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Designer Bookbinders and the Society of Bookbinders, Weekend Workshops
Welcome to the eighth series of joint workshops offered by Designer Bookbinders and the Society of Bookbinders. The programme has been organised by George Davidson.
These workshops offer structured, intensive learning from established teachers and are designed to stress the 'hands on' approach where students complete a structure or technique following demonstrations from the teacher. The size of each workshop is limited to allow students to benefit from individual attention. We hope you will be tempted - but please remember that the workshops tend to fill up very quickly, so sign up early to avoid disappointment.
Each workshop takes place on a Saturday and Sunday from 10.00 to 17.00 with suitable breaks.
The fee for each workshop is £125 plus a charge for materials provided by the tutor and payable 'on the day'.
Paste Paper Patterns with Victoria Hall
18th-19th February 2012
Linton, near Cambridge
Paste Papers have been used to decorate book covers since the 17th century and remain suitable and popular for use in contemporary bindings. This course will equip participants with the ability confidently to produce their own custom-designed paste papers requiring only modest materials and a zest for creativity. Victoria will bring a selection of different pastes, a variety of colouring agents and an assortment of different papers to work on, not to mention a plethora of tools with which to mark and pattern the papers. The first day will be very hands-on, as students make a sequence of A4 papers covering all the basic building-blocks of paste paper pattern making - mixing paste, applying colour, texturing, combing, blocking and tooling. More complex patterns and 'double' images may be created on the second day, with plenty of resource material available for inspiration. The workshop will conclude with an examination of paste papers old and new from Victoria's collection. By the end of the course you will be able to recognise and better understand paste papers whenever they appear in bindings old or new, and have a portfolio of original papers for your own work. There will be a cover charge for materials of £20.
Victoria makes a wide variety of hand decorated papers in her Norfolk studio and added paste papers to her range of marbled papers in the mid 1990s. She has a particular interest in historic styles, many of which she is able to recreate in facsimile, and has studied historic paper collections in libraries of Europe and the USA. Her contemporary paste paper designs have been commissioned by notable Fine Presses including Incline Press. Rampant Lions, Libanus Press, & Simon King. She has recently completed marbling the papers for the Highgrove Florilegium.
A Drop-back Box with leather spine with Stephen Conway
17th-18th March 2012
Conway Bindery, Halifax
Boxmaking is an essential skill in the bookbinders repertoire, for housing rare and valuable books as well as suites of prints, drawings or ephemera. The rounded spine quarter-leather box is made to the highest standards, requiring accuracy in measuring, cutting and covering. In this workshop, Stephen will guide participants through the steps involved in making a traditional quarter-leather drop-back box with felt linings and a rounded spine. Taking a step at a time, we will proceed to construct and cover two trays and a case, which will have a rounded wooden spine, raised bands and some decoration, including a blocked label. This workshop is suitable for participants with some experience, including leather paring. Stephen will provide the materials at cost of £25.
Stephen was apprenticed at Edward Mortimer Ltd of Halifax and opened his own bookbinding business in 1985. The business is currently situated in Halifax, West Yorkshire. He won the Silver Medal in the Designer Bookbinders Competition 1998 and was elected a Fellow of DB in 2000. His work is held in many collections worldwide including The British Library and The Lily Library, Indiana U.S.A. He is currently serving a two-year term as President of Designer Bookbinders.
Further information and booking forms can be downloaded from the DB and SoB web sites:
www.DesignerBookbinders.org.uk
www.societyofbookbinders.com
The City Lit, London
The City Lit - the centre for adult learning in London - now has an expanded bookbinding programme. There are currently places available on these courses:
* indicates a new course
*Bookbinding: Paring and practice in working with leather
Develop your leather paring skills and learn how to sharpen and maintain your tools.
Runs on Mondays - 13th February - 19th March 2012
18.00- 21.00 £132/73
*Vellum binding: Intermediate and Advanced
Make a boarded vellum binding.
Saturday 25th February - 31st March 2012
10.30-16.30 £221/161/121
Tutor Peter Spain
Course code VD237
Bookbinding: Triangular books
Sunday 18th March 2012
10.30 - 16.30 £57
Tutor Nesta Davies
Course code VD226
For information on forthcoming courses, including course outlines, see www.citylit.ac.uk or call 020 7492 2700
Bookbinding and Book Arts at North Bennet Street School, Boston, MA
Rare books and calligraphy
Friday-Sunday, 2nd-4th March 2012
Join calligrapher Maryanne Grebenstein on a visit to the Rare Books Room at the Boston Public Library (BPL) followed by a two-day workshop at North Bennet Street School.
Flag books
Saturday-Sunday, 10th-12th March 2012
In this two-day workshop led by Karen Hanmer, students make two styles of flag books and experiment with adding text and images.
Limp vellum binding
Wednesday-Friday, 21st-23rd March 2012
The limp vellum binding is one of the most beautiful traditional structures. Using calf vellum covers, alum-tawed hide, and bone clasps, students make their own model of this binding. The instructor is Stacie Dolin, a graduate of North Bennet Street School.
Scaleboard lecture
Thursday, 26th April 2012
Free event
Drawing from her study of 350 scaleboard bindings in library collections, Julia Miller explores the variety of structural elements and material combinations used on American imprints bound in scaleboard.
Introduction to scaleboard
Friday-Saturday, 27-28th April 2012
8:30am - 4:30pm
Instructor: Julia Miller
$500
Advanced
Following her lecture, Julia Miller leads a two-day workshop focused on building a solid understanding of the variety of structural elements
encountered in scaleboard bindings.
Register now for these book-focused spring workshops. Find them among dozens of hand-skills courses listed on the NBSS workshop calendar - www.nbss.edu/workshops
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina
Bookbinding & Boxes: Sublime to Divine with Cathy Adelman & Alice Vaughan
Spring Eight-Week Classes
11th March - 4th May 4 2012
This intensive workshop in book structure is all about variety: a variety of structures, materials, and boxes. We will demonstrate techniques for case, flexible, limp, and New-Oriental-style bindings out of leather, wood, vellum, and Plexiglas. Portfolios, slipcases, boxes, and pop-up boxes made of paper, cloth, leather, and wood will complete each project. We will cover a smorgasbord of decorating techniques including hand tooling and hot stamping. This is an exceptional opportunity to enhance your fundamentals and learn new skills. All levels. Code S00B
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Further information and booking at the Penland School of Craft web site at: www.penland.org
Don Rash - Classes at School for Formal Bookbinding, Plains, Pennsylvania
Here Is the class list for the School's upcoming 2012 classes.
March 2012
19th-23rd - Introduction to Leather Binding
26th-30th - Full Leather Binding
April 2012
9th-13th - Introduction to Cloth Binding Conservation
16th-20th - Introduction to Leather Binding Conservation
May 2012
7th-11th - Foundations of Hand Bookbinding
14th-18th - Introduction to Case Binding
June 2012
2nd-3rd - Introduction to Inlay and Onlay
11th-15th - Introduction to Leather Binding
18th-22nd - Full Leather Binding
July 2012
7th-8th - Introduction to Titling and Tooling
16th-20th - Introduction to Cloth Binding
23rd-27th - Conservation
23rd-27th - Introduction to Leather Binding Conservation
September 2012
10th-14th - Foundations of Hand Bookbinding
17th-21st - Introduction to Case Binding
29th-30th - A Contemporary Leather Spined Box
October 2012
8th-12th - Edition Binding
For more information about individual classes or tuition and housing fees, please visit www.donrashfinebookbinder.com/sfbmain.html
Workshops at Panther Peak Bindery, Tucson, Arizona
The Panther Peak Bindery offer courses for beginners and advanced binders, and everyone in between. The owner, Mark Andersson was the bookbinding instructor at the North Bennet Street School for nine years, teaching all major aspects of bookbinding and conservation. The courses at Panther Peak Bindery draw upon that experience as well as his many years as a private binder and conservator.
Cloth Binding
Five Saturdays
18th February - 24th March 2012 (no class March 11 due to Festival of Books at UA)
Time: 08.30-16.30
Cost: $525
Non-adhesive binding
Five Saturdays
28th April - 26th May 2012
Time: 08.00-16.30
Cost: $500
Cloth binding
Five Saturdays
2nd-30th June 2012
Time: 08.30-16.30
Cost: $525
Boxes and Enclosures
Monday - Friday
25th-29th June 2012
Time: 08.30-16.30
Cost: $525
Cloth binding
Monday - Friday
6th-10th August 2012
Time: 08.30-16.30
Cost: $525
Book Repair
Monday - Friday
13th-17th August 2012
Time: 08.30-16.30
Cost: $500
Cloth Binding Too
Monday - Friday
22nd-26th October 2012
Time: 08.30-16.30
Cost:$525
Leather/Vellum Classes
Half Leather Binding
Monday - Friday
9th-13th July 2012
Time: 08.30-16.30
Cost: $500
Full Calf Binding
Monday - Friday
16th-20th July 2012
Time: 08.30-16.30
Cost: $500
Limp Leather
Monday - Friday
10th-14th September 2012
Time: 08.30-16.30
Cost: $525
Millimeter Bindings
Monday - Friday
17th-21st September 2012
Time: 08.30-16.30
Cost: $525
Limp Vellum
Monday - Friday
24th-28th September 2012
Time: 08.30-16.30
Cost: $550
For more information please visit www.pantherpeakbindery.com/Courses.html
Bookbinding and Paper Marbling courses with Christopher Rowlatt at the Presteigne Bindery
Because of popular demand some of the courses are repeated so please choose a date to suit your diary. Each course fee includes all materials except for the fabric marbling course when I require each student to provide their own fabric. Refreshments and a midday meal are also included in the fee.
Paper & Fabric Marbling
25th-26th February and 28th-29th April 2012
Starting on paper and progressing, on the second day to fabric, this course varies a little from the basic Paper Marbling course. After the introduction of the recipes for size and inks, and production of 5 samplers that teach all the basic skills required to print a good sheet, you will concentrate more on the designs involved for fabric marbling. The Dutch, Bouquet, Non-pariel, curls and snails and nightingales nests all look well on fabric. The second day will be free for your own experimentation. Comprehensive notes on marbling are given. This is your chance to learn the techniques of marbling and pattern making on paper and fabric. If you have had some experience, this course will further that experience and develop your skills. Contact me for guidance on which fabrics to bring.
Paper Marbling & Simple Non-Adhesive Bookbinding
31st March - 2nd April 2012
A wonderful chance to learn how to marble and then learn some easy, very rewarding methods of using them in book form. You will start with the recipes for size and inks, and go on to produce 5 samplers that teach all the basic skills required to print a good sheet. You can try patterns such as Dutch, Bouquet, Non-pariel, curls and snails and nightingales nests, and even the Spanish. The second day will be free for your free experimentation. On the final day, a choice of book forms and techniques are available to make and try. It could be a stab binding sample book of all your marbles, a single section note or sample book or a long stitch bound book incorporating your marbles. Comprehensive notes on marbling and each bookbinding form attempted are given.
Bookbinding for beginners and more experienced binders.
24th-25th March 2012
For beginners tearing paper leads to folding paper leads to cutting paper leads to sewing paper together leads to gluing paper leads to pressing paper leads to a book which gives the skills that will make a multi-section case bound book which will start your bookbinding life. You might even get round to discussing what defines a book! At least two books will be made.
For the more experienced bookbinder the opportunity to further their skills and knowledge through repairing a damaged book, or creating a designer binding, or experiencing new materials and skills will be available.
This course introduces the student to paper, bookcloth, adhesives and many other materials used in bookbinding and how they interact with each other, also the many skills and safe use of the bookbinding tools required by a bookbinder. Sadly I can not offer leather binding on this course.
Bookbinding in Leather
5th-7th May 2012
If you have not experienced leather before, this is your chance to enjoy this material and create a new leather binding on an already bound book or to repair an existing leather binding that may be damaged. Tuition in paring, covering, moulding and all other aspects of leather preparation and application are covered. Sadly tooling will not be covered but if time allows a simple label will be made to title the book. Bring a few examples of books that require recovering and leather bound books in need of cover repair. Please contact me for details of what to bring in the way of books to work on.
Japanese Bookbinding
28th-29th April 2012
To learn the art and craft of creating Japanese Bindings gives the chance to work with some of the most glorious and wonderful materials; Japanese tissue and hand made papers, hand printed papers, hand marbled papers and, of course, threads of all kinds. The simple and disciplined skills needed to create this style of binding and the straight forward tools will enable you to make and develop this style of binding at home. The four hole Yotsume Toji, Kangxi, Asa-n-ha Toji, Kikko Toji, and possibly the Yamato ledger styles will be attempted.
Two day weekends cost £195 and Three day courses cost £295.
Each marbling course is limited to 3 students while the Bookbinding courses are limited to 4.
An accommodation list is available on the website.
For further details see www.bookbinding-marbling.co.uk
or contact me at info@bookbinding-marbling.co.uk
or telephone 01544 260466
The Presteigne Bindery, 14, Hereford Street, Presteigne, Powys. LD8 2AR
Bookbinding Workshops with Dominic Riley and Michael Burke in the Cumbrian Lake District
Welcome to our Spring offering for 2012. There's of variety of workshops here, from basic structures to more advanced techniques. We hope there will be plenty here for you to enjoy. Please remember, the workshops do tend to fill up quickly, so let us know as soon as you can if you'd like to book a place. We look forward to seeing you at the bench!
Workshops are from 10.00-17.00 at our bindery near Ulverston. Please note that space is limited to 10. The workshop fee includes lunch. If you need to stay overnight, we can help with B&B accommodation.
One-Day Wednesday Workshops
The Ideal Sketchbook
15th February 2012
Materials £10
This structure is modeled on the nineteenth century sketchbooks used by Wordsworth and Ruskin as they wandered across the Lake District to draw and write. It opens beautifully, is very durable, and can be made at home with no equipment and a few simple tools. The pages are made from good cartridge paper which is folded and slit to give a beautiful deckled edge. The book is sewn with linen thread on strong tapes, and has a cloth hinge for strength. It is rounded, for easy opening, but not backed, eliminating the need for a press. The case is made from thick boards covered in strong natural canvas that can withstand all the hard knocks associated with going 'out into the field'.
Sewn Boards Binding
7th March 2012
Materials £5.00
Inspired by the Ethiopian binding, this structure is an alternative to the traditional case binding, and is ingenious in construction. The sections are sewn with an unsupported stitch for flexibility. The cover is sewn as part of the textblock and is reinforced with card for strength. The spine is lined with Japanese paper, and endpapers tipped on. The cover consists of a cloth spine collar and paper sides, all of which are tipped on so that the binding is remarkably light and flexible. Also, it requires no pressing, so can be made at home with no specialist equipment.
The All-in-One Clamshell Box
28th March 2012
Materials £5.00
Traditional clamshell boxes are made from two trays and a case, the trays being glued to the case in a large press. This presents a problem for people who don't have such a press. The All-in-One Box is an elegant answer to this problem, since it can be made at home with just a few hand tools. It has several special features including reinforced double walls, which are further strengthened with a lining of jaconet, and an ingenious method of covering using one piece of bookcloth, with very neat cuts and turn-ins, that give it a streamlined look.
Single Sheet Binding
18th April 2012
Materials £5.00
This structure is designed for binding single sheets in a way that is strong and durable, and can be easily adapted for rebinding paperbacks that have fallen apart or do not open well. The pages are doubled fanned and glued for strength, and the spine lined with thin cotton to hold it together well. The cover is made from card covered with Tyvek, a thin and very strong material that is also very flexible. The Tyvek is coloured with acrylics before covering. By attaching the cover to the endpapers rather than the spine (as is traditional in paperback bindings) the book opens beautifully flat.
The Presentation Album
2nd May 2012
Materials £15.00
This is an extremely elegant album structure ideal for presenting suites of prints, drawings or photographs. The pages are made from a heavy and luxurious soft white paper, folded at the fore-edge, with an embossed, recessed area in the page for mounting the images. The folded pages are joined together with hinges of coloured paper, with a cloth joint for attaching to the cover. The case has cushioned boards and is covered in a handsome canvas cloth, with a recessed panel on the front for the title label.
All one-day workshops are £45.00
Two-Day and Three-Day Weekend Workshops
(Three-day workshops are from Friday - Sunday)
Ethiopian Binding and Case
25th-26th February 2012
Materials £30.00
The traditional method of binding books in Ethiopia survived relatively unchanged for over a thousand years, and is one of the oldest methods of binding with wooden boards. In this workshop we'll make a flexible non-adhesive book that opens fully. Wooden panels will be drilled and shaped to give smooth book boards. The signatures will be sewn with a linking chain stitch employing pairs of sewing stations, and the sewing will go directly into the boards to form the attachment. Thongs will be added to the boards to secure the book's closure. The protective case (madhar) is a shoulder bag made from leather. It has a long strap that allows the owner to keep the book ready to hand. This flexible yet sturdy case will be made from only three pieces of leather, sewn together with a strong thread. The simplicity of the case elegantly complements the beauty of the Ethiopian Codex.
Chinese Binding
17th-18th March 2012
Materials £20.00
This workshop introduces three early Chinese binding structures, which have been in use for hundreds of years and are still made today. They include the sutra (jingzhezhuang), the wrapped-back (baobei zhuang) and the thread-bound (xian zhuang). These three classic styles of binding cover a period of over a thousand years of bookmaking in China, the cradle of book arts and printing. The three books are housed in a covered case (shutao) which wrap them together in the traditional Chinese way.
Limp Vellum Binding
30th March - 1st April 2012(three days)
Materials £40.00
Vellum was commonly used as a covering material for bindings from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century, and was revived in the late nineteenth century by the Arts and Crafts movement. It is an extremely elegant and refined structure, and relatively straightforward to make. We will begin by sewing the book onto vellum tapes, sewing on simple endpapers, then rounding the spine and sewing on plain linen headbands. The cover is made 'off the book' from good quality calfskin vellum, which is measured, scored, cut and folded to fit the book precisely (a paper template will be made beforehand to check the measurements and serve as a guide for future bindings). Particular attention is given to the ingenious 'inter-locking corners' which hold the cover together. The endpapers are then put down, and the book pressed lightly.
Pastepapers Old and New
28th-29th April 2012
Materials £15.00
Although used on books as early the 16th century, pastepapers were made popular in the mid-1700s by the Moravian Sisters of Herrnhut in Saxony. A recent study of these papers has sparked renewed interest, and this workshop will introduce you to the methods, materials and patterns used on the original pastepapers. We'll begin by mixing colors using natural earth pigments and making the few simple tools used by the Sisters. Then we'll reproduce each of their original designs using the same colors, patterns, freehand brush strokes and tooling. Day Two will bring us up to date with a wide range of inventive techniques for making modern pastepapers. We'll make combs, stamps, rollers and other mark-making tools used in pastepaper design, and explore a range of techniques used to create many different effects, from simple pulled papers to highly regular striped patterns.
Hand Tooling
19th-20th May 2012
Materials £30.00
Hand finishing on books requires patience, skill and much practice, and handling gold leaf can present endless frustrations to even the most accomplished bookbinder. This workshop will show how to execute neat, pleasing finishing without using gold leaf, thus concentrating on the fundamental skills necessary to achieve good lettering and decoration of spines and boards. We will concentrate on six techniques: blind tooling on leather; tooling with carbon paper to achieve a solid black result; freestyle carbon tooling on leather or cloth boards using the one line wheel; tooling titles with real gold foil; using a template to ensure accuracy; and tooling gold lines using a fool-proof guide. All these techniques have been developed over the years in various binderies , where, for reasons of expediency, finishing with gold leaf was not practised. The alternatives are very impressive.
Two-day workshops are £90.00, three-day workshops are £135.00
Further information from Low Wood House, Low Wood, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 8LY.
015395 31161 dom.riley@hotmail.com
If you need to stay overnight, we can help with B&B accommodation
Bookbinding in Gloucestershire
All ability workshops and courses in new or repair binding, working with limited numbers to ensure individual attention.
Chipping Campden 10.00 - 16.00. A permanent venue with a good collection of equipment and flat access.
March/April 2012
Nailsworth Workshops 09.30 - 15.30. A Nice room with flat access and a reasonable sized nipping press on site.
Eater Holidays 2012
Workshop Costs and Course Fees
1 Day £37.50
2 Days £70.00
3 Days £105.00
John Pursey from Hewits will be visiting us during the courses and workshops
For further details and to enrol please contact Anne Weare 01285 760328
Binding in Powys at The Farthing Press & Bindery with Alan Fitch
There are available a variety of courses, which run through out the year, offering the opportunity to learn in an idyllic location and relaxed atmosphere. With only a maximum of people three on any one course, tuition is on a very personal level, with each student having there own work station and all tools and materials supplied.
The courses run from Monday - Friday (9 - 5). Over the period of the course you will be guided through all the aspects of bookbinding, relevant to each course. There are at present four courses available:
Basic Course - This course has been designed for the beginner and covers all the basics of binding a book.
Refresher/Repair Course - This course is designed for the student who :
- Has completed the Basic Course but would like to spend more time developing their basic skills before moving on to finer things.
- Has had some experience in the past of binding a case bound, round and backed book but would like to refresh their skills.
- Would like to develop their skills in repairing old cloth cased books.
Full Leather Course - This course is for the person who wants to develop their bookbinding skills and progress to binding in leather.
2 Day Bookmaking Course - This course has been designed to allow you to spend two days making a variety of types and styles of book, none of which require any specialist equipment or tools.
Accommodation is available
For further detail please telephone +44 (0)1938 590733 or view the web site at www.farthingpress.plus.com
The School for Bookbinding Arts, Winchester, VA
The school is committed to providing quality training in the craft of hand bookbinding. Its ongoing series of two-day workshops is designed to teach techniques that are immediately useful to the student as well as to create a solid foundation of skills for further bookbinding study. The curriculum includes both basic and advanced courses that are geared toward the needs of book dealers, collectors and anyone interested in learning the art of hand bookbinding. Each workshop features demonstrations of the techniques being taught coupled with ample supervised practice time for the student. A complete package of printed notes accompanies each of the workshops to aid the student in assimilating the body of information being presented.
Workshops are taught in the studios of Cat Tail Run Hand Bookbinding near Winchester, Virginia. Cat Tail Run Hand Bookbinding is a fully operational hand bookbinding and book restoration facility established in 1991 by Jill Deiss. Instructors for THE SCHOOL FOR BOOKBINDING ARTS include Jill Deiss, Dee Evetts, Susan McCabe and Bill Deiss.
Foundation Level Course
Beginning Cloth Binding Restoration: This course teaches a wide variety of skills that are immediately useful for the repair of cloth bindings and also serves as a foundation for later courses. Techniques taught include: repairing damaged corners, endcaps and joints on cloth bindings; toning of discolorations; and minor paper repair techniques. Limited to 9 students. $235
Beginning Leather Binding Restoration: Students will learn various treatments for leather bindings including repairs for damaged corners, endaps, and joints. Also included are techniques for polishing and improving the condition of leather surfaces. $235
Advanced Cloth Binding Restoration: Learn the professional technique for restoring a cloth binding using original boards and spine. Requires Beginning Cloth Binding Restoration for participation. Limited to 7 students. $235
Advanced Leather Binding Restoration: The leather reback is the companion repair to the cloth reback but for leather bindings. All portions of the original binding are retained in this professional restoration. Techniques for thinning and paring leather will be featured in this workshop. Requires Beginning Leather Binding Restoration for participation. Limited to 7 students. $235
New Cloth Bindings: Two styles of new bindings will be taught to enable students to put covers on books that have lost their original bindings. Introduction to book titling will be featured as well as methods for endsheet attachment. Limited to 9 students. $235
Clamshell Box Construction: Students will learn the craft of creating custom-fit clamshell boxes. Limited to 9 students. $235
Paper Marbling [Beginning & Advanced]: Students will learn many traditional marbled patterns as well as how to set up their own marbling studios. Inquire for course fee.
Further
information from:
540-662-2683
www.CatTailRun.com
email: info@cattailrun.com
Learn to bind in Surrey
For those wishing to learn bookbinding, The Otter Bindery offers classes, for all levels from beginners upwards. For further details please check the website www.otterbookbinding.com or telephone 01932 845976. The classes diary can be found here
Subjects covered include paper repair, book restoration, gold finishing, box making and fine binding, contemporary styles, traditional styles and wooden bookbinding.
Otter Bindery workshops are available to tutor groups, schools, art centres, businesses and institutions.
Bookbinding and Restoration Workshops with Douglas Mitchell
For over nine years, Douglas Mitchell has been holding various workshops covering all aspects of Paper Conservation and Book Restoration at 'Beginners', 'Intermediate' and 'Advanced' Levels. They are held three times a year at a beautiful location in the Lake District and are residential. For details contact Doug Mitchell on booksurgeon@gmail.com or the colleges website, Higham Hall.
He also holds one day workshops in Suffolk, London and Northamptonshire.
Douglas is an apprenticed Bookbinder, working at The British Museum and Foreign Office binderies and currently working as a Paper Conservator and Book Restorer at The British Library with over 35 years experience.
CBL Ascona, Switzerland
The Association centro del bel libro in Ascona is the parent institution of an internationally known and recognised technical school with the specialised areas of Bookbinding and Design and Book and Paper Conservation. The Association exists for the continued development and ever higher qualification of its instructors in both areas. Competitions and exhibitions help inform the public about their activities and expand public awareness of the book. The Association makes it possible for experts in related fields and for interested laypeople to acquire knowledge and skills pertaining to the book through special courses of instruction. The Association is a not for profit organisation. Its departments assure the smooth functioning of the school and an especially well organised office assists course participants with their stay in Ascona. The Directorate, among other duties, is charged with attracting new supporting members for the Association to en sure the continued work and development of the School. Should you be in agreement with the stated goals of the Association - we would be pleased to welcome you as a new member!
Department of Bookbinding and Design - The study areas of Bookbinding and Design offer discerning bookbinders the opportunity of technical and creative challenges. Course participants have the opportunity to further their qualifications through learning internationally recognised methods and techniques, are able to hone their skills and increase their knowledge, evaluate themselves and be inspired by colleagues. They will exchange ideas and find paths in creativity and through self reflection; paths which open up by being away from job demands and daily stress, away from routine, and the pressures of time and expectations of productivity. The annually changing course offerings are continually enhanced by timely developments to expand students' depth of understanding. They include classic hand bookbinding techniques, such as the French full leather binding, the Bradel technique, as well as hand gilding. Another area of program concentration is the contemporary design of bookbindings, in which design, technique and material complement each other and fulfil the functional and qualitative aspects of a book.
Department Book and Paper Conservation - The study of book and paper conservation at the centro del bel libro ascona assures further education specifically for book and paper restorers and delivers timely, inclusive and internationally recognised competencies in theory and practical applications. Scientific bases of restoration, restoration ethics, as well as documentation and decision making are encouraged and fostered in order to increase the knowledge of course participants in these areas. The opportunity to engage in dialogue in related disciplines, support and evaluation of innovation, and most of all development of practical skills to assure correct restoration and conservation measures - all are addressed in this context. The exchange of ideas among experts, and the addition of highly specialised guest lecturers provide the best conditions for exploring all relevant subjects in depth. Highly qualified teachers, a pleasant study and work environment, course participants from countries world wide, and the much renowned southern joie de vivre facilitate learning, ignite the desire to learn and communicate, and reward the student with improved self confidence. Building on these facts, it becomes an easy task to develop conventions for the protection of our cultural heritage, the book - a task which the centro del bel libro ascona has set itself and which it fulfils.
Further information regarding courses programs can be found on the school's web site at: www.cbl-ascona.ch
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