Wesley Spectrum:Book Binding

This is a high school class that meets everyday for 38 minutes. The focus of this class is bookmaking and book arts. The learner objectives for this course are:

• Students will understand the process of book making and be able to produce their own unique books
• Students will be able to identify the parts of a book, as well as various forms of bookmaking
• Students will be able to alter a book to create a new piece of art

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11/ 27/ 2013

11/ 25/ 2013

Today students completed their books by adding their signatures to the spine. Students watched a teacher demonstration, and then sewed their own signatures into their books.

11/ 15/ 2013

Students continued to create their book covers using the new techniques they have learned. Next we will begin sewing in our signatures into the books that students have created. 

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11/ 14/ 2013

After students completed their first signature, they watched a teacher demonstration on how to create a book cover. Students began to create book covers using new techniques for their signatures. 

11/ 7/ 2013

Students were introduced to book-making as an art form. As a class, we discussed the part of a book and tools that are used in the art of book-making. Students watched a teacher demonstration on how to create a one signature book and began to create a signature. 

 Signature: A grouping of pages in a book, that are attached to the spine