The Society's Education and Training funds are sponsoring a two day workshop for us on the K118 structure with Glenn Malkin. They will be paying the Tutor's Fee and travel expenses and the hire of the community centre. It is a quarter leather book structure with a cloth-tab board attachment. In this two day workshop participants will make a book from scratch, folding and sewing the sections and lining the spine. In this case, the book is rounded but not…
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EAST ANGLIA REGION This is a TWO DAY workshop where TOM McEWAN will show how edges may be decorated in a variety of ways. You can see some of Tom's amazing work on his web pages but there are no edge decorations shown there. What will Tom bring to Linton Village Hall?
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A two-day workshop with Julian Thomas MBE, conservator and bookbinder, Fellow of Designer Bookbinders. The workshop is sponsored by the Society of Bookbinders under the Travelling Workshop Scheme. There is no fee but there will be a £10 materials cost. There will be a maximum of 10 spaces.
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Following the huge success of the short course for The Naked Book last year, we offer another short course on book repair and simple conservation with Angela looking at paper repair, board treatment, and rebacking. There will be an option for an extra day.
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This is the second session of this short course on book repair and simple conservation with Angela looking at paper repair, board treatment and rebacking. There will be an option for an extra day.
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Magnets offer exciting new opportunities to book artists, binders and box makers. Displayed as part of the design or discreetly hidden under covering material, they can hold things closed, or hold them open, or even keep things in place. In this workshop we will be exploring the properties of different types and sizes of magnets and their use as closures, attachments and hinges. You will make a set of samples contained in a simple wrapper box that will inspire your…
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This is the final session of this short course on book repair and simple conservation with Angela looking at paper repair, board treatment, and rebacking. There will be an option for an extra day.
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EAST ANGLIA BRIDGET WARRINGTON, a Cambridge based paper conservator, will show you how to make repairs to the very stuff of a book. This should help you deal with examples of the type of damage shown in the illustration here.
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The hybrid drop-back box takes the best from two well established box making methods; the 'all-in-one' and the case method. During this workshop, you will make and cover a cloth drop-back box. For expediency, all the parts will be pre-cut, but Arthur will guide you through the method and rational behind its construction. For more information on the subject, see... http://www.greensbooks.co.uk/2017/09/28/a-cloth-covered-drop-back-box/ Tools to bring: a sharp craft-knife, large cutting mat approx. 450mm x 600mm, sharp pencil, various straight edges, 45…
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This is a FREE two day workshop courtesy of the national Education and Training Committee which is experimenting with one workshop a year per region. We choose the subject, the Committee choose the tutor. Many members ask for help with gold tooling so now is your chance. The workshop will cover all aspects of gold tooling both on foil and gold leaf including uses, equipment and the setting up of your own tools. All very informal with lots of practising.
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