Monique Lallier

Monique Lallier / Teacher of Bookbinding: (also check FB for updates)

Private| Semi Private:

Monique accepts students for private and semi-private classes. Contact Monique for more information. Monique offers teaching on a weekly basis in her studio, for students that want to come for a week long class. The program is adapted to the needs of each student. The tuition is $850.00 for for a week of class (5days) or $200.00 a day for less than a week.

Workshops | Courses elsewhere:

American Academy of Bookbinding (Check classes listings and updates).

Telluride courses: October 4-8, 2010

Separate Board Structure or Simplified Binding

Monique prefers to call this technique 'separate board structure' because it is not a 'simple' structure; it is a precise technique. It is less demanding than a laced-in binding but not simple at all for beginners. The beauty of this technique is that the spine can be in leather and the boards covered with decorative papers, cloth or leather. If the boards are covered in leather, the design is worked on the boards prior to attaching them to the book. The spine is titled before hand as well.

In this class students will make a leather spine and the boards will be covered with decorative papers. This technique is better suited for thin books that are four-five sections and not more than eight including the end paper sections. No prior book making experience is required. 

Advanced Fine Binding in Telluride, CO | October 17-28, 2011

Organized by the American Academy of Bookbinding.

Ann Arbor courses: Sept. 13-24, 2010 | Ann Arbor, Michigan

In this introduction to leather binding, students will learn the different steps of traditional bookbinding, beginning with case binding, and will lay the foundation for future fine binding and specialty courses. Students will be introduced to sewing using a sewing frame, rounding and backing, edge decoration, headbands, as well as leather paring and applying leather to the book. The focus of the class will be on learning sound bookbinding techniques with special emphasis on working with leather. Students will complete a half-leather binding in the first week and a full-leather binding in the second week. This is an entry-level course to fine binding. No experience is required.

Cheerio Retreats | Spring 2011

•2011 Spring (contact Jim Teta for specifics and watch www.calligraphycentre.com)

Modern Oriental Binding Technique. This technique is very popular now in the bookbinding world as it keeps the signatures of the book untouched and allows working on the design on the covers before fixing the covers to the book. It allows a perfectly  flat opening of the book. Modern Oriental Binding is most effective on …

A week with Monique | February 28-March4, 2011

Held at the San Francisco Center for the Book. Organized by the American Academy of Bookbinding.

Fundamental/Intermediate Binding | June 20-July1, 2011

Taught in our studio in Summerfield, NC. Organized by the American Academy of Bookbinding.