Name: French Link Stitch Bookbinding Workshop
Start: 2025-11-14T19:00:00+08:00
End: 2026-04-09T21:30:00+08:00
Location: Co. @ Duxton

Learn bookbinding basics in a 2-hour workshop featuring the elegant, durable French link stitcha beautiful 15th-century technique.
About this Event

Presented By: Based Book Arts

Join us for an intimate 2-hour beginner-friendly workshop where you’ll learn the fundamentals of bookbinding through the elegant French link stitch - a historic sewing technique that dates back to the 15th century in Europe. Traditionally used in fine bookbinding, this decorative and durable stitch links sections of a book together with a distinctive braided pattern, offering both strength and beauty.

In this workshop, you’ll create your very own handcrafted journal using the French link stitch method. This non-adhesive binding style and expose spine allows the book to open completely flat, making it highly functional as well as elegant.

Personalise your journal by choosing between blank or dotted grid pages, and selecting from a variety of thread colours and cover papers to make it uniquely yours.

At the end of the session, you’ll take home a beautiful and functional journal - perfect as a notebook, sketchbook, or a thoughtful handmade gift.

All materials and tools are provided, and no prior experience is required. Minimum age: 13 year-old.

Book size:

105mm x 148mm (A6)

128 pages

Paper:

300gsm (cover)

100gsm (pages)

Acid-free

Fountain pen friendly

About Based Book Arts

Based Book Arts is an independent creative workshop specialising in book arts and educating book making. Based in Singapore, its aim is to promote book arts and encourage people of all backgrounds to use the book as a medium to express their creativity, through workshops and collaborations.

Founded by Yang Shihui, a book artist who holds a Bachelor's Degree with Honours in Book Arts and Design from London College of Communication, UAL. She is keen to explore the different formats and structure of the book and introduce them to the world. Whilst in the UK, she has worked with global publishing house, Dorling Kindersley, which saw her creating professional book mock-ups for presentation at international book fairs. Shihui has also worked at the London Centre for Book Arts where she learned how to run a workshop and deepened her book making skills. She has assisted numerous artists in producing printmaking and book work, and conducted various bookbinding workshops in multiple countries.