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. […]
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Private Bookmaking Workshop with Cristina Hajosy Workshop Title: Japanese Puncture Stab Books Date & Time: Wednesday, December 4, 2024 from 10:30am to 3:30pm Location: Canton, MA Limited to 5 students Tuition: $125 Includes all materials, technique handouts and lunch! This all-day workshop will explore a beloved book structure: the Japanese puncture (or “stab”) binding. This […]
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This all-day workshop will explore another beloved book structure, the Japanese Puncture binding. It’s also referred to as a “stab” binding, but I prefer the more formal and elegant title. This technique is especially useful because it joins individual sheets. The sheets can be edited and sequenced by the artist, then bound, resequenced and bound again, and again – verses filling a bound book. A little freedom can spark creativity. This is my favorite artist’s book for visual journals, print collections, photo albums, signature books, and upscale scrapbooking. Private Bookmaking Workshop – Japanese Puncture Artist’s Books – Sunday, August 23, 2015 from 10am to 4pm
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