Bind Your Legacy
The Art of Bookbinding
Learn timeless techniques, simplified for today’s creative, so you can craft journals and sketchbooks that are personal, soulful, and enduring—and discover a practice that deepens your creativity, slows your days, and leaves you with heirloom-worthy books.
Doors opens on 6th November.
More than craft. An artful, enduring practice.
In an age where our memories and stories are scattered across social feeds and vanishing platforms, bookbinding offers something radical: permanence you can hold in your hands.
This course is about uncovering yourself through the tactile rhythm of making.
Each handmade book becomes a vessel for memory, ancestry, creativity, or simply the beauty of your daily life.
As one FOUNDING student shared,
“it’s not just a bookbinding course,
it’s full of beauty and attention to detail.
It’s informative, calming and fills me with hope!”
~Grace Maria
Traditional bookbinding can feel intimidating: the tools, the measuring, the perfectionism.
The Art of Bookbinding changes that.
With 20 years of experience as a self-taught bookbinder, I’ve learnt how to simplify traditional methods and infuse them with emotional resonance, so you can focus on creating books that feel meaningful, personal, and alive.
At the core of this course is the principle of adaptation… customising traditional bookbinding techniques to suit your life, your creativity, your pace, and your budget.
A practice that is open to improvisation, bends the rules, values play and imperfection, makes space for curiosity and experimentation, all while honouring traditional aspects of bookbinding.
By the end of the course, you won’t just know a few stitches, you’ll hold a complete toolbox of techniques…
Enough to craft sketchbooks, notebooks, full cloth and leather softbacks, various styles of hardbacks and case-bound volumes. In all, about a dozen distinct forms that bridge centuries of tradition and today’s creativity. Layer on various ways of creating beautiful decorative fore-edges, your own book cloth as well as hand sewn endbands and you’ve got a plethora of one-of-a-kind variations to explore!
No other course gives you this balance of tradition and freedom, precision, play and community… in fact there is no other course out there like it, that’s why I created it!
TAoB is a beautiful resource and a body of knowledge you can keep returning to at your own pace.
What The Art of Bookbinding Founders Say:
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I've dreamed of learning traditional bookbinding, when I found your course, I signed up without hesitation. Thank you for giving me the tools and courage to begin.
Maggie Jane
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I couldn't ask for a better teacher, it feels so relaxing to learn from you. Thank you for helping me to level up my skills!
Toni Syrmopoulos -
It's like stepping into a vibrant world of craft and visual atmosphere. Expertly structured lessons with clear demonstrations, precision and clarity, leaving me with beautiful, handcrafted journals and a deep sense of accomplishment. This course feels like a gift!
Tanya Panitzki
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When I finished my first book, it was pure magic! I was so delighted and shocked that I could create a book! Since then, I have not turned back and love bookbinding so much. Looking forward to continuing to learn new techniques.
Jen TY
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It's like bookbinding heaven and it feels like we are with you in your lovely bindery, picking up nice papers and threads, touching beautiful fabrics and textures, watching out the window.
Valerie A
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I'm absolutely loving this course, I just adore your teaching style and the new techniques I'm learning. Joining TAoB was the best decision!
Lizzie Dewey
By the end of your journey through The Art of Bookbinding, you’ll learn how to:
Craft simple notebooks and sketchbooks using accessible single-section bindings, perfect for capturing quick ideas, sketches or daily journaling.
Experiment with decorative stitches like Japanese stab bindings, swatchbooks — transforming even scraps and experiments into works of beauty.
Master multiple-section bindings including coptic chain stitch, French link stitch, sewing on linen tapes and raised cords, so you can create durable journals and artist books that invite daily use
Explore fine-art finishes such as decorative book edges and endpapers. hand sewn endbands and turning fabrics you love into bookcloth for covering full cloth and quarter-leather journals—the kinds of touches that turn a handmade book into an cherished object.
Design bespoke creations that serve your own practice: a painter’s sketchbook, a writer’s companion, a photographer’s archive, or a vessel for pressed botanicals and collage.
From Foundations to Flourishes:
A Repertoire of Skills You Can Adapt to Your Creative Needs.
Doors opens on 6th November for a limited time.
The Bibliophiles Community
In addition to all the beautiful bindings you’ll create, you’ll also get access to a bustling community of booklovers like you, The Bibliophiles. This private community is where you can come to get or share inspiration, offer feedback to one another, and showcase your work.
Here are just a few examples of the stunning creations made by founding students; from complete beginners to those with some experience who are now looking to up-skill and find community.
Student Showcase
Kind Words from Founders
Hello, I’m Moneeza,
I’m a bookbinder, vintage textile collector, block printer, photographer, storyteller and everyday beauty seeker. Some call it being a multifaceted artist —I simply call it being curiously creative.
For over twenty years, I’ve been romancing the art of bookbinding, captivated by how it lets me weave together all my loves: painting, photography, embroidery, collage, block printing, and vintage textiles. To me, bookbinding has always been more than craft. It’s a conceptual art form and an evolving narration of my own life.
My bookbinding practice helped me heal from a life-threatening diagnosis and continues to help me live with a chronic illness by moving at a slower, more mindful pace. It’s meditative, grounding, and has given me an abundantly beautiful business I can run from home, something I’m deeply grateful for.
Whether you’re a beginner or have made a few books and need to level up your skills, I’m here to guide you to take your next step. To find your own rhythm in this beautiful, timeless art form. To create books that carry your voice, your creativity, and your legacy.