The Learning Zone

During the month of February, OCAD U Library Services: The Learning Zone hosted a series of Zine Library workshops to add to your creative zine-making arsenal.

The Learning Zone Librarian and long-time Zine Maker, Marta Chudolinska covered the basic principles of Hardcover Bookbinding, Linocut Printmaking and Embroidery on Paper that will give your zine that extra hand-made component to its production process.

The first of the series began with making a hardcover bookbinding. Paper, glue, stiff cardboard and fabric are all that is required to start the new journey into the ancient practice of bookbinding.

Marta’s recommended books on bookbinding: Books, boxes and portfolios: binding, construction, and design step-by-step by Franz Zeler and Keith A. Smith’s Non-adhesive binding series, Volume 1, Volume 2 and Volume 3. Both of these titles are available at the OCAD U Library.

Thanks to everyone that attended the Hardcover Bookbinding Workshop:)