Your Book of Spells: Historical Book Structures: Faux Limp Vellum

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When:

Tuesday, October 14, 2014 - 1:30pm - 3:00pm

Where:

Who: for children ages 8 to 18 years. Parents may also choose to participate and create a Book of Spells for their own.
Parents with younger children may arrange for another attending adult to assume responsibility for assisting their children in the classroom.

How much:
Cost for Child/Student: $9.90
Cost for Participating Adult/Educator: $9.90
Cost for Assisting Adult/Educator: $0.00

Please register by: Friday, September 26, 2014 - 5:00pm

Description

No dragoneer would be caught without an all essential personal Book of Spells! Use ancient tacket binding and faux leather with sewn pages to create a lovely book that is reminiscent of books from the Middle Ages. This Book of Spells is sturdy and flexible with a faux leather strap closure and will be used by Dragoneer's to record the secrets they unlock at all other gatherings for the year.

Dragoneer's will bring their Book of Spells to all future Dragon's Lair gatherings to create a personal depository of the secrets uncovered.

Dress for mess! Casual clothes and rubber-soled shoes are recommended.

1-hour workshop will be followed by a 30-minute walking tour of the Open Book building and the larger literary community.

"The tacket binding is one of the most beautiful of the historical models to reproduce. Defined by coils of thread snaking up and down its spine, it is simple to construct and dazzling to behold. This form of binding has been used since the the second century AD, in Nag Hammadi bindings, using leather and papyrus. Tacketing is a form of exposed binding, in which each folio is sewn directly onto the spine, rather than combined into a single text block, with visible stitching. Thread is then wound around the spine stitches, creating a distinctive look." — Tuesday Terms: Tacket Binding, from The Center for Book Arts in New York City.

Learn more
Please note that items in this list have not been vetted and may not be appropriate for your child.

• Five Hundred Years of Printing, by Sigfrid H. Steinberg (book)
• The book on the bookshelf, by Henry Petroski (book)
• Creating Handmade Books, by Alisa Golden (book)
• Making Handmade Books: 100+ Bindings, Structures & Forms, by Alisa Golden (book)
• Bookbinding: Its Background and Technique, by Edith Dieh (book)
• Literacy Through the Book Arts, by Paul Johnson (book)
• Pictures & Words Together: Children Illustrating and Writing Their Own Books, by Paul Johnson (book)
• Bookbinding, from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (webpage)
• Grimoires: A History of Magic Books, by Owen Davies (book)
• The book of grimoires : the secret grammar of magic, by Claude Lecouteux (book)
• Secrets of the Magickal Grimoires: The Classical Texts of Magick Deciphered, by Aaron Leitch (book)
• Grimoire, from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (webpage)
• Grimoires & Spellbooks from The Rare Books and Special Collections Library at the University of Sydney
• Grimoires in the Miskatonic University Library (Miskatonic University is fictitious) (webpage)

DIY Skill: Stitcher
 DIY Challenge: Sew a Book Binding

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Payment must be received by: Tue, Sep 30, 2014 - 5:00pm

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Cancellation deadline: Fri, Sep 26, 2014 - 5:00pm

TO CANCEL BEFORE THE DEADLINE: 
(1) Please let the organizer know as soon as possible via email. 

TO CANCEL AFTER THE DEADLINE: 
(1) Let the organizer know as soon as possible via email. 
(2) No refunds can be made as the organizer has already paid for your tickets. 
(3) To avoid empty seats, please attempt to transfer your tickets to another family by posting the availability to the HSAdventures Yahoo Group (and elsewhere as appropriate). 
(3a) Any reimbursements should be handled privately between you and your substitute. 
(3b) Please let the organizer know about the substitution. 
 
TO CANCEL ON THE DAY OF THE EVENT: 
(1) It is not cool to just not show up. Please let the organizer know if you are unable to attend — via email, text message or voice mail. 
(2) To avoid empty seats, please attempt to find a last-minute substitute for your family by posting to the HSAdventures Yahoo Group (as well as through any other other methods at your disposal). 

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Please arrive by:

Please plan to arrive about 15 minutes early in order to have plenty of time to find parking, check in with the organizer, visit the bathrooms and otherwise be prepared for our program to start on time. Please plan to be early to avoid being late due to inadequate maps, confusing road signs, road construction, heavy traffic, parking difficulties, inclement weather or uncooperative children. 

Where to meet:

Please gather in the lobby of Open Book, by the coffee shop, unless directed elsewhere by the staff. Please check in with the organizer when you arrive. 

Food policy:

No food or beverages inside the classroom or on the tour. Open Book Café is located in the lobby on the first floor for before or after gathering snacks.

Parking information:

There is limited free parking is available in the Open Book lot adjacent to the building, and metered street parking, pay lots and public ramps are all available nearby. Reserved handicapped parking spaces are located near both the front and rear entrances to the building. Please do not park in spaces reserved for building tenants or staff. Be advised that events in the building may limit availability of spaces in the Open Book lot and that Metrodome events can affect parking availability in the neighborhood.

Directions:

The Open Book building is located in downtown Minneapolis on Washington Ave. S. between 10th and 11th Avenues, near the Metrodome and just across I-35W from the University of Minnesota’s West Bank campus. 

Bus: MCBA is located on Metro Transit bus routes 7 and 22. The nearest stop is at Washington Ave. S. and 11th St., just down the block from Open Book’s front doors.

Rail: MCBA is located five blocks east of the Downtown East/Metrodome light rail station.

Bicycle: Bike racks are available at the front of the building along Washington Ave., as well as at the rear entrance of the building.

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