WESTERN REGION
REGIONAL OFFICERS Chairman:
73 Lyncombe Hill
Bath
SOMERSET
BA2 4PHwrchairman@societyofbookbinders.com
Tel: 01225 426 750Treasurer: Joanna Radford
Hannaford Old House
Poundsgate
Newton Abbot
Devon
TQ13 7NYwrtreasurer@societyofbookbinders.com
Tel: 01364 631287Secretary: Margaret Castle
58 Marsh Lane
Barton Hill
Bristol
BS5 9SDwrsecretary@societyofbookbinders.com
Tel: 0117 9550581Programme Co-ordinator: Sarah Jarrett-Kerr
Yeo House
Nempnett Thrubwell
Blagdon
Bristol
BS40 7UZ
wrmeetings@societyofbookbinders.com
Tel: 01761 462543
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DATE |
EVENT | VENUE |
| 13.03.10 | Full day workshop with Chris Hicks. Main topic will be the making of a drop back box. |
Village Hall Ruishton (a short mile east of J25, M5, i.e. Taunton) |
| 24/25.04.10 | Our Wheddon Cross weekend. We have lured Deborah Evetts to beautiful Exmoor for a workshop covering headbands and edge decoration.
Deborah is a leading US designer binder and conservator. Her first job was with Roger Powell (restorer of the Book of Kells) and she went on to be Head of Rare Book Conservation at NY's Pierpont Morgan Library, and book conservator at the Carolyn Horton Bindery. High powered stuff for our region! Very much a 'one off' and not to be missed. A ‘find your own accommodation’ event with Sarah Burns again offering us a Saturday evening meal. |
Wheddon
Cross Exmoor |
| 05.06.10 | An afternoon, half day, demonstration by Andrew Sims. Andrew will work through forwarding and covering a 19th C book in half leather with an emphasis on techniques which help to impart a period flavour. | Village Hall St Arvans (just north of Chepstow) |
| 05.07.10 | Off to London Town to look at books held by the V&A museum. An afternoon visit starting at 14:00. Numbers likely to be limited. | |
| 11.09.10 | A full day's workshop with Kate Holland. Please keep an eye on the newsletter for a fleshing out of the topic, but likely to include an introduction to leather joints. | Village Hall Rode |
| 12.10.10 | Visits to our suppliers. Start at a large scale commercial paper makers, St Cuthberts Mill just outside Wells (makers of the 'Somerset' range of art papers amongst much else). A pub lunch for those who wish, and on to Midgley’s, leather factors in Cheddar. They are not tanners, and hold no specialist bookbinding leathers, but I shall be very surprised if you cannot find something of interest in their enormous range. | |
| 02.12.10 | Our usual sociable Christmas lunch. We're currently looking for a venue in Exeter and may be able to include a library visit as part of the day. | |
| Please
contact our Programme Co-ordinator if you would like to attend any of the
above events. Non-members welcome |