Joelle Webber has spent forty years collecting book arts techniques in college & workshop settings. At Mermaid Bindery she binds books and boxes for others. As well as writing, paper decorating, collage, calligraphy, pop-up & paper sculpting to illustrate her own artist books. Building on these creative techniques, she designs workshops for many different communities of makers.
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CLASSES ~ Follow the title links to sign up for the fun!

​Paper Art in the Barn
​   Saturday, May 27th, 1-3pm
   Lulu's Barn, Westport Island
Meeting monthly, we will use simple paper sculpting & book binding techniques with festive materials to create seasonally themed crafts.
An afternoon of alpacas, chat & paper fun!
Tools & materials included.

Protect & Display Your Photographic Work 
​   Saturday, June 17, 9am-12pm & 1-4pm
   Online - Maine Media Workshops
​Pocket Accordion Book – Designed to add a collection of images into framed pocket pages.
Case Folder – A protective folder that holds loose leaf photographs, for storage or as a portfolio. 
Materials included.

Foundations in Hand Bound books 
​   Sunday, July 16, 9am-12pm
   Village Handcraft, Wiscasset
​A Hard Cover, Pamphlet Stitch Book – Learn the vocabulary of book anatomy, the tools needed for hand book binding & material considerations for making this beginner book. A single gathering book with many uses.

Summer Book Arts Workshop at USM
Kate Cheney Chappell 83 Center for Book Arts
​   Monday, July 31 - Sunday, August 6
​      Every day from 9am-5pm
   Portland Campus - Wishcamper Center
​In this college course of many workshops, I will introduce Essentials of Book and Paper Sculpting. 
Materials included.

Book Arts Intensive 2023 
Layers and More Layers! at  26 Split Rock Cove
​   September 8 - 10, 9:30 am - 5pm each day
Most processes are improved & enriched with multiple layers. Join us for three days of layering Gel Printing, Marbeling & Calligraphic Mark Making page decorating techniques.
Tools & materials included.

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Mermaid Bindery  I  Westport Island, Maine  I  mermaidlady @ gwi . net  I  Please email to join my mailing list.