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Make a Book!

Bookbinding 101 with CAW instructor Paulette Rosen

2024-06-01 10:30:00 2024-06-01 12:30:00 America/New_York Make a Book! Have you always wanted to learn how to make a book? Learn to sew a 1 section pamphlet with an accordion fold-out page, then adapt it into a hardcover book embellished with decorative paper. Ives Main Library - Tinker Lab

Saturday, June 01
10:30am - 12:30pm

Add to Calendar 2024-06-01 10:30:00 2024-06-01 12:30:00 America/New_York Make a Book! Have you always wanted to learn how to make a book? Learn to sew a 1 section pamphlet with an accordion fold-out page, then adapt it into a hardcover book embellished with decorative paper. Ives Main Library - Tinker Lab

Ives Main Library

Tinker Lab

Have you always wanted to learn how to make a book? Learn to sew a 1 section pamphlet with an accordion fold-out page, then adapt it into a hardcover book embellished with decorative paper.

All materials will be provided.

Registration is required. For safety reasons, participants must be 15 years of age or older. Please only register for one session. 

Paulette Rosen is the head of the Book Arts Department at Creative Arts Workshop.  A lifelong artist, she has a degree in early childhood development, and spent 15 years in that field.  Now, she uses her love of the arts to teach individuals of all ages. 

This program is generously sponsored by the Marie Boroff Grant from the Elizabethan Club of Yale University.

Ives Main Library

Phone: 203-946-8130

Hours
Mon, Jul 01 Closed
Tue, Jul 02 Closed
Wed, Jul 03 Closed
Thu, Jul 04 9:00AM to 5:30PM
Fri, Jul 05 Closed
Sat, Jul 06 Closed
Sun, Jul 07 Closed

About the branch

The Ives Main Library, designed by renowned architect, Cass Gilbert in 1911, is a cornerstone of the historic New Haven Green. The facility is a community treasure and features unique design details, including several WPA-era murals. Ives is open 54 hours a week, Monday-Saturday, and houses major public service departments for children and teens as well as adult reference, a computer tech center and Ives Squared, a newly renovated space for innovation and entrepreneurship.

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