Sunday, Sept 20, 2026
10:30 am – 4:00 pm (Half-hour break, bring a bagged lunch)
$155 non-members | $130 members
$25 materials fee paid directly to the Instructor
Location: Arts Benicia Annex, 991 Tyler Street, Suite 116, Benicia
Levels: All levels
Age minimum: 18+
Minimum 4 | Maximum 8
Class Description: Japanese Stab Binding is one of the most useful methods of simple binding available to create an art book. It elegantly holds together single sheets of paper in a slightly heavier protective cover and back with decorative stitches along the bound edge. This class will teach all the basics for successfully binding using the stab binding method —including some variations on the traditional form. Several binding stitches will be shown. Students will take home a model blank book of their own making at the end of the session. This class is perfect for a beginner in the Book Arts as well as for those with binding experience.
Notes: PLEASE BRING A BAGGED LUNCH. IF YOU ARE A BOOK ARTIST, PLEASE BRING SAMPLES OF YOUR WORK TO SHARE WITH THE CLASS
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Ronna Leon studied printmaking at UCSB’s College of Creative Studies. Raised in a family with a small press and publishing business, she has had a lifelong love of graphic arts, ink, and paper. She has experience teaching monotype, etching, collographic, and lithographic techniques. She adds to her own skills with new developments in printmaking which she shares with workshop participants. Her own work has been featured in a variety of small exhibitions within the United States and abroad, and she has had a solo show at the Benicia Public Library, Marilyn O’Rourke Gallery. For the past twelve years, she has directed the Printmaker’s Workshop for Arts Benicia.
Instructor email: ronnaleon@mac.com