Brandon Harringtonbookbinder, community educator, library worker
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Workshops & Education

Group workshops & private lessons are available for scheduling. Facilitator provides basic bookbinding tools for up to 15 participants. Pricing available upon request; quotes provided based on project scope and budget. Some (not all!) options below:

Check out current and past workshops here

  • Bookbinding BasicsA beginner-friendly bookbinding workshop where you’ll sew a simple pamphlet notebook—perfect for zines, journals, or chapbooks—and take home your own handmade book. We’ll provide all materials and guide you step by step through the process. No experience needed. 
  • Pocket Journal-Making (Sewn-Boards Binding)Participants learn the sewn-boards binding style, a bookbinding technique that requires minimal materials and tools while creating a book that lies flat when open, excellent for writing, drawing, planning, etc. Each participant will take home a 120-page blank pocket-size journal.
  • Bookbinding for Library Workers A hands-on workshop for library staff exploring bookbinding terms, tools, and techniques. Connect creative making with practical repair skills and program possibilities for craft and material literacies in library settings.
  • Books Are Connections: Collaborative Bookbinding for TeamsA team-building workshop where colleagues co-create a shared book that each participant binds, crafting tangible works of collective creativity and collaboration within the workplace.
  • Books Are Connections: Bookmaking & Community-Building Description forthcoming. Inquiries welcome.


Commissions

Please send all inquiries through the contact form. B will get back to you asap. He would be happy to discuss how we can work together to realize your project.

Stay tuned for links to works for sale here  


Library and Information Consulting

B is dedicated to community-sustaining information & memory work in library, education, and cultural spaces. Providing expertise in participatory design, anti-oppressive policy and practice innovation, & collections access, management, and engagement. Harrington brings a decade of experience in libraries and community orgs to his consulting.

Past Consulting
  • 2024 CUL Archival Collections Usability Study, Columbia University
  • 2024 Collection Maintenance & Shifting Planning w/ Special Collections Research Center at George Mason University Libraries
  • 2023 Sankofa Education - Logo & Marketing Graphic Design, K-12 assessment item copy-editing (ITS)

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