Drum Leaf Binding – suitable for all levels

Drum leaf binding is an adhesive book structure made up of single folded folios.

Pages are ‘drummed’ at the spine and foredge, then the spine and cover are attached. Only one side of each folio is visible when the book is bound, making it a great structure for binding prints, drawings and the like, when only one side of the paper has been used. This is a book with no stitching, allowing full page spreads uninterrupted by rows of thread in the centre folds. It can be made from a wide range of paper types. This binding style lies quite flat and is fairly easy to construct.

This book structure is great for binding existing artwork, or you can also use blank pages readying it for making your mark.

Tutor: Avril Makula – A book artist, book designer, bookbinder and owner of Alphabet City Press. In her current practice, she prints and binds books using both new and old technologies, takes discarded books and restructures them into new forms, and makes prints using letter shapes. While much of her work explores the book as art using typography, geometry and colour as content, she finds herself increasingly influenced by the natural

To book a place, please register at canberrabookbinders@gmail.com

A list of what to bring in your kit will be provided following registration.

Date:     Saturday 12 July 2025

Time:    9.30am – 4.30pm

Venue: Room 3, Hughes Community Centre, Wisdom St, Hughes, ACT

Fee: $120 for Canberra Craft Bookbinders Guild members ($160 for non-members).

Cancellation policy

Refunds are given on any cancellations up to 12 hours before the course and for substantial grounds on the day of the course.