Location
Stables Studio
Making an Oriental Book
Sunday 28 May 2023
Closing Date 26 May
Tutor: Gail Stiffe
The rolled scroll was the dominant book form in Asia from the 5th to the 10th century. It was then replaced by an accordion style book which made it easier to read and handle. Almost without exception the pages of Japanese books are of double thickness. This is because the fluid ink used for calligraphy and wood-block printing would bleed through the absorbent hand-made papers, and because the earlier frottage wood-block printing process damaged the reverse side of the paper. The development of the book in Japan was closely linked to the development of printing. From the early 14th Century the most popular book in Japan was a pouch book or Yotsume Toji, where folded pages were bound on the cut side of the sheet, there are two versions, a four hole version originating in China and a five hole in Korea
Participants in the workshop will make a hard cover concertina (orihon), soft cover five hole toji binding and a ledger book (daifuko cho). The toji and daifuko books are useful forms for single sheet binding. The orihon book form is one of the most useful forms for artist books and would be suitable for displaying photographs.
Bookings
Bookings are closed for this workshop.