18/10/2025 
Sat 18 Oct, 2pm – 5pm

This class is full. Please email info@objectifs.com.sg if you would like to be added to the waitlist. 

Discover the art of traditional bookbinding in this hands-on workshop at Objectifs – Centre for Photography and Film, perfect for anyone interested in crafting handmade books in Singapore. Whether you’re a creative professional, photographer, artist, or hobbyist, this course offers an immersive introduction to the timeless practice of bookbinding by hand, often used in creating photo books and other artistic formats.

Open to all skill levels, the workshop invites participants to explore the meditative and purposeful nature of stitching and binding books by hand. You’ll learn and apply a range of traditional bookbinding techniques, including:

• Dos-à-dos (Back-to-back) Binding
• Pamphlet Binding
• Four-hole Stab Binding
• Link Stitch Binding

Each participant will receive a complete bookbinding tool kit to take home, along with the custom books they create during the session. This workshop is ideal for those looking for a creative short course in Singapore, or anyone curious about DIY bookbinding, craft workshops, or artisanal book making.

None. All materials will be provided for this workshop. Participants will each be provided a bookbinding tool kit that they can bring home.

Ng Hui Hsien

Ng Hui Hsien works as an artist, educator, and curator. Through her artworks, she seeks to evoke stillness and wonder, especially towards our inner landscapes and the more-than-human world. Her work is informed by phenomenology, one that sees our bodies as sites of knowledge and one curious about our relations with the living, breathing earth.

Hui Hsien’s work has been internationally exhibited in institutions and festivals, including the Shanghai Art Book Fair (China), Martin Parr Foundation (UK), Photo Bangkok (Thailand), Obscura Photography Festival (Malaysia), Dali International Photography Festival (China), Athens Photo Festival (Greece), ZK/U Berlin (Germany) and solo exhibitions at Reykjavík Museum of Photography (Iceland), Comma Space (Singapore), Grey Projects (Singapore), and Objectifs (Singapore).

Her limited-edition, hand-stitched artist book The Weight of Air was distributed by Reminders Photography Stronghold (Japan). The book is in both public and private collections, including the New York Public Library (United States), Hellenic Centre for Photography (Greece), and Asia Pacific Photobook Archive (Australia), and is now sold out.

Hui Hsien graduated with a MA in Photography from University of West of England and a MSocSc from National University of Singapore.