Tom McEwan is well-known for his creative gold and patterned book edges. Come and learn how to finish your fine binding.
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SCOTLAND JUNE 1-2 This is a joint workshop with Designer Bookbinders/SoB This workshop is fully booked
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A workshop experimenting with folding paper. Score, crease and fold to create several one sheet, concertina and slotted book structures. https://cargocollective.com/clarebryan
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Participants will make a Crossed Structure Binding, a useful, non-adhesive binding approach developed by Carmenchio Arregui. The text block is sewn directly onto the binding which could be card (as in this workshop), leather or a number of other materials. There are a whole range of adaptations and versions of this structure so by learning the basics you will be able to experiment with designs and materials to suit your own needs. You will need to bring with you: cutting…
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EAST ANGLIAN REGION Board attachment, hollows and spines Tutor: Mark Cockram In Parts 1 & 2, you will have made a text block and got it ready for putting on the boards etc to make a book. Start Time: 10.00 hrs Venue: Linton Village Hall Members Fee: £25 workshop, £5 observer, plus materials
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A visit to the Rare Books Collection of Cambridge University Library. Numbers are restricted to 15 people (due to the size of the room). The visit will last from 11:00 to 16:30 with three sessions: 11:00 to 12:30 Fine Bindings 12:30 to 13:15 Lunch break – there is a café in the building 13:15 to 14:45 Falling apart books – a look at some of the early books in the collection which are in need of conservation…
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EAST ANGLIAN REGION National Leather Museum This is a chance to visit the National Museum in Northampton for a tour. Joining details etc will be published nearer the time Venue: Museum in Northampton Start Time: to be announced Fee: there will be a small fee to be announced later Date: the date is as yet not fixed - watch these event details for the final details
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Any structure is only as strong as its weakest point. In bookbinding this inherently centres on the spine and the joints in the spine area. One specific area in the spine is the fold in the endpaper. Traditionally an endpaper has consisted of a folded sheet of paper tipped onto the first and last sections of the book and is therefore only as strong as the sheet of paper. To increase the strength in this area it is necessary to…
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A workshop on the delightful Crisscross binding (aka The Secret Belgian Binding) with its distinctive sewn-in spine which is a structure devised by Anne Goy. The three-part cover is made first, and the sections are sewn in afterwards. The front cover should fold completely to the back making this an ideal structure for sketchbooks. We will make both the basic and advanced models and explore the creative possibilities offered by variations of sewing patterns, threads and materials. www.owlbarnstudio.uk
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Focus of visit: less on bindings but lots of ephemera and letters and interesting items including Ted Hughes, Leonard Basken (printer), Sion Abbey manuscript, Parish libraries, AL Rowse, RJ Lloyd (artist), Agatha Christie and some Daphne Du Maurier and Causley plus a Show and Tell from the Head Archivist. Up to us say what we want to see so check the website. www.exeter.ac.uk/library
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