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AYRSHIRE
- Tom McEwan
Courtyard Studios
128 Harbour Street
Irvine
KA12 8PZRegular Saturday workshops held throughout the year with additional options for personal, tailored tuition. Bindery hire also available.
t: 07851 416048
e: tmcewan@ed-co.net
w: mcewan.co.uk
BEDFORDSHIRE
- Bedford Arts & Crafts Centre
Raleigh House
Bedford
General Bookbinding & Repairs (for beginners and improvers)
Thursdays twilight & eveningsTutor: George Davidson
t: 01234 266510
w: bedfordcraftscentre.co.uk
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
- Brignell Bookbinders
Unit 4
25 Gwydir Street
Cambridge
CB1 2LG
t: 01223 321280
w: brignellbookbinders.com
- Helen Handmade Books
One-to-one and group tuition in a wide range of bindings suitable for beginners as well as those with more advanced skills. Classes are held at Stapleford Granary, ArtWorks in Cambridge and Cambridge Art Markers in Linton with parking available at all, venues.
Full details are on the website.Tutor: Helen Perry
e: helen@helenhandmadebooks.com
w: helenhandmadebooks.com
CORNWALL
- Learn Bookbinding
Various one-day and half-day courses at venues in Cornwall and Devon. Courses are aimed at absolute beginners and those with intermediate skills. Also available to teach workshops in educational institutions; schools, colleges, universities etc. All tools and materials are provided.Tutor: Mandy Flockton
t: 01237 431932
w: learnbookbinding.co.uk
- Celandine Books
Workshops in traditional and contemporary book forms at arts centres and book festivals in Devon, Cornwall and Somerset. Full details on the website with new workshops added throughout the year.Tutor: Megan Stallworthy
t: 07582 783965
e: info@celandinebooks.co.uk
w: celandinebooks.co.uk
CHESHIRE
- Artisan Bindery (Andrew Brown)
Tuition for individuals and small groups.
w: artisanbind.com
CUMBRIA
- Helen Golding-Miller
Kendal
CumbriaTuition/short courses in bookbinding.
e: hgoldingmiller@gmail.com
- Higham Hall
Bassenthwaite Lake
Cockermouth
Cumbria
CA13 9SH Residential courses in all aspects of bookbinding.Full details on the college website Tutor: Doug Mitchell
t: 01768 776276
e: booksurgeon@gmail.com
- Dominic Riley and Michael Burke
Low Wood House
Low Wood
Ulverston
Cumbria
LA12 8LY
t: 015395 31161
e: dominicbookbinder@gmail.com
DENBIGHSHIRE
- Paul Delrue
RuthinWeekend courses in edge-colouring, headbands, board attachment, Lacunose and Tudorstyle. Up to two people.
w: paulcdelrue.com - Teasdale Bookbinders (Catherine Hore)
CorwenTuition for up to three people.
e: teasdalebookbinders@gmail.com - Ruthin Craft Centre
The Centre for the Aplied Arts
Park Road
Ruthin
Denbighshire
LL15 1BB
t: 01824 704774
e: ruthincraftcentre@denbighshire.gov.uk
w: ruthincraftcentre.org.uk
Bookbinding Masterclass
DERBYSHIRE
- HF Holidays. Bookings through their website www.hfholidays.co.uk
Tutor Doug Mitchell
For 2019
October 25-28 Beginners bookbinding at Dovedale
DEVON
- Dartington Hall
Totnes
Devon
TQ9 6EP
Adult Education Courses run throughout the year in well equipped bindery. Details on the website.Tutor: Mary Bartlett
t: 01803 847000
e: mary.bartlett@dartington.org - Learn Bookbinding
Various one-day and half-day courses at venues in Devon and Cornwall. Courses are aimed at absolute beginners and those with intermediate skills. Also available to teach workshops in educational institutions; schools, colleges, universities etc. All tools and materials are provided.Tutor: Mandy Flockton
t: 01237 431932
w: learnbookbinding.co.uk - Owl Barn Studio
Little West Hole
Newton Saint Petrock
Holsworthy
Devon
EX22 7LWTuition in tradition bookbinding from beginners to City & Guilds Craft Bookbinding Levels 1 & 2. Also in contemporary book structures, boxes and associated papercrafts. Teaching space for up to 12 people also available at our studio in North Devon.Devon Bookbinders Group meets here on the first working Monday of every Month and occasional Saturdays. Full details on the web site.
t: 07853 319250
e: owlbarnstudio@btinternet.com
w: owlbarnstudio.uk - Celandine Books
Workshops in traditional and contemporary book forms at arts centres and book festivals in Devon, Cornwall and Somerset. Full details on the website with new workshops added throughout the year.Tutor: Megan Stallworthy
t: 07582 783965
e: info@celandinebooks.co.uk
w: celandinebooks.co.uk
DORSET
- Squirrell Bindery & Press
Studio 13
Unit 10, St Michael’s Trading Estate
Bridport
Dorset
DT6 3RR
One day, weekend and evening courses in traditional and contemporary bookbinding skills and book restoration. Small group learning from beginners to professional development.
w: www.squirrellbinderyandpress.co.uk.
e: david@squirrellbinderyandpress.co.uk
EAST SUSSEX
- Bookbinders of Lewes
Unit 12 Star Brewery,
Castle Ditch Lane,
Lewes,
BN7 1YJ
Regular one day classes on various binding styles, short courses and private tuition by arrangement.
w: bookbindersoflewes.co.uk
t: 01273 486718
GLASGOW
- Downie Allison Downie Ltd
Unit H
Purdon Street
Partick
Glasgow
G11 6AF
A range of one-day classes to suit different interests and abilities, run on various Saturdays throughout the year.Classes include: Beginner’s Class, Intermediate Class, Advanced Class, Box Making, Book Repair, and Coptic Binding
t: 0141 339 0333
e: mail@dadbookbinders.com
w: dadbookbinders.com
GWYNEDD
- Plas Tan y Bwlch
Environmental Studies Centre and Education Services
Maentwrog
Blaenau Ffestiniog
LL41 3YU
Bookbinding for Beginners
12 – 14 February
Price: £200 to £220
This is a practical course with regular teacher demonstrations to provide step-by-step instruction. More information and a booking form can he found on the website.Tutor: Doug Mitchell
t:01766 772600
e: plas@snowdonia-npa.gov.uk
HAMPSHIRE
- Southern Bookcrafts Club (SBC)
WinchesterThe SBC run Training Days most months. These are usually 1 day (on a Saturday), but occasionally 2-day (Saturday/Sunday) and are held in the Club’s fully equipped bindery in Winchester. For full details go to the club’s web site at http://www.sbookc.org.uk/courses
ISLE OF SKYE
- Laura West
21 Cearn Romasdail
Portree
IV51 9TX
One-to-one tuition in all aspects of bookbinding (by appointment)
t: 01478 613123
e: books@laurawest.com
w: laurawest.com/tuition
LONDON
- Central Saint Martins
Central Saint Martins Short Courses
Granary Building
1 Granary Square
King’s Cross
London
N1C 4AA
t: 020 7514 7015
w: arts.ac.uk/csm - The City Lit
Keeley Street
London
WC2B 4BA
For further information, see the prospectus at citylit.ac.uk
t: 020 7492 2700 (Visual Arts Dept.)
t: 020 7831 7831 (enrolment) - The Learning Centre Bexley
5 Brampton Road
Bexleyheath
DA7 4EZ
t: 0203 045 5176
e: enquiries@tlcbexley.ac.uk
w: tlcbexley.ac.uk - London College of Communication
Elephant & Castle
London
SE1 6SB
LCC run a variety of bookbinding courses aimed at both beginners and those looking for a new approach to bookbinding and paper engineering.
t: 020 7514 2111
e: shortcourses@lcc.arts.ac.uk
w: lcc.arts.ac.uk/shortcourses - Morley College
61 Westminster Bridge Road
London
SE1 7HT
t: 0207 928 4074
w: morleycollege.ac.uk - Shepards
30 Gillingham Street
Victoria
London
SW1V 1HU
t:020 7233 9999
w: http://www.shepherds-london.com/Course/City%20and%20Guilds.htm
- St. Bride Foundation
Bride Lane
Fleet Street
London
EC4Y 8EQ
t: 0207 353 3331
e: lester@sbf.org.uk
w: sbf.org.uk/workshops/bookbinding - Studio Five
The Mews 1st Floor
46 – 52 Church Road
Barnes
SW 13 0DQ
Studio 5 has a one year structured course in bookbinding from case binding through to full leather work.contact Mark Cockram
t: 0208 563 2158
e: studio5bookarts@aol.co.uk
w: markcockrambooks.co.uk
w: studio5bookbindingandarts.blogspot.com
MORAY
- Laura West
Logie Estate
Logie
Forres
IV36 2QN
Leather Masterclass for Bookbinding/Boxmaking (alongside bookbinding and paper repair)
25-27 April 2016Contact: Panny Laing
t: 01309 611278
e: panny@logie.co.uk
w: logie.co.uk/courses
NORFOLK
- The Book Studio
14 Blofields Loke
Aylsham
Norfolk
NR11 6ESCourse tutor: Judith Ellis
t: 01263 734779
e: judithellis@sizzel.net
w: thebookstudio.co.uk
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
- Northamptonshire County Council
Knuston Hall
Residential College
Knuston
Wellingborough
Northants
Long Weekend Courses:
For 2019:
February 8-10 Bookbinding and Restoration
July 1-3 Bookbinding and Restoration
Nov. 11-13 Enclosures for Books (box making)
Bookbinding and Restoration – Contact the College for a brochure or see their website
Tutor: Doug Mitchell
e: booksurgeon@gmail.com
- Lamport Hall, Northamptonshire
bookings through by email to Doug Mitchell, tutor, booksurgeon@gmail.com
For 2019:
One day Bookbinding Taster workshops (sewn board binding)
April 27th
August 3rd
SOMERSET
- Dillington House
Ilminster
Somerset
TA19 9DT
Bookbinding
Week-long (Monday to Friday) courses in general bookbinding and specialist subjects. Regular tutors: Sarah Jarrett-Kerr & Angela Sutton. Visiting tutors include: Di Illingworth-Cook, Dominic Riley, Michael Burke
Full details here.Course Tutor: Angela Sutton
t: 01460 258 648
w: dillington.com - Celandine Books
Workshops in traditional and contemporary book forms at arts centres and book festivals in Devon, Cornwall and Somerset. Full details on the website with new workshops added throughout the year.Tutor: Megan Stallworthy
t: 07582 783965
e: info@celandinebooks.co.uk
w: celandinebooks.co.uk - HF Holidays. Bookings through their website www.hfholidays.co.uk
Tutor Doug Mitchell
For 2019
April 12-15 Beginners bookbinding at Selworthy
SUFFOLK
- Field Studies Council
Flatford Mill
East Bergholt,
Colchester,
CO7 6ULBookbinding for Beginners and Improvers
Tutor: Mark Cockram
t: 01206 297110
w: www.field-studies-council.org/bookbinding
WEST SUSSEX
- The Old Rectory Adult Education College
Fittleworth
Pulborough
W. Sussex
RH20 1HU
t: 01798 865 306
- Otter Bookbinding Ltd
Otter Bookbinding Ltd run monthly bookbinding weekends in Midhurst, West Sussex and offer online bookbinding courses.
t: 01730 352042
w: www.otterbookbinding.com
- Sussex Conservation Consortium
9, Crossgates,
Rackham Road,
Amberley,
Arundel,
West Sussex,
BN18 9NSThis practical 5-day course will introduce the materials, tools and techniques most commonly used in Western European bookbinding.
t: 07857 632846
e: steruth@gmail.com
w: www.sussexconservationconsortium.co.uk - West Dean College
West Dean
Chichester
PO18 0QZ
Short courses available in Bookbinding, Conservation and Calligraphy & Lettercutting.
t: 01243 811 301
e: short.courses@westdean.org.uk
w: westdean.org.uk
WILTSHIRE
- BINDING re:DEFINED
Beechingstoke
Wiltshire
The aim of these workshops is to offer a solid grounding in alternative structures incorporating the best practices in technique and design.They are taught by an internationally recognised team of tutors
t: 01672 851638
e: bookbindingworkshops@gmail.com
w: bookbindingworkshops.com - Salisbury Book Crafts
This is an open-studio course catering for binders of all levels. Participants bring in their own projects and work at their own speed.There are three terms per academic year (October – May) with five sessions per term. We meet on Saturdays from 10am – 4pm at the Harnham Scout Hut, Lower Street, on the southern edge of Salisbury.Tutor: Lori Sauer, Fellow of Designer Bookbinders
t: 01672 851 638
e: contact
w: salisburybookcrafts.com - Shepherds
Centre for Book Arts
The Daffodil Barn
Nursery Farm
Woodborough
Near Pewsey
Wilts
SN9 5PF
Beginners’ courses and a range of masterclasses covering subjects ranging from gold finishing, to leather forwarding, boxmaking and sewing
t: 01672 851979
w: bookbinding.co.uk/Course/Timetable.htm
- Alan Winstanley
372 Devizes Road
Salisbury
Wilts
SP2 91Y
Courses arranged as and when
t: 01722 334 998
WORCESTERSHIRE
- Green’s Books Ltd.
Unit 6, Cygnet business Centre,
Worcester Road,
Hanley Swan,
Worcestershire
WR8 0EA
Bookbinding and conservation workshops at Green’s Books
Workshops are in small groups of around four people; they are held at the well-equipped studio in Worcestershire, and offer step-by-step tuition in various bookbinding and conservation techniques. Tea/coffee, handouts and materials are included (unless otherwise stated).
YORKSHIRE
- Signature Bindings
Glenn Malkin of Signature Bindings holds one-day bookbinding workshops at the Hull History Centre on an occasional basis, usually on a Tuesday. Ideally suited to beginners or those with little experience, participants will learn how to make a particular book structure that they will be able to reproduce at home without specialist equipment.
w: signaturebindings.co.uk
AUSTRALIA
- Karen Vidler (PM AICCM)
Book Conservation Services
‘The Bindery’, Adelaide, South Australia. Annual program of bookbinding and book conservation workshops announced in January via the Book Conservation Services Facebook and Instagram pages and our quarterly newsletter ‘The Bindery’. Annual program includes both simple bookbinding styles, design binding techniques, simple book repair and advanced conservation skills workshops.
Enrollment and enquiries about workshops can be made by emailing Lynne bcsbindery@gmail.com. Joint our mailing list to receive the newsletter and keep up to date with workshops and other training opportunities by emailing Lynne at the same email address.
Tutors: Karen Vidler, Nicky Oliver, other visiting tutors
t: +61 (0) 458 572 168
w: www.facebook.com/bcsbindery
ITALY
- TEC (Turin Educational Consortium)
w: http://www.turineducational.org/educational-trips/bookbinding-workshops/
SWEDEN
- Leksands folkhögskola
Box 281
793 26 Leksand
SwedenEnrolments to: fia.palmgren@leksand.fhsk.se or by phone +46 (0)247 648 00
Information about boarding and lodging: fia.palmgren@leksand.fhsk.se.
Information about workshop: leif.halldorf@leksand.fhsk.se - Langwe Studio Workshops
Kristinebergsgatan 11
792 32 Mora
Information about workshops: langwe.se
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