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Membership of the Victorian Bookbinders Guild runs from 1st July to 30th June each year. Membership forms can be completed online or downloaded and emailed to the Secretary. Annual membership is $60 for a single membership.

Membership Benefits:

  • Three editions of Signature per year, the Victorian Bookbinders Guild newsletter, along with updates from other bookbinding guilds and societies from around the world.
  • Priority booking and discounts for workshops and courses hosted by the Guild.
  • Access to the Guild's extensive library covering various aspects of bookbinding.
  • Access to the members' buying scheme, which aims to make materials and supplies available that may not otherwise be readily obtainable in small quantities.
  • Priority access to bookbinding equipment donated to the Guild and made available for sale.
  • An open invitation to monthly meetings, open bindery sessions, and special events. See the What's On page for further details.

Japanese Stab Binding Workshop - Saturday 16 August 2025

Join us for an exciting new workshop focused on traditional Japanese bound books. If you love working with beautiful papers, you'll want to join this half day workshop. Instructor, Emily Hylard, will guide you in this hands-on workshop to produce two Japanese style bound books. Non-members and beginning bookbinders are welcome.

Workshop participants will:
  • Learn the Japanese 4 hole stabbinding method and produce 2 books - 1 small book 6cm x 11 cm and 1 medium book 12.5cm x 18.5 cm;
  • Learn about a range of Japanese bookbinding styles:
    • Four-hole binding (yotsume toji),
    • Hemp leaf binding (asa-no-ha toji),
    • Yamato binding (Yamato toji),
    • Accordian and Flutter (sempu-yo) books
    • and, Edo style ledger (Daifuku cho);
  • Learn how to incorporate additional Japanese bookbinding methods to give added support to the 4 hole binding, such as incorporation of an internal binding and corner supports for the book pages;
  • Gain enough experience and confidence to repeat the book making process independently at home with provided workshop notes and instructions.
📅 Saturday 16 August 2025
⏰ 9:30am to 1:00pm
📍Rear Hall, St. Faith's Church, 8 Charles St., Glen Iris VIC 3146
💲Members $75; Non-members $95

Please feel free to bring your own tools if you have them - cutting mat, knife, ruler, bone/Teflon folder, awl, glue brush, otherwise we will provide them.

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Book via EFT
If you wish to book for this workshop via EFT please email to secretary{at}vbg.net.au, including your name and best contact number or speak with a committee members at one of our monthly meetings.