The Society of Bookbinders has run workshops on both days of the bookfair.
Friday 25th: 2 – 4 pm
Faith Shannon
‘What’s in a Book?’
An open-minded approach to making books.
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Saturday 26th: 11.30 – 1.30 am
Gaynor Williams
Making a Simple Portfolio.
The processes of making a simple portfolio will be explained and
demonstrated. The students will choose materials and make their own
portfolio to take home.
Saturday 26th: 2.30 – 4.30 pm
Janine Pope
Blizzards and Crowns
The Blizzard Book is a marvel of invention…one long sheet folded into a self-bound book with pockets and pages. We’ll learn the basics of this book and create an additional book based on a variation of the structure.
During the two days Maureen Duke, the President of the Society will be demonstrating various bookbinding techniques, including covering with leather, use of gold leaf and some repair techniques.
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The Society of Bookbinders is dedicated to traditional bookbinding and to the preservation and conservation of the printed and written word.
Following discussions in 1974, Terry Walker, John Coleman and a small group of colleagues formed The Society of Bookbinders in Manchester, England, the following year. They were concerned at the closing of National Bookbinding Apprenticeship schemes and recognized the need for a society devoted to the appropriate training and education required to fill this void.
They also saw the organization as representing the interests of bookbinders, conservators, librarians and book collectors; acting as a forum for the exchange of information. A further aim was the promotion of the highest standards of bookbinding, preservation and conservation of our written and printed heritage. From its inception, the Society has successfully striven to ensure these aims are met.
From those early beginnings, the Society has grown both in numbers and in influence. It now has members in all parts of the world and includes amongst that membership some of the most highly regarded names in the profession. It became The Society of Bookbinders and Restorers circa 1980 but reverted to its original name in 1990.
J. Hewit & Sons Ltd.
Kinauld Leather Works
Currie
EDINBURGH
EH14 5RS
Tel: +44 (0) 131 449 2206
www.hewit.com
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