numerous workshops and intensives in own studio, for the Guild of Book Workers and CBBAG, and various regional book arts groups across the US
Building a solid foundation in traditional binding skills
Private, Workshop
Own studio, Institutions, Associations. Will travel.
Westhills R.P.O., P.O. Box 75071
Calgary, AB Canada
T3H 3M1
Phone: 403-813-0228, 403-813-0228
Email: inabind@shaw.ca
Website: www.inabind.ca
Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Alberta, a Certificate in Studio Arts Alberta College of Art and Design, worked at Colin Bate Books, Fine Binding and Book Conservation American Academy of Bookbinding. Lisa has participated in numerous professional development courses, conferences and internships. Lisa has trained in French, English and German techniques. https://ca.linkedin.com/in/lisa-isley-56779634
Accredited professional conservator with over 10 years experience in private practice with bound materials of all periods, as a fine binder and conservator of paper based materials. 15 years’ experience in the book arts. Proprietor of Off Piste Press for her artist books and prints.
Presentations and workshops in bookbinding, book arts, printing and conservation for clients that include CBBAG Calgary chapter, Esker Foundation, University of Lethbridge, Arts on Atlantic Gallery, University of Calgary, Alberta College of Art, Stl Mary’s University College, Bow Valley Calligraphy Guild and the High River Public Library. Will travel
Services in English and French. Member Canadian Association of Professional Conservators, Canadian Association for Conservation, Professional Associate Book and Paper, Conservators in Private Practice - American Institute for the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, Canadian Book Binders and Book Artists Guild, Guild of Bookworkers, Society of Bookbinders, Designer Bookbinders, Amis de la Reliure D’art, Alcuin Society, and the Bibliographical Society of Canada. Exhibits fine bindings and artists books internationally, works held in private and public collections locally and internationally.
Box 306 Blaine Lake,
SK Canada
S0J 0J0
Phone: 306-652-5240, 306-652-5240 Sask-Tel Message Mailbox
Email: kristina.komendant@gmail.com
Martin Jackson, Thomas Ingmire, (Illumination) Denis Brown, Massimo Polello, Carl Rohrs, Peter Thornton, Sheila Waters, Nancy Culmone, Marilyn Reaves, Annie Cicale. Marbling Training received from Don Guyot. Bookbinding Training from Martha Cole, Cathryn Miller, Susan Mills.
Research Science Technical (Dipl. BioScience), Bachelor of Arts (Art History - minor), Freelance Calligraphy business since 1990.
Since 1993 – private workshops/classes in Studio and in schools and art institutions. Classes in calligraphy, paper marbling, papermaking.
Full and quarter bound books and Artists’ books.
Private, Workshop, Classes, Apprenticeship.
Own studio. Will travel.
Can teach how to prepare an animal hide (deer or sheep) as vellum for calligraphy writing.
11 Miller St Room 205
Somerville, MA United States
02143
Phone: 617-354-4084, 617-354-4084
Email: binder@thethreeringbinders.com
Website: www.thethreeringbinders.com
Diploma in Bookbinding from The North Bennent Street School 1995; many continuing ed. courses
Independent bookbinder since 1995
Continuing education instructor at the North Bennet Street School since 1995. Workshops for Connecticut College and the Vermont Book Arts Guild.
Bookbinding; box making; paste papers
Private, Workshop
Own studio, Institutions, Associations. Will travel
Classes include but not limited to: hand binding in: non-adhsive; flat back, rounded; travel; journals, springback book styles. Clamshell; slipcase boxes.
40 Stephen Street
Kingston, ON Canada
K7K 2C3
Phone: 613-542-3923, 613-542-3923
Email: transformerpress@cogeco.ca
Website: www.lisemelhornboe.ca
M.F.A. Wayne State University, studied book arts with Susan Kae Grant. Have taken many CBBAG workshops—Hedi Kyle, Don Barton, Claire Van Vliet, Carol Barton etc. Studied pop-ups with Robert Sabuda.
Workshops for adults and children in schools, universities, art galleries and art associations, including CBBAG.
Alternative and sculptural book structures (flag book, tunnel, accordion variations, tri-hexaflexagons etc.), pop-up books, books made from found objects, books using family stories.
Workshop, Classes
Institutions, Associations. Will travel.
26 Catherwood Court
Toronto, ON Canada
M1W 1S1
Phone: 416-495-8823, 416-495-8823
Email: liz.menard@utoronto.ca
Website: www.lizmenard.ca
Master of Adult Education
Environmentally friendly printmaking including: Etching, Relief, Drypoint, Monoprinting, Collographs for book artists
Printmaking at CBBAG Toronto; Print London and CBBAG London; Open Studio, Toronto; Whitby Station Gallery, Toronto; Toronto Botanical Gardens, Toronto; Cedar Ridge Creative Centre, Toronto; Town of Richmond Hill
Accordion books and Printmaking for Book Artists using Environmentally Responsible Printmaking Practices (etching, drypoint, monoprinting, collograph and/or relief). Students will create original prints using an Intaglio press.
Private, Workshop, Classes
Own studio, Institutions, Associations. Will travel.
Liz is excited about teaching printmaking to book artists! Recently, she was awarded the Japanese Paper Place Award for Innovation at The Print Show for her Artist's Book: "Nature of the River" and Best in Printmaking at the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition (2015). Her article: "Etching A Valuable Addition to Your Book Arts Practice" appeared in Book Arts/arts du livre Canada 2015 (Vol. 6 No. 2).
45 Belgrave Ave.
London, ON Canada
N6C 4B3
Phone: 519-434-0964, 519-434-0964
B.A. Visual Arts, Western University. Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild courses with Betsy Palmer Eldridge
Professional bookbinder since 1998. Papermaker and printmaker 1994 – 98.
CBBAG core courses since 1998. Paper making 1994 – 98.
Bookbinding - all six CBBAG core courses (Bookbinding I, II, and III, Restoration and Repair, Finishing, Paper Treatments). Box Making and Protective Enclosures.
Classes, Workshops.
Own studio. Will travel.
9585 Hwy 15, Franktown ON (Ottawa)
Phone: 613-851-4626
Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild courses with Betsy Palmer Eldridge, Dan Mezza, Mary MacDonald. CBBAG Certificate.
Commercial Printing Prepress, Graphic Design, Bookbinding.
CBBAG, College Instructor – Graphic Design Diploma Program.
Bookbinding - CBBAG core courses (Bookbinding I and II). Box Making, Bookbinding 101, Many decorative binding workshops.
Classes, Workshops, Online
Ottawa based studio. Will travel.
8160 Fairdell Crescent
Richmond, BC Canada
V7C 1W4
Phone: 604-274-0919, 604-274-0919
Email: gpage@sd38.bc.ca
Website: www.about.me/ginapage
University of British Columbia, University of Victoria, Emily Carr College of Art and Design, Malaspina Printmakers Studio
Powell River School District, North Vancouver School District, Richmond School District Teaching Experience: Elementary and Senior Secondary School in BC
Papermaking, Concertina binding, Accordion fold binding, Intaglio, Pochoir illustration and text, Relief prints, Artist’s books
Private, Workshop
Own studio, Institutions (The Alcuin Society, CBBAG, IAPMA). Will travel.
#307-2085 Bellevue Avenue
West Vancouver, BC Canada
V7V 1C1
Phone: 604-987-8146, 604-987-8146
Email: bindingbooks@icloud.com
Website: www.bookbinding2016.wordpress.com; www.bookbindersdevil.blogspot.ca
CBBAG home study program, personal research, various special interest learning in Canada, USA, Britain Work Experience: 6-½ years full-time work in a hand bindery, six years of self-employment in bookbinding and boxmaking
Will create classes to suit what the students want to learn. Classes since 2014:
- Medieval Girdle Book & Secret Belgian Binding (Metchosin International Summer School of the Arts, 2016)
- boxmaking
- drop-back box (April, 2016 class created for the Alcuin Society)
- bookbinding
- modified German case binding of Flowers in Heraldry (class created for the Alcuin Society)
- book protection techniques
- portfolios, phase boxes, dust jackets
- introduction to bookbinding
- CBBAG Bookbinding I
- historical structures and styles
- leather work
- quarter, half, and full bindings
- boxmaking
- specific styles and topics to suit students
- lectures on the history of books
Workshop, Classes
Institutions, Associations. Will travel.
199 Eighth Avenue, A3
Brooklyn, NY United States
11215
Phone: 718-788-202971, 788-2029 Cell: 347-331-2232347-331-2232
Email: miriam.schaer@gmail.com
Website: www.miriamschaer.com
MFA Transart Institute, Creative Practice, Plymouth University, Plymouth, U.K., 2014. BFA Philadelphia College of Art (University of the Arts), Concentration in Fiber, Phila., PA, 1978
School of Visual Arts, Studies in Graphic Design & Illustration, New York, NY, 1983
Boston University, Studies in Art History, Boston, MA, 1974
Writing for Artists with art historian Dr. Arlene Raven, New York, NY
Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
Artist Survival Skills with development specialist Jackie Battenfield, New York, NY
Lower East Side Printshop, New York, NY
Advanced Bookbinding Studies with master binder and conservator Jeffrey Peachey, New York, NY
Advanced Bookbinding Studies with master binder Timothy Ely, New York, NY
Professional Practice Workshops, Creative Capital, Aljira Center for the Contemporary Arts, Newark, NJ
Internet for Artists Workshop, Creative Capital, New York, NY
2014-2015 Acting Director, Interdisciplinary MFA Program in Book & Paper Arts, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
Selected: University Appointments and Visiting Artists 2009-2016 Lecturer, Interdisciplinary MFA Program in Book & Paper Arts Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL 2006-2010 Visiting Assistant Professor, Fine Arts, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY Visiting Artist: Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia; Sarah Lawrence College, Writing Institute, Bronxville, NY:Mason Gross School of the Arts, Brodsky Center for Innovative Paper and Print, New Brunswick, NJ, University of the West of England, Centre for Fine Print Research, Bristol, Eng.,Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Facultad de Bellas Artes, Cuenca Spain, Saint Mary’s College, Saint Mary City, MD, Afterschool/Professional Development with programs including Artists Space (NY) Artist Teacher Institute (NJ) Henry Street Settlement Community Programming: Center for Book Arts NY, Lower East Side Printshop NY, Arts Council of Princeton (NJ) Printmaking Council of NJ
Non-traditional structures, Boxmaking, beaded bindings, embroidered and fabric bindings, felt books, Bookarts Professional development for teachers K-1, Bookbinding historic structures, wearable texts, non-traditional print making
Private, Workshop, Classes
Own studio, Institutions, Associations. Will travel.
Miriam Schaer, a Brooklyn-based multimedia book artist, uses garments to explore feminine, social, and spiritual issues.
224-222 Islington Ave
Etobicoke, ON Canada
M8V 3W7
Phone: 416-591-8801, 416-591-8801
Email: dstbook@gmail.com
Website: www.dontaylorbookbinder.com
Sheridan College Oakville, and 2 years of instruction with Betsy Palmer Eldridge. Many workshops.
35 years as bookbinder and restorer. Self-employed since 1980.
Teaching for CBBAG, Haliburton School of the Arts, Japanese paper Place, Red Deer College, and Mechosin International Summer School of the Arts since 1983.
Bookbinding, box making, paste papers, historical book forms.
Workshops, Classes
Own studio, Associations (CBBAG Toronto, Red Deer College, Haliburton School of the Arts, Metchosin International School of the Arts). Will travel.
Design Bindings in several public and private collections. Proprietor of Pointyhead Press.
190 Oak Island Dr.
Santa Rosa, CA United States
95409
Phone: 707-755-0219, 707-755-0219
Email: info@bookbarnkatstudios.com
Website: www.bookbarnkatstudios.com
Multiple workshops & private classes with int'ly known binding & restoration masters & SFCB core and advanced classes (since 2005)
Private client and institutional restoration commissions
Bookbinding, restoration, other paper arts
Bookbinding, restoration, other paper arts (including calligraphy, marbling, paper decoration, boxmaking, etc.)
Private, Workshop, Classes* (*host to other instructor expert classes)
Own studio, Institutions, Associations. Will travel locally.
Work & Instructional studio founded in Florence Italy in 2013, relocated to N. California in 2015 (60 mi. N of San Francisco in Sonoma County wine country).
606 Elgin Street, Box 574
Merrickville, Ontario Canada
K0G 1N0
Phone: 613-852-7560
Email: studio@greyweathers.com
B.A., Carleton University.
Artist (printmaker) and private press printer since 2005
Part-time instructor in printmaking at Saint Lawrence College, Brockville Campus
Typesetting by hand; letterpress printing on a Vandercook proof press; Woodcut, linocut, wood engraving
Workshop
Own studio; will travel
Books, broadsides and prints in public and private collections worldwide. Exhibitions include "Book Arts in Eastern Ontario," Jordan Library, Queen's University 2012; "Ephemeral Impressions" Agnes Jaimeson Gallery, Mindon, Ontario, 2015; "Impression:Expression," Studio 22 Gallery, Kingston, 2012.