Workshop | Saddle Stitch Bookbinding: Reflecting on 2025

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Saddle Stitch Bookbinding Workshop: Reflecting on 2025

January 10 | 2–4 PM | $65 All materials provided

Participants are encouraged to reflect on their experiences and select one visual moment from each month—bringing a minimum of 12 photographs (4 × 6 inches), with the option to include more. In addition to photographs, attendees are welcome to bring archival or found materials, ephemera, and small objects to incorporate into their books during the decorative process.

Led by Artist-in-Residence Andrea Sarcos, the workshop will include a guided demonstration of saddle stitch binding, as well as a presentation of hand-bound book samples from her personal collection. Andrea will also share work she created during the PhotoBook as Object workshop with Yumi Goto in 2023, offering inspiration and context for approaching the photobook as a tactile, expressive object.

What to Expect:
Using the saddle stitch binding technique and thread, students will learn the fundamentals of hand bookbinding while assembling a personalized book that captures their most significant moments from the year.By the end of the session, participants will leave with a completed hand-bound book and a foundational understanding of saddle stitch bookbinding—creating a lasting vessel for reflection, renewal, and the year ahead.

Andrea is a freelance photographer, educator and interdisciplinary artist. Since 2018 she has taught photography classes to students K-12 as a Senior Artist in Residence at the Boys and Girls Club of Palm Beach County, the fifth largest Club organization in the United States. Sharing her knowledge of photography, she sparked interest in hundreds of young kids who have learned how to use digital cameras, tell a story visually, create interesting portraits and intentionally explore their communities.

Andrea curates an annual group exhibit of her students' best work of the year to be on display at Florida Atlantic University’s Schmidt Gallery. Other exhibits of her students' work include the Dolly Hand Cultural Arts Center in Belle Glade and the Lighthouse ArtCenter in Tequesta.

She has led educational trips with National Geographic Student Expeditions and Putney Student Travel, focusing on photography while collaborating with experts in other fields like biology and science.

Andrea is based in Boca Raton, Florida. Her work focuses on issues surrounding identity, migration, memory through the lens of visual storytelling. Her photography journey began in high school seeing her images come to life in darkroom chemicals. She received dual bachelors degrees in Journalism and Visual Art Studies from the University of Florida (2015). She became an Artist in Residence at Arts Warehouse in Delray Beach, FL, in March of 2025.

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