Japanese Bookbinding
  • Minibooks & Notebooks
  • Skill Building

Learn the art of Japanese Bookbinding! Join Dana Fleckenstein as she shares the fundamentals of creating a journal with basic chipboard and paper.  You'll learn to use the Japanese stab binding technique to make a basic, and then how to transform it into a one of a kind journal with inserts and dividers. Use your finished book as a journal, or turn it into a mini album—the possibilities are endless!

  • What you'll learn +
    • Basic Japanese stab binding technique (4-hole binding)
    • Steps, tips and tricks to create a stab-bound notebook
    • How to cover chipboard to create book covers
    • Bind and decorate a quick softcover mini album
Lessons
  1. 1. Cover the Chipboard
  2. 2. Prepare the Covers & Inside Pages
  3. 3. Bind the Notebook
  4. 4. Stab-bound Mini Album
Related Classes
Japanese Bookbinding
  • Minibooks & Notebooks
  • Skill Building

Learn the art of Japanese Bookbinding! Join Dana Fleckenstein as she shares the fundamentals of creating a journal with basic chipboard and paper.  You'll learn to use the Japanese stab binding technique to make a basic, and then how to transform it into a one of a kind journal with inserts and dividers. Use your finished book as a journal, or turn it into a mini album—the possibilities are endless!

  • What you'll learn +
    • Basic Japanese stab binding technique (4-hole binding)
    • Steps, tips and tricks to create a stab-bound notebook
    • How to cover chipboard to create book covers
    • Bind and decorate a quick softcover mini album