Binfirnas Workshops

Binfirnas Workshops Binfirnas Workshops is the section under Binfirnas Studio that is focused on education and spreading Art workshops.

Binfirnas Workshops is the section under Binfirnas Studio that cares about teaching people the secrets of Arts and Crafts especially those close to paper crafts. It started with Bookbinding workshops and currently developing into different types of Bookbinding within and outside of Egypt. There should be other workshops to be taught including paper making, marbling, and so much more.

Good day people of Binfirnas, since the workshops were stopped for a long period of time, we were curious to know what a...
29/07/2016

Good day people of Binfirnas, since the workshops were stopped for a long period of time, we were curious to know what are you up to? Please tell us which type of bookbinding you want to start learning in our near future workshop, based on your choices a workshop will be prepared to teach you what you desire to learn. There are several types of binding that will be mentioned so please pick one or more types you want to learn to be added to the next workshop if a lot of people agreed on it. I will add images for clarification to the names I will mention.
For a basic bookbinding workshop, there is (Pamphlet stitch, Perfect binding, Modern hardcover binding, Japanese binding)
For an advanced bookbinding workshop, there is (Late Western binding, Islamic binding, Concertina bindong)
All of the types mentioned doesn't need you to be an expert, each will be taught with details, even a beginner can learn it with no problem.
N.B All the images attached are for books done professionally, you will learn the basics and will know how to reach the quality of the posted image.
يوم جميل يا شعب بن فرناس، ورش العمل كانت متوقفة فترة طويلة و قررنا نرجع بس عايزين نعرف إنتم مهتمين بإيه تتعلموه علشان الورش تكون موجهة إنها تعلمكم إللى إنتم عايزينه. مطلوب منكوا تقولوا حابين تتعلموا أنهى نوع تجليد من الأنواع المذكورة. حيتحط صور لأنواع التجليد المذكورة علشان الناس تعرف هى بتختار إيه بالضبط.
للأنواع البسيطة (خياطة الملزمة الواحدة، التجليد الهارد كافر، التجليد بالبشر و الكلة، الخياطة اليابانى)
للأنواع المتقدمة (تجليد غربى، تجليد إسلامى، تجليد أكورديون)
معلومة: كل الصور المرفقة حنتعلم المبادئ ليها و معرفة الطريقة للوصول للشكل المطلوب

An article in "Because" magazine about me and Binfirnashttp://because.bz/arts-culture/saving-books-extinction
16/06/2016

An article in "Because" magazine about me and Binfirnas

http://because.bz/arts-culture/saving-books-extinction

In a world where technology evolves every day, one individual is trying to revive the dying art form of book binding. "Within a decade or two there is a strong possibility that books will have disappeared altogether," believes Abdallah Safwat, CEO and co-founder of Binfirnas, a design studio that wo...

Sneak peek at the current workshop in Cairo  Hub with a huge number of attendanceلقطات من الورشة الحالية فى القاهرة فى ك...
20/04/2015

Sneak peek at the current workshop in Cairo Hub with a huge number of attendance

لقطات من الورشة الحالية فى القاهرة فى كرييتيف هاب و الإقبال تاريخى :)

Our first workshop in cairo with the amazing results from the amazing participants أول ورشة لينا فى القاهرة خرجت بمنتجات...
09/03/2015

Our first workshop in cairo with the amazing results from the amazing participants
أول ورشة لينا فى القاهرة خرجت بمنتجات رائعة من ناس رائعين

Look what I found out بصوا لاقيت إيه http://www.youm7.com/story/2014/12/6/ورشة-عمل-لمبادئ-التجليد-اليدوى-فى-ستديو-جناكلي...
14/02/2015

Look what I found out
بصوا لاقيت إيه

http://www.youm7.com/story/2014/12/6/ورشة-عمل-لمبادئ-التجليد-اليدوى-فى-ستديو-جناكليس-بالإسكندرية/1979868 #.VN8WAZuavMI

تستضيف مؤسسة "ستديو جناكليس" للفنون البصرية بالإسكندرية ورشة عمل لتعليم مبادئ التجليد اليدوى للكتب، يقدمها الفنان عبدالله صفوت، بدءًا من الأحد 7 ديسمبر، من الساعة الخامسة وحتى الثامنة مساءً.

Our Interview with Melanie Akerboom, The Social Entrepreneurship Consultant and Founder Whatamission Ventures.مقابلتنا م...
07/02/2015

Our Interview with Melanie Akerboom, The Social Entrepreneurship Consultant and Founder Whatamission Ventures.

مقابلتنا مع ميلانى آكيربوم, إستشارية الريادة الإجتماعية و مؤسسة Whatamission Ventures.

http://whatamission.com/2015/02/07/interview-abdalla-safwat-binfirnas/

Abdalla Safwat is an Egyptian graphic designer who lives and works in Alexandria. His start-up "BINFIRNAS" is a research and experimentation design studio that aims to have a positive impact on the...

Our first Bookbinding Workshop in Dubai. It was stunning. We had lots of people joining and everyone had so much fun. It...
24/01/2015

Our first Bookbinding Workshop in Dubai. It was stunning. We had lots of people joining and everyone had so much fun. It was at the amazing Archive in Al Safa Park.

أول ورشة لنا بدبى فى الأرشيف, مكان رائع يقع فى وسط حديقة الصفا. كان عدد المشاركين كبير و الكل إستمتع جدا.

Our third workshop in Dubai at The Creekside. We had really bright students, they did really good.ثالث ورشة لنا بدبى على...
23/01/2015

Our third workshop in Dubai at The Creekside. We had really bright students, they did really good.

ثالث ورشة لنا بدبى على الكريك سايد, كان فيها مشاركين متفتحين و إنتاجهم كان حلو جدا.

What an amazing workshop held at Janaklees Studio with great participants and great outcome.كانت فعلا ورشة رائعة بإنتاج ...
23/01/2015

What an amazing workshop held at Janaklees Studio with great participants and great outcome.

كانت فعلا ورشة رائعة بإنتاج رائع من مشاركين أروع فى ستوديو جناكليس

The amazing participants with their amazing work in the second Bookbinding Workshop  المشاركين الرائعين و إنتاجهم الرائع...
23/01/2015

The amazing participants with their amazing work in the second Bookbinding Workshop

المشاركين الرائعين و إنتاجهم الرائع فى ثانى ورشة تجليد للكتب.

The amazing participants with their amazing work
المشاركين الرائعين و إنتاجهم الرائع

The "Introduction to bookbinding" workshop is over with great success. Participants did amazing products and we are so p...
23/01/2015

The "Introduction to bookbinding" workshop is over with great success. Participants did amazing products and we are so pleased with the outcome. Soon we will be announcing another workshop for those who missed this one.

ورشة "التجليد الفنى للكتب" إنتهت بنجاح الحمد لله. المشاركين عملوا منتجات مذهلة و كنا مبسوطين قوى بالنتائج. قريبا إن شاء الله حنعلن عن ورشة تانية للى فاتته الورشة الأولى.

Our second workshop in Dubai at reMADE DXB. It was really a great experience with great full of humour students :Dورشتنا...
22/01/2015

Our second workshop in Dubai at reMADE DXB. It was really a great experience with great full of humour students :D

ورشتنا الثانية فى دبى. كانت فعلا تجربة رائعة مليانة ضحك و مرح مع الشاركين الظرفاء :)

Have you ever looked at beautiful books in an antique store and admired the way it has been bound together?

In this unique workshop, Abdalla Safwat, founder of bespoke stationers Bin Firnas will take you through 2 different traditional techniques using traditional tools: Japanese
book binding and traditional case binding using traditional tools

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