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Online workshop: Decorative techniques for leather bindings.

KH
Karen Hanmer
Tue, Jul 29, 2025 6:37 PM

Decorative Techniques online workshop.

Tuesdays | November 4 - December 9 | 5 sessions | There will be no class
session on November 25

Gain competence with a variety of decorative techniques for use on
leather bindings. These techniques require minimal equipment and modest
leatherworking skill, and some can also be applied to cloth or paper.

  • Onlay techniques: traditional onlay, feathered onlay, backpared
    onlay, computer-designed onlay shapes
  • Inlay Techniques: traditional inlay, incised lines and shapes,
    inlaid leather line
  • Surface alterations: Craquele, lacunose (abstract sanded leather
    collage), expedited lacunose with paper, sprinkling gold leaf onto
    leather, pochoir, sanding, laser printing on leather, laminating
    image on paper for use as an inlay
  • Adding texture: stamping texture into leather, sculptural boards,
    puckered leather, wrapped leather boards

Registration and more information:
https://karenhanmer.com/gallery/p/decorative-techniques-workshop


The online format is a series of live tutorials via Zoom. The tutorials
are recorded and the videos are available to registered students for 90
days. Students need not be present for the live sessions. Workshop fee
includes supplies and a detailed handout, which are mailed to arrive in
time for the first session. Zoom links will be sent the week before
class, and a tool list no later than three weeks in advance.

--
Karen Hanmer

www.karenhanmer.com
Karen Hanmer Book Arts. Since 1997 answering the question
"What will I do with my liberal arts degree?"

Decorative Techniques online workshop. Tuesdays | November 4 - December 9 | 5 sessions | There will be no class session on November 25 Gain competence with a variety of decorative techniques for use on leather bindings. These techniques require minimal equipment and modest leatherworking skill, and some can also be applied to cloth or paper. * Onlay techniques: traditional onlay, feathered onlay, backpared onlay, computer-designed onlay shapes * Inlay Techniques: traditional inlay, incised lines and shapes, inlaid leather line * Surface alterations: Craquele, lacunose (abstract sanded leather collage), expedited lacunose with paper, sprinkling gold leaf onto leather, pochoir, sanding, laser printing on leather, laminating image on paper for use as an inlay * Adding texture: stamping texture into leather, sculptural boards, puckered leather, wrapped leather boards Registration and more information: https://karenhanmer.com/gallery/p/decorative-techniques-workshop * * * The online format is a series of live tutorials via Zoom. The tutorials are recorded and the videos are available to registered students for 90 days. Students need not be present for the live sessions. Workshop fee includes supplies and a detailed handout, which are mailed to arrive in time for the first session. Zoom links will be sent the week before class, and a tool list no later than three weeks in advance. -- Karen Hanmer www.karenhanmer.com Karen Hanmer Book Arts. Since 1997 answering the question "What will I do with my liberal arts degree?"