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Visit to Westminster School Busby Library and Archive and bookbinding studio (Fully booked)

Near Westminster Abbey, further details will be sent to attendees

Stored onsite in purpose designed accommodation, the archives contain records of the School’s activities, administration and alumni, predominately dating from the 1868 split from Westminster Abbey. Additional records covering the earlier period of the school’s history can be found in the Westminster Abbey Muniment Room and Library. The Archivist, Elizabeth Wells, also manages the School’s...

Emily Martin: Pop-ups and Moveables are older than you think

online via Zoom

Movable elements can be found in books as early as the 13th Century. Lift flaps and volvelles were used in religious texts to chronicle pilgrimages and calculate dates for religious holidays. Over time movables, pop-ups and movable sculptural book forms have been used for a variety of purposes from education to entertainment, scholarly texts to...

Midori Kunikata-Cockram: Hakochitsu (box case) Fully booked

Ground Floor Hall, Congregational Chapel, Kelly Street, Kentish Town, London Ground Floor Hall, Congregational Chapel, Kelly Street, Kentish Town, London, United Kingdom

The style of box provides ideal storage for various sizes and shapes of books and papers. The basic construction is a wraparound enclosure with a four sided box. This is a two-day workshop. Please ensure you can attend both dates. Materials cost: £37 for the Material Kit. Tools list will be provided March 2024. Instructor...

Glenn Malkin: An Introduction to Decorative Techniques in Contemporary Bookbinding

Ground Floor Hall, Congregational Chapel, Kelly Street, Kentish Town, London Ground Floor Hall, Congregational Chapel, Kelly Street, Kentish Town, London, United Kingdom

In this practical demonstration Glenn will show a range of techniques used in contemporary bookbinding to decorate leather or cloth covers. He will talk about airbrushing, spraying and sprinkling to add colour to designs. Leather onlay techniques will be demonstrated as will impressed leather to create texture and pattern. And whilst he won’t talk in...

Book Arts Day 2024

First Floor Hall, Congregational Chapel, Kelly Street, Kentish Town, London First Floor Hall, Congregational Chapel, Kelly Street, Kentish Town, London, United Kingdom

Running for a third year, an opportunity to meet and buy from over twenty book artists based around London and further afield. Returning book artists include Ruth Martin, Batool Showghi and Inkpot & Pen. For further information, see: https://artistbooks.group/book-arts-day

Free

Two-day Workshop: Dendritic Printing and Shaving Foam Marbling – Alan Fitch

First Floor Hall, Congregational Chapel, Kelly Street, Kentish Town, London First Floor Hall, Congregational Chapel, Kelly Street, Kentish Town, London, United Kingdom

Date: Friday 13 and Saturday 14 September from 10:00-16:00 both days Venue: Upper Hall Instructor: Alan Fitch Workshop description: Part 1. Dendritic Printing. Using this unusual, but relatively simple, method of printing it is possible to produce stunning and unusual designs on both endpapers and covering material, including paper, cloth, suede and calf. You will...

£35

Two-day Workshop: Gold tooling on leather — Tracey Rowledge

Date: Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 October from 10:30-16:30 both days Venue: Tracey Rowledge's studio, West London Instructor: Tracey Rowledge Workshop description: This course is a great introduction to gold-tooling on leather and the creative use of the medium. Learn how to gold tool on a leather-covered sample board with simple shaped hand finishing tools,...

Demonstration: Stationery Binding – Glenn Bartley

Ground Floor Hall, Congregational Chapel, Kelly Street, Kentish Town, London Ground Floor Hall, Congregational Chapel, Kelly Street, Kentish Town, London, United Kingdom

Date: 2 November from 10:30-15:30 Venue: Ground floor hall, Kelly St., Kentish Town Speaker: Glenn Bartley Workshop description: Glenn will discuss and demonstrate the full process of making a half-leather spring back / stationery binding including endpapers, sewing, spine & board preparation, making the spring back, and covering. Plus lots of hints and tips along...

£20

Visit: St.Paul’s Library

St Paul's Library St. Paul's Churchyard, London, United Kingdom

Date: Wednesday 6 November at 14:30 Venue: St Paul's Library Description: The Cathedral Library, situated at Triforium level behind the south-west tower, was completed in 1709, and kept in service up until 2018, when restoration began. The four-year project to clean and conserve the Cathedral Library is now complete and – with the addition of...

£25

Online talk: Hanji’s American Branch – Aimee Lee

On-line workshop

Date: Wednesday 13 November at 19:00 GMT Venue: online presentation on Zoom Speaker: Aimee Lee Description: Since 2007, Aimee Lee has been immersed in all things hanji, which is Korean paper. In this talk, she will share her trajectory from the US to Korea in search of papermaking skills, ancestral reclamation, and a sense of...

£20