Course Available on multiple dates:
Monday Nights (5 Weeks, once a week)
6.30pm - 9pm

£100 per course
We provide all necessary tools and materials for each course

Course Information:
This is without doubt one of the best course aimed at absolute beginners level, introducing bookbinding through a series of projects designed to provide a good working knowledge of materials and techniques. You will develop skills in both the production and design of hand made books enabling you to go onto more complex and experimental bindings. Traditional book structures are explored, using materials that will endure over time. Buckram and cloth are combined with decorative elements to create beautiful books.

What techniques will we cover?
For beginners, you will learn grain direction, paper cutting, sewing sections and covering. The course will start with the making of a case binding and proceed to the binding of at least 4 hard covered books. You will be taught to use a variety of tools and materials and how to apply them to the sewing and construction of your book. By the end of this five weeks course, you will learn skills fundamental to hand bookbinding and be able to repeat and practice all the skills learned.

By the end of this course you should be able to:
• select and use appropriate materials
• sew a multi-sectioned binding
• to cover the books with two different types of bookbinding materials - buckram and book cloth