A one day workshop with Arthur Green, independent book conservator. This practical workshop will explore a mediaeval two-part structural endband. The day will start by working two basic, single core, primary endband styles and the session will finish by working a decorative chevron over the primary endband. Arthur will give guidance and advice on how the endbands are worked and how they can be adapted to provide strong yet minimally interventive repairs. This workshop is suitable for those with at…
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Beginners Traditional Marbling with Jill Sellars. Fee: Members - £30.00 Non Members - £50.00 Materials: £15.00 Participants will be provided with the tools and materials required to acquire the ability to make basic patterns from which many traditional and innovative decorated papers can be created. We will use acrylic paints which does not come off clothes. Students should bring newspaper to put on the floor, strips of newspaper approx. 5 x 35cm minimum for skimming the size, a folding drying…
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Midway between Bristol and Gloucestershire, Berkeley is the oldest castle to be lived in by the same family for nearly 900 years. It is where King Edward II was murdered. The Muniment Room has documents dating back to 1254. 10.30 arrival, 11.00 talk by the Castle Archivist followed by a short talk from our very own Caroline Palmer on her conservation work. Lunch will be followed by a tour of the castle. Also see the Butterfly House in the grounds.
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Participants will be provided with marbling colours, paper and the equipment required to learn how to make basic patterns. These skills can then be developed to create many traditional and innovative decorated papers. Maximum number 14, Materials cost £15. Students should bring strips of newspaper for skimming (approx 2"x 14") and newspaper to put on the floor, a folding drying rack, an apron and wear comfortable old shoes and clothes. Acrylic paint will be used which does not come off…
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EAST ANGLIAN REGION Practice, they say, makes perfect but you have to start somewhere.... This workshop with DOUG MITCHELL is aimed to set you off in the right direction.
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A glued structure with fold-out pages, pockets and windows, finished with a case binding. Suitable for postcards, photos and other small holiday ephemera. There is plenty of scope for individual creative variations. Ursula will be sharing some of the tips and techniques she has developed for albums in general, having made some hundreds of these for a commercial supplier.
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House Book Structure with Paul Johnson - details TBC
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This workshop will focus on the process of responding to a text block creatively to make illustrated papers. As part of the design process, we'll cover sketches and ideation, and then several methods of painting with inks, water colours and acrylic paints. These papers can be used as endpapers or book sides, and hopefully you'll leave inspired to develop your ideas at home. You'll also be talked through the process of making painted endpapers that allow the design to develop…
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EAST ANGLIAN REGION This workshop is by LEE SHEARMAN and you can see what he does on his web site. What will we be doing in the Village Hall at Linton? A full sized working paper model of our Region's Chairman? Join and find out.
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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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