This class schedule was updated on May12th, 2010.

All the classes below will run. There is room in most of them for more students. All classes include materials, a delicious lunch and dessert., and printed instructions.  A $40 nonrefundable deposit is required for each class. (If classes don't run, you get a full refund).

Paste paper--Saturday, May 22nd, 10-3PM. Spend a delirious day making your year's supply of this wonderful stuff. Luminaria folding lesson optional. $85 includes lunch, materials & instructions.

Chitsu & Japanese Sidebound Book--Saturday, May 29th, 9:30-4:30. Make a lovely sidebound book with Yuzen Shi or paste paper, and a classical Japanese hardbound case with bone clasps to enfold it. $85 includes lunch, materials, and instructions. [FULL]

Hardbound Book/Wedding Album--Saturday, June 5th, 9:30-4:30.This is a classic hardbound book sewn on tapes, with stubs for inclusion of photos, bound using book cloth (minimally for the spine, or if you choose, the whole book), with paste paper, marbled paper or Yuzen Shi Japanese paper for covers/endpapers. Some bookbinding experience will be helpful for this class. $85 plus a $5 materials fee. The book can do double duty as a guest register and photo album.You can see an example on the Gallery page (under "Commissions" on my website. Consult with me in advance for color matching.

**NEW**: The Chinese Sewing Box (Etui)--Saturday, June 19 & Sunday June 20th, 10-4. Make a gorgeous Chinese box with lid that--when removed--allows the box walls to fall open, revealing needles, thimble, and other sewing treasures. This class requires some bookbinding experience. The skills you learn for this box are applicable to many other kinds of boxes and structures. 2-day class $130.

The 2nd Annual Deer Isle Bookbinding Retreat at Conary Cove--Sunday, August 8th -Friday, August 13th. The fee is $625, and includes room and most board, materials, printed instructions and the workshop itself. We will make gorgeous paste paper, bind a large coptic journal, learn journal-keeping techniques (in both writing and art) and have a delicious 6 days and 5 nights in a wonderful funky old house right on the water in Deer Isle near Haystack. THIS WORKSHOP FILLS VERY FAST; if you're interested, please let me know ASAP.

NOTE: If you're from out of town and need a place to stay overnight, do check out Schoolhouse Number 10! Make a weekend of it with your family or friends.

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Please note there is an error in the directions from the South. Go right, not left, from the exit ramp off I-91, toward Bernardston. Also, I recently discovered that the road sign is missing at the Weatherhead Hollow turn off from Keets Brook Rd.  The first stop sign on Keets Brook Rd. IS Weatherhead Hollow. Sorry for any confusion.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

FROM THE NORTH: take I-91 South to exit 1, go south (right) on rte 5 toward Guilford, and in less than a mile, turn right in front of the Guilford Country Store onto Guilford Center Rd. Follow that for a little less than 2 miles, and turn left onto Weatherhead Hollow Rd. Follow that for about six miles until you pass Weatherhead Hollow Pond (a large pond on your left). You will see the Franklin Farm (and farm store) on your right. Just after that is Packer Corners Rd on the right. Take that for 1.6 miles, then turn right onto S. Belden Hill Rd. You will pass our small refurbished schoolhouse on the corner ("Schoolhouse No. 10"), then a gray barn on the right, then you'll see a white house and red barn. That's me! Park on the side of the road or near the barn.

FROM THE SOUTH: Take I-91 North to Exit 28b in Bernardston Massachusetts, and go left from the off-ramp. Turn right (North) when the road dead-ends into Route 5. After several miles, turn left on Keets Brook Rd. and follow it through the valley until it comes to Weatherhead Hollow Rd. Turn left and pass the Franklin Farm, then take a right on Packer Corners Rd. and follow that for 1.6 miles. Turn right onto S. Belden Hill Rd. Our refurbished schoolhouse ("Schoolhouse No. 10") is on the corner, then a gray barn on the right, then a white house and red barn. Park on the side of the road or near the barn.

For a charming local accommodation, see Schoolhouse Number 10 (our 2-BR refurbished 18th century schoolhouse).

For additional local accommodation nearby, see the Cabin at Bear Meadow (http://www.vtcabin.com/).