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SoB Western Region Bookbinding Progression Course – Year 2 Intermediate

Hestercombe House Cheddon Fitzpaine, Taunton, United Kingdom

Places available! Two places have become available on the above course which runs over nine weekends, starting in September 2024.   The course follows on from last year’s Beginners level and is suitable for those who have had some experience in bookbinding. It will be held at Western Region’s new bindery, Hestercombe House, Cheddon Fitzpaine, Taunton...

£675

Ruth Brown: Traditional Japanese pouch book

Community Centre, Kelsall Chester Road, Kelsall

In this workshop we’ll be making a Japanese pouch book using traditional techniques and a mix of traditional and modern materials. This elegant book utilises an inner binding for strength and to aid longevity, as well as a beautiful, sewn, outer binding and corner caps. In addition to the pouch book we will make samples...

£30

Stub Binding with Hannah Brown

Shepton Mallet, Somerset

Invitations to each workshop will be emailed out six weeks before each event.  Priority will be given to members of the region.  Please contact margaretcastle@yahoo.co.uk if you would like to be sent an invitation for any of the workshops.

Members-only Webinar: Jacqui Dodds – Mark making & design for Lino Printing

Members-only Webinar , United Kingdom

In this Webinar Jacqui will briefly explain tools and materials for use in lino printing. She will describe how mark making, and negative and positive design elements are used for making linocuts. Jacqui will then show examples of linocut designs used in bookbinding, including the work of other printmakers and illustrators. Jacqui has a BA...

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

A regional visit to our Anniversary Exhibitions in Manchester

Community Centre, Kelsall Chester Road, Kelsall

As part of our regional celebrations of our 50th anniversary we are curating two exhibitions at Manchester Central Library: one of design bindings, and one featuring work created at our regional workshops. We will visit both exhibitions and also be treated to a display of private press books from the Library’s extensive collection. Please book...

£30

Barry Clark – Beginners’ workshop: A Bookbinding Workshop with a difference!

The Portico Library 57 Mosely St, Manchester, United Kingdom

An opportunity to get creative making a variety of ingenious, fun and useful items. Working with local bookbinder Barry Clark you will re-create the almost forgotten milkman’s Magic Wallet; the Turkish Map Fold (a way to present a whole page image in a small and attractive format); the Pop-Up invitation/greetings card for those special occasions...

£80

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