Tutorials

Are you interested in learning something new but don’t want to leave the comfort of your desk, couch, or… ahem… Tutorials are like a free sample at the grocery store. We know you’ll want to sneak a couple when that lady with the tongs isn’t looking. We hope you’ll be hungry enough to take one of our in-person workshops, multi-week classes, or Master Classes soon! Tutorials are released here and / or on our Youtube channel on a semi-regular basis.

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Marbling Paper with Sarah Noreen
Marbling Paper with Sarah Noreen

In this ABH Tutorial, Sarah Noreen demonstrates how to marble paper.

Sarah Noreen grew up in Thailand and Saudi Arabia and had traveled to eleven different countries by the time she was twelve. Inspired by travel, she is drawn to designs and patterns that are striking, exotic, traditional as well as modern. Some may have cultural significance, others merely beautiful.

Longstitch Variations with Regin Igloria
Longstitch Variations with Regin Igloria

In his second video for Artists Book House Tutorials, artist and ABH Board Member Regin Igloria returns to demonstrate a basic longstitch variation for binding a book.

Typesetting Daredevil Furniture with Jessica Spring of Springtide Press
Typesetting Daredevil Furniture with Jessica Spring of Springtide Press

In this short tutorial, Jessica Spring of Tacoma's Springtide Press demonstrates how to set type in curves or angles, utilizing Springtide's specialized Daredevil Furniture.

Creating Decorative Tapes for Exposed Spines with Jamie Thome
Creating Decorative Tapes for Exposed Spines with Jamie Thome

In this second video of our new Artists Book House Tutorials series, artist and ABH Board Member Jamie Thome demonstrates how to make your own decorative tapes for exposed spine structures.

Making a Mold and Deckle with Andrea Peterson
Making a Mold and Deckle with Andrea Peterson

In this first video of our new Artists Book House Tutorials series, artist and papermaker Andrea Peterson teaches you how to make a simple Japanese Sugeta-style mold and deckle for hand paper making. Then she demonstrates how to use the Sugeta to pull western style sheets.

Starting Off Strong: Getting the Most Out of Your Fiction From Page One with Todd Summar
Starting Off Strong: Getting the Most Out of Your Fiction From Page One with Todd Summar

In this fifth video of our new Open House Virtual Book Arts Workshops, Todd Summar discusses tips, guidelines, and writing exercises you can use to develop a strong first draft of a short story or novel.

Easy Printmaking at Home with Raychel Steinbach
Easy Printmaking at Home with Raychel Steinbach

In this fourth video of our new Open House Virtual Book Arts Workshops, Raychel Steinbach shows how to create easy printmaking projects at home using basic artists tools and materials, erasers and potatoes.

Easy Papermaking at Home with Jamie Thome
Easy Papermaking at Home with Jamie Thome

In this third video of our new Open House Virtual Book Arts Workshops, ABH Board Member Jamie Thome shows how to make handmade paper circles, using items you currently have around your house!

Three Fold Out Techniques for Interactive Mail Art with Hannah Batsel
Three Fold Out Techniques for Interactive Mail Art with Hannah Batsel

In this second video of our new Open House Virtual Book Arts Workshops, Hannah Batsel shows how to take card stock, paint and a little imagination to create fun interactive mail art you can send to friends and family.

Basic Handmade Books Using Recycled Materials with Regin Igloria
Basic Handmade Books Using Recycled Materials with Regin Igloria

In this first video of our new Open House Virtual Book Arts Workshops, Regin Igloria shows how to take recycled cereal, donut and granola boxes (and also pizza boxes, coffee, and rice bags,) and turn them into covers for simple pamphlet stitch books that you can make with minimal time and tools.