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- Fine binding masterclass III: creative approaches to design binding
Course start date: Thu 18 Jul 2024Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sue DoggettIf you already have technical bookbinding skills but want to kickstart, or develop your creative and design skills then this course will help you to develop ways of engaging visually with the content of the book. Through a series of practical excercises and activities, you will learn a range of creative thinking skills and ways to apply them to design for bookbinding. This course is aimed at bookbinders interested in design binding but would benefit anyone working in book arts who is interested in exploring a text visually.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £249.00 Concession £249.00 - Bookbinding: binding on stubs Course start date: Wed 24 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Kathy AbbottA stub binding is an excellent way to bind books that cannot be rounded and backed, or which have illustrations that cross the centre fold. Stubs can also be used to bind individual pieces of paper into a book. A stub binding allows the pages of a book to open freely – right back to the centre-fold, and once learned, this technique can be used with many traditional and contemporary binding styles.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00 - Leather book with magnetic closures Course start date: Thu 1 Aug 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Nesta DaviesBind an elegant notebook which slips neatly into a leather-covered cover fastened by magnets. Internal pockets mean the book can be removed and a replaced with a new one when full. Beautifully reusable wrapping!Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £111.00 Concession £90.00 - Bookbinding: gold tooling on leather Course start date: Thu 19 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Tracey RowledgeThis course is a great introduction to gold-tooling and the creative use of the medium. Learn how to gold tool on leather with various hand tools, using BS Glaire and gold leaf. All levels welcome.Full fee £299.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £194.00 - Beginning miniature bookbinding Course start date: Thu 24 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Royston HawardExplore the charm of tiny books in this introduction to miniature bookbinding. You will discover the history and appeal of this unique style and make three adorable miniature books to take home. Suitable for beginners. - Bookbinding: Japanese books and boxes Course start date: Thu 21 Nov 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sue DoggettExplore the elegant sewing patterns found in Japanese binding. Learn how to make books, make a fold-out case, sew traditional and contemporary designs, and experiment with creating your own. This course is suitable for beginners. - Fine binding masterclass I: end papers Course start date: Fri 22 Nov 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Kathy AbbottThis masterclass is aimed at intermediate and higher level learners and is designed to develop your skills in making endpapers for fine bindings. You will be taught how to make three different types of endpapers, all with their own suitability for bindings. A chance to improve your skills, accuracy and cleanliness when laminating endpapers. Not suitable for beginners.Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £279.00 Concession £279.00 - Introduction to conservation Course start date: Mon 15 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Nesta DaviesAre you thinking about rescuing one of your well-loved books which needs some attention, or hoping to tackle your library? This course will explore first essential steps in book conservation and give you some skills to practise at home.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00 - Bookbinding: lettering with foils
Course start date: Thu 25 Jul 2024Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Royston HawardThis course is a basic introduction to lettering for the bookbinder using individual handle letters and gold foil as a transfer medium.Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £159.00
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