This session introduces people to the basics of bookbinding and gives them a taster of the craft and enables them to make a small notebook. 10.00am to midday in the Avon room.

For complete beginners, this is the first unit in the Level 1 C&G certificate in Bookbinding, where you will gain a core knowledge of the basic skills and make single and multi-section bindings in quarter, half and full cloth.

Complementing the leather rebacking, this course will teach you the fine skills involved in sympathetically rebacking a cloth book.  These two courses combine as a mandatory assignment for the C&G Level 3 Diploma in Bookbinding. To book a place on the above course please email:  [email protected] 

Two days in which you will learn the traditional way to letter a book in gold leaf with both hand tools and typeholder, and decorate a leather label.

This course is for those who would like to achieve a certificate in Level 1 or 2 Bookbinding and who have no previous arts experience.  You will put together a portfolio of samples relating to bookbinding and its materials, and learn about colour and design. To book a place on the above course please email:  [email protected]