Japanese Stabbinding 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
    • 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; workshop notes and instructions will be provided.
📅 Saturday 16 August 2025
⏰ 9:30am to 1:00pm
📍Rear Hall, St. Faith's Church, 8 Charles St., Glen Iris VIC 3146
💲Members $TBC; Non-members $TBC

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.

Registration opening soon

Expression of interest via email
Let the secretary know you wish to attend via email to secretary{at}vbg.net.au, including your name and best contact number. We will be in touch once workshop is on sale.