This one-day workshop will introduce basic Coptic stitch binding from cover to cover. Students will learn how to create a small book with single and multiple-needle approaches. These beginning approaches will allow students to master the basic structure and rhythm needed to complete a single book before advancing to more complicated stitch techniques. Jennifer Omaitz holds an M.F.A. in painting from Kent State University and a B.F.A. in painting from the Cleveland Institute of Art. In 2016, Omaitz started JC Marbling after 14 months of independent research and experimentation with marbling. JC Marbling & Book Arts was founded to pursue the practice of marbling, book arts, and as a teaching platform for the craft of marbling. Omaitz currently works as an Interior Design instructor at Kent State and sells her handmade products at a variety of retailers in Northeast Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and at the Minnesota Center for the Book Arts.
