- Creative arts for bookbinding II: leather dyeing techniquesCourse start date: Sat 23 Mar 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sue DoggettSpend a day experimenting with leather dye and dyeing techniques. You will be introduced to methods of applying dye and a range of creative techniques such as resist, crackle and speckling, to use on bookbinding and other leather projects. Suitable for beginners. - Book arts drop-inCourse start date: Mon 25 Mar 2024 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sue DoggettA one-day, tutor supported book arts workshop. This short course is ideal for students who would like some technical or conceptual advice and the space to work on a personal project. Students will work independently with one to one support.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £59.00 - Artist's book clubCourse start date: Mon 8 Apr 2024 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Sue DoggettOn this intermediate course, you will explore the world of Artists’ books and develop your skills and creative ideas in creating books as art. If you are interested in working on tutor-supported, independent projects and you welcome the opportunity to share your work and your ideas with other makers, this course will support your progress and help you to develop your concepts through the structure of the book. Not suitable for beginners.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00 - Bookbinding: gold tooling on paperCourse start date: Tue 16 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Tracey RowledgeLearn how to develop a language with gold tooling on paper using hand finishing tools, BS Glaire and loose gold leaf. For all levels, from beginners to those with experience in gold tooling using hand finishing tools and gold leaf. - Book conservation and repair: vellum-bound booksCourse start date: Wed 24 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Peter SpainLearn to assess books and repair vellum-covered books including limp, semi-limp and boarded style. Work on your own projects in paper, cloth or leather. Basic materials included. For those with some bookbinding experience. - Bookbinding: simple leather bindingCourse start date: Thu 25 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ina BaumeisterDiscover how leather, combined with simple sewing and cutting techniques can create a wonderfully flexible and stylish bindings. Create books with folded and crossed structure covers, and include some decorative elements to personalise your work.Full fee £269.00 Senior fee £215.00 Concession £175.00 - Bookbinding: decorative techniques for leatherCourse start date: Fri 26 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ina BaumeisterA four day introduction into traditional and contemporary leather decorating techniques. Are you working with leather in the context of bookbinding, fashion, textiles, fine art or jewellery? This course will broaden your expertise.Full fee £269.00 Senior fee £215.00 Concession £175.00 - Book conservation and repair workshop: intermediateCourse start date: Wed 1 May 2024 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Gavin MoorheadIdeal if you have some bookbinding conservation experience and want to develop your skills further by working on your own projects with advice and guidance. Each term will include demonstrations that focus on a different aspect of book conservation.Full fee £499.00 Senior fee £399.00 Concession £324.00 - Bookbinding improvers’ workshopCourse start date: Mon 13 May 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Gavin MoorheadThis one term course is designed to help students to develop their bookbinding skills. You will already have some experience of binding techniques and some knowledge of tools, materials and equipment in order to benefit from this workshop-style class. There will be the opportunity to work on your own projects, or to practice skills in which you feel less confident in order to enable you to progress to higher level courses. Not suitable for beginners.Full fee £389.00 Senior fee £311.00 Concession £253.00 - Bookbinding: artists' book projectsCourse start date: Tue 21 May 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sue DoggettDevelop your creative and practical book arts skills on this intermediate course. Expand on your ideas about the relationship between the structure and the concept of the book and engage in in-depth research and development of your intended project proposal with one-to-one tutorial support and lively critical group discussion. Not suitable for beginners.Full fee £509.00 Senior fee £407.00 Concession £331.00 - Bookbinding: experiments in paper foldingCourse start date: Sat 8 Jun 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ina BaumeisterExplore colour, structure, and layering to produce exciting sculptural forms. By combining and extending techniques such as origami and concertina folding, cutting, piercing and slotting, you will create your own unique books. - Creative arts for bookbinding I: decorative paper techniquesCourse start date: Fri 12 Jul 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sue DoggettTry out a range of decorative techniques for paper including paste papers, dip dyed papers, rubber stamps and Japanese marbling for bookbinding use or as individual pieces. All levels welcome. - Bookbinding weekend: endband extravaganzaCourse start date: Sat 13 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Kathy AbbottA weekend packed full of endbands for bookbinding enthusiasts. Learn a little about the history and different styles of endband and try out some for yourself. There will be demonstrations of a range of endbands including multi-coloured, Islamic and ‘Manhattan’ style. Suitable for those with bookbinding experience.Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £159.00
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