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Please contact our Programme Co-ordinator if you would like to attend any of the events below.
Non-members welcome.
25 February 2012
Regional AGM +
Our Regional Annual General Meeting will be held (again) at the Taunton Library
Meeting Room. George Davidson (Education and Training Task Force) has agreed
to come all the way from East Anglia to explain the Certificate of Competence
and to show us some relevant bindings. There will also be room for a table-top
sale. We shall finish with a sandwich and glass of wine.
Coffee from10.30 am. AGM starts at 11.00 am.
Venue:
Taunton Library Meeting Room
Paul Street
TA1 3XZ
(map)
24 March 2012
Mark Cockram: Decorative Techniques for the Contemporary
Bookbinder (workshop)
The Region bought a day of Mark's time at the E&T Conference Auction. He
is coming from London to lead a full-day workshop especially for us. Check
out Mark's website to see examples
of his work.
10.30 am – 4.00 pm
Venue:
Rode Village Hall
High Street, Rode
Frome, Somerset
BA11 6PB
(map)
12 and 13 May 2012
Dominic Riley & Michael Burke: The Ideal Sketchbook
& The Ideal Album (workshop)
Over the course of two days we shall make "The ldeal Sketchbook" and "The
Ideal Album" – both ingenious structures. Our tutors will be Dominic Riley
(DB Fellow, Vice-President of the Society and co-founder of the SoB Seminar
and DB/SoB joint workshop series) and Michael Burke (specialist in ancient
and medieval bindings). This workshop is suitable for all skill levels.
Supper and slide show at Sarah's house on Saturday evening. Book your own accommodation asap as the workshop is in May not April this year.
Venue:
Moorland Hall
Wheddon Cross
Exmoor
TA24 7DL
(map)
23 June 2012
James Cassels: Longstitch Binding (demonstration)
James will demonstrate, in his
new workshop near Winkleigh, Devon, longstitch binding which he has recently
used for rebinding 16th century music manuscripts. There should be an opportunity
to 'have a go'.
10.30 am – 4.00 pm
Venue:
Pynda Farm
Monkokehampton
Winkleigh, Devon
EX19 8SL
(map)
4 October 2012
Tyntesfield (visit)
A special visit to Tyntesfield,
a National Trust property near Bristol. We will see the library with the librarian
and then the house. It has taken us several years to organise this visit. Lunch
and tea will be available.
National Trust members enter free, non-members must pay the admission charge.
SoB will have to make a small charge to cover the cost of volunteers.
Venue:
Tyntesfield
Wraxall, Bristol
BS48 1NX
(map)
10 November 2012
Royston Haward: Wooden Board Binding (workshop)
We go southwest again to the Dartington
Hall Bindery to have a full-day Wooden Board Binding workshop with Royston
Haward from the British Library who will demonstrate the subject so that we
can take home a small wooden board binding. He will also talk about its historical
background.
10.30 am – 4.00pm
Venue:
Dartington Hall
Totnes, Devon
TQ9 6EL
(map)
5 December 2012
Christmas Lunch in Bristol
preceded by a special private visit
to Bristol Central Library
More details to be provided closer to the date.
| Chairman Sarah Burns Walland Farm Wheddon Cross Nr Minehead Somerset TA24 7EE contact |
Secretary Margaret Castle 58 Marsh Lane Barton Hill Bristol BS5 9SD contact |
Treasurer Joanna Radford Hannaford Old House Poundsgate Newton Abbot Devon TQ13 7NX contact |
| Programme Coordinator Sarah Jarrett-Kerr Phoenix 4 Grib Cottages Grib Lane Blagdon Bristol BS49 7SA contact |
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