Perfectly Bound Books

McCall Hollister is a museum worker, visual artist, and bookbinder. Working primarily through handbound photobooks, Hollister combines writing and photography to explore psychogeographical landscapes and transition. Hollister received their BA in Arts & Humanities from Michigan State University in 2019, and their Masters in Fine Arts and Museum Studies from the School of Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University in 2024. They work as a freelance art handler and bookbinding instructor, based in Boston, MA. Their work can be found at mccallhollister.com.

Design, print, and bind a perfect-bound book! Inspired by the vast field of artist's books, students will explore page relationships and sequencing of information to create an approximately 50 page book.
Perfect binding is a versatile glue-based structure, no sewing required. Whether you're looking to print an existing project or just looking to explore a new structure, students will leave with their own bound book.

The materials fee for this class is $12. This is separate from the ticket price and is to reimburse the instructor for any tools or materials used in this class. This will be paid once, directly to the instructor at the start of the first class meeting. This instructor accepts payments through Cash or Venmo.

• Basics of Adobe InDesign
• How to sequence a project and general book layout
• Organizing digital files for print
• Tool Testing for perfect binder and stack cutter

Paper for one 50 page 6x9" book per student.

USB drive, projects-in-progress or project ideas (text, image, etc.)

Students must be 18 or older. Experimentation encouraged! No experience required, open to all.

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*Sales end 24 hours before the start of the class to allow the instructor and staff time to prep.

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