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.

The last piece in the Storage and Enclosures module for the Level 3 Diploma, here you will learn how to make a quarter leather drop back box with a rounded spine.

This 2-hour introduction-to-bookbinding course held at Tedworth House gives interested people a taste of the basics of bookbinding and enables them to make a small notebook during the session. 10.00am to midday in the Avon room.

For those with a little bookbinding experience, this course is the second unit necessary for the Level 1 C&G certificate in Bookbinding, where you will learn how to make two different types of photograph album, one with folded guards, and one with stiff boards, and a lined cloth slipcase.

For complete beginners’, this is Part 1 of 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.

Part 1. An optional assignment in the C&G Level 3 curriculum, where you will learn to make a laced-on hard binding with a French groove, which will be covered with quarter vellum and decorative sides.

This two-hour session at Tedworth House gives people a taste of what bookbinding is and enables them to learn some basic bookbinding techniques and to make a small notebook. 10.00am to midday in the Avon room.

For complete beginners, this is Part 2 of 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.