Bookbinding Courses

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Courses listed by County

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

EDINBURGH

• Owl & Lion
  66 West Port
  Edinburgh
  Scotland
  EH1 2LD.  Large range of bookbinding short courses.Tutor: Isabelle Ting
  w: owlandlion.com

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)
  Winchester

  The 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 27^th
  August 3rd

SHROPSHIRE

• The Grange
  Grange Road
  Ellesmere
  Shropshire
  SY12 9DE
  Courses in Bookbinding, Paper Marbling and Letterpress printing.
  t:  01691 623495
  e: rose@thegrange.uk.com
  w: thegrange.uk.com

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
  Suffolk
  General Bookbinding & Repairs (for beginners and improvers)
  Tutor: George Davidson
  t: 01206 298283
  w: field-studies-council.org

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.uktop

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).

Fish-skin binding, including making fish parchment 1^st & 2^nd Oct. 2022, £240

Parchment repair 8^th Oct. 2022, £120 (+£10 materials)

Cambridge panel (short course) 29^th Oct. 2022, £60 (+10 materials)

arthur@greensbooks.co.uk

www.greensbooks.co.uk

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

e: bcsbindery@gmail.com

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