Sunday, December 14, 2025
10am – 4pm
Join Cristina for a day of bookmaking at the Eliot School in Boston’s Jamaica Plain. Japanese Puncture/Stab Books workshop.
This all-day workshop will explore a beloved book structure: the Japanese puncture (or “stab”) binding. This technique is especially useful as it joins individual sheets into a text block. The sheets can be edited and sequenced by the artist, then bound, resequenced, and then bound again and again! Perfect for visual journals, print collections, photo albums, signature books, and upscale scrapbooking. You will find the Japanese puncture book has endless uses.
It features an exposed side stitch which can be embellished with beads, buttons, and even botanicals or personal charms. We’ll cover the traditional Japanese 4-hole stitch pattern, as well as other decorative variations. Both soft and hardbound versions will be completed. Exciting book cloth, handmade marbled and paste papers, linen threads and ribbons, and all you’ll need will be provided for inspiration.
The Eliot School of Fine & Applied Arts 
Amory Classroom, Eliot School Annex, 253 Amory St., Jamaica Plain, MA
Open to all media and skill levels.
Please bring drinks, snacks and lunch.
$30 materials fee payable to instructor in class.
Info HERE
