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This binding, traditionally known as "alla rustica," was widely in use in Venice in the eighteenth century and appreciated for its simplicity, lightness and low cost.
It gives a good opening of the volume and is completely reversible: the sections, traditionally sewn on alun tawed leather strings, are set up on fine cord or tape of ramie (both less bulky and thick than leather), whose ends are then connected and attached directly to the cover.
This consists of a simple rectangle of a thin soft cotton card, which traditionally is folded inward on all four sides (head, tail and fore edges), to which are glued the endpapers.
There are many examples of these bindings, sometimes with a simple strip of monochrome paper glued at the spine to hide the sewing supports, and with nice title labels, often handwritten; in some cases the bindings are covered with decorated papers with bright colors, which protect and adorn the cover: marbled, dominotées, or pasted papers.
During the workshop we will make a binding with a cover in khadi Indian paper, covered with decorated paper.
Also, it will be possible to make a small mock-up of the structure, in order to keep track for future reference.
LOCATION
The course will take place at Professione Libro,
Via Angelo Del Bon 1, Milan - I
TIME TABLE
Saturday 3 - 6,30 pm
Sunday 9,30 am - 1 pm and 2,30 - 6,30 pm
MATERIALS
Each participant should bring a pair of volumes unbound, ready for sewing (we will choose together the one which better suits); format not exceeding A5 (21x15 cm), maximum thickness 15 mm. Also, you will need decorated paper to line the cover (marbled, paste, chiyogami, lokta, batik... anyway soft paper, long natural fiber, like cotton, hemp, linen), weight about 90-110 gsm. The 50x70 cm format will suffice. You can also bring a paper label on which you have already printed the title, to be applied to the spine at the end of the work.
REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT
Registration must be made before the closing date.
Participation fee: 170 euro, including costs of materials and the use of tools provided by the organizers.
Joining the association is necessary: membership 25 euro.
There is limited availability so you are invited to book early. Payment dates will determine booking priorities.
Closing date for enrolment and payment of the fee: 28 January 2017.
CANCELLATION - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY
Enrolment must be cancelled in writing.
If the cancellation letter is posted two weeks or more before the workshop begins, the participation fee will be refunded minus a 15% cancellation charge.
If the cancellation letter is posted less than two weeks but before the closing date of enrollments, then the participation fee will be refunded minus a 50% cancellation charge.
No refund will be given in case of cancellation after the closing date. Yet, if a person on the waiting list could take over, the fee will be refunded in full (to the exclusion of any membership fee paid contextually, covering the administration costs).
No refund will be given if, once registered and without further communication, the student doesn't partecipate.
In case the minimum number of participants should not be reached, the course will be cancelled and the whole fee refunded.
The confirmation of the feasibility of the workshop will be announced to the participants after the closing of entries, or when the minimum number of enrolments will be reached.