Intermediate Book Binding: the French Link Stitch

Intermediate Book Binding: the French Link StitchDuring this 2 hour workshop you will learn a very handsome, quick and simple way to bind your own personal sketchbook or journal: The French Link stick requires no glue or special tools, just artist paper, a heavy grade cover paper, and needle and thread. You will receive hands on education as the instructor Thayer Bray will take you step by step through sewing and binding your own personal journal or sketchbook. At the end of the class you will have one or more handmade books that you bound yourself!***NOTE!**** This is an intro/ intermediary class.*This class requires moderate hand strength and a dexterity.*Masks optional*Passes MUST be purchased prior to the start of class.This class is produced by by Greenhouse Print Space, and hosted at Kansas City Artists Coalition

Thayer N.G. Bray is a draw-er, printmaker, bookbinder, and sculptor based in Kansas City. He earned a BFA in printmaking and a minor in Art History from KU in 2009 and an MBA from UMKC in 2023. For almost a decade he was shop assistant, then edition printer, at the Lawrence Lithography Workshop in Kansas City, MO. His last solo show, Caregivers, was exhibited in May 2023 in Kansas City. He is the Director of Exhibitions at Kansas City Artists Coalition, and the owner and director of Greenhouse Print Space, Greehouse Print Space is an artist-run, community access print studio in Kansas City. GPS has the largest collection of presses and print equipment outside of academia in the KC region, and offers access passes, studio spaces, classes and workshops, and a monthly, free to attend Print Club.

Host or Publisher Kansas City Artists Coalition