Quarterly Bookbinding Challenge

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Two simultaneous challenges are sent out to chapter members each quarter. The first is a book structure for you to try. The second will be a skill building challenge. We all have things we want to improve upon, so here’s your nudge to do it! Feel free to do one challenge or the other or both. 

 

We meet on Zoom every 3 months and present what we made, what we learned, and any tips and tricks we picked up along the way.

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2025

• Fall - October 28th

  • Book structure - Dragon scale binding

  • Skill building - inlays & onlays

    • Cutting onlays

    • Back pared onlays​

• Summer

  • Book structure - piano hinge

  • Skill building - leather manipulation

• Spring

  • Book structure - dos-a-dos

  • Skill building - tooling

• Winter

  • Book structure - triangle accordion

  • Skill building - endbands

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Monthly virtual meetups

The Wasatch chapter hosts a monthly virtual meeting in partnership with the Rocky Mountain chapter. Topics have included studio tours, a discussion about a bookbinding article, a presentation on Grangerization.