Refine your traditional Japanese bookbinding skills under the guidance of graphic designer Paul Tuttas. In 90 to 120 minutes, you’ll learn more advanced hand-stitching techniques and create your own Japanese accordion book from high-quality paper.
We will also get to know an adapted sewn binding with a hard cover. As always, you’ll take home two original notebooks at the end. The workshop is intended for advanced participants and for graduates of the Japanese Bookbinding I workshop. It is not suitable for children and is English friendly. Capacity is limited to 6 participants to ensure plenty of space for individual guidance.
Key information:
- Capacity: 6 people / workshop
- Duration: 2 hours
- Location: kaš-mi-daš, Janovského 33, Prague 7 (map)
- Experience: for advanced participants and graduates of the previous beginners’ course
- Workshop language: Czech, English, German
Upcoming dates & registration
You reserve your spot by purchasing a workshop ticket, where you can choose your preferred date.
Upcoming dates:
- Tuesday, April 14, 2026 from 18:00
The workshop price includes
- 2-hour course with expert instruction
- use of all necessary equipment
- two original notebooks that you create and take home
- unlimited non-alcoholic drinks from our café
You can purchase your workshop ticket here:
What the workshop can bring you
- deeper skills in hand bookbinding
- expanded techniques with more demanding structures and combinations of methods
- greater confidence when working with paper, stitching, and gluing
- inspiration for your own authorial book projects
This workshop builds on the basic course and takes you further – from simple stitching to more thoughtfully constructed binding forms. It remains focused, calm work, where a book is created step by step in your hands.
Workshop outline
The workshop takes place in the calm, focused atmosphere of the kaš-mi-daš stationery universe and includes these approximate stages:
Introduction and continuation from basic techniques
- a brief recap of Japanese binding principles
- introduction to tools and materials
- presentation of more advanced variations and their specifics
Creating a Japanese accordion book
- preparing and gluing paper sheets
- building the fold-out structure
- working with composition and materials
Adapted sewn binding with a hard cover
- preparing boards and inner pages
- more advanced work with stitching
- assembly and final finishing
At the end, you will take home two finished pieces and new technical know-how that you can use in your own projects.
Your instructor
Instructor Paul
My name is Paul Tuttas and I am a graphic designer, visual artist, and illustrator. I completed my Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts in Regensburg and my Master’s degree in Illustration and Graphics at UMPRUM in Prague.
I am interested in everything that forms a book – its cover, graphic layout, illustrations, and the binding itself. In the workshop, I will share my experience with you and guide you through the process in which individual sheets of paper transform into a distinctive book created by your own hands.
Where the workshop takes place
All workshops take place below deck in our kaš-mi-daš stationery universe. Beneath the stationery shop with café, we have a space where workshops and courses take place peacefully, even during opening hours. During the course, you can order a delicious drink from our café – these are always included in the price.
How to get here
Janovského 33, Prague 7, 170 00 (a street parallel to Dukelských hrdinů)
- Trams 6 and 17, stop Veletržní palác (approx. 1 minute on foot)
- Metro Vltavská (approx. 7 minutes on foot)
- Parking at OC Stromovka (approx. 4 minutes on foot)