Wiltshire & Online Bookbinding COURSES |
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Wiltshire & Online Bookbinding COURSES |
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Daffodil Barn, Unit 2 Woodborough Yard, Woodborough, Wiltshire SN9 5PF Tel: 01672 851979 |
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TO ENQUIRE ABOUT AVAILABILITY AND TO BOOK A COURSE PLEASE EMAIL: WENDY LAGDEN: wl@bookbinding.co.uk |
TERM AND CONDITIONS We must be informed of any cancellations at least two weeks prior to the commencement of the course. If we are not informed in this time, a £50.00 administration charge will be levied up to 48 hours before the commencement of the course. After this time no refunds will be given. Whilst every effort is made to avoid cancellation or postponent of courses. Shepherds Bookbinders Ltd reserve the right to cancel or postpone a course, and will endeavor to give 5 working days' notice before the start date. In these circumstances a full refund will be made, but we cannot be held responsible for any consequential loss. |
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Check out the course dates for 2024 which are now being added regularly at the bottom of this page. | ||||
DECEMBER 2023 | ||||
Monday 4th to Friday 8th December |
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C&G Level 1 (Unit 118) Award |
Fully Booked - Beginners Bookbinding (5 days) - Fully Booked Pamphlet and Multi-section bindings For complete beginners’, this is the first unit in the Level 1 C&G Award 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.
Taught by Mylyn McColl |
£594 inc VAT |
Tuesday 12th to Thursday 14th December |
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C&G Level 3 Diploma |
Fully Booked - Repairing a Leather Bound Book (3 days) - Fully Booked (Leather reback) A mandatory assignment in the C&G Level 3 curriculum Following on from cloth rebacking, this course will teach you the skills involved in sympathetically rebacking a leather book. These two courses combine as a mandatory assignment for the C&G Level 3 Diploma in Bookinding.
Taught by Lester Capon. |
£396 inc VAT |
JAN-DEC | ||||
N/A |
C&G Level 1 or 2 (Unit 201/202) Certificate |
Design & Sampling - Self-taught online course This course is available as a free self paced on-line course. Learn how to apply the design elements of colour theory, mark making, shape & form, texture & pattern and the design principles of contrast, proportion, balance and composition. Suitable for anyone wishing to achieve the C&G Level 1 or 2 in Bookbinding. Created by Diana Illingsworth-Cook Click here to access the link. |
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JAN 2024 | ||||
Monday 22nd to Friday 26th January |
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C&G Level 1 (Unit 118) Award |
Beginners Bookbinding (5 days) Pamphlet and Multi-section bindings For complete beginners’, this is the first unit in the Level 1 C&G Award 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.
Taught by Jonathan Powell |
£597 inc VAT |
Monday 29th Jan to Friday 2nd Feb |
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C&G Level 2 (Unit 221) Certificate |
Non-Adhesive/Alternative style Bindings (5 days) This course is the second unit in the Level 2 C&G Certificate in Bookbinding. You will learn how to make a range of non-adhesive bindings, including a Coptic binding. For those with some bookbinding experience.
Taught by Lori Sauer |
£597 inc VAT |
FEB 2024 | ||||
Monday 12th to Friday 16th February |
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C&G Level 1 (Unit 118) Award |
Beginners Bookbinding (5 days) Pamphlet and Multi-section bindings For complete beginners’, this is the first unit in the Level 1 C&G Award 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.
Taught by Mylyn McColl |
£597 inc VAT |
Tuesday 27th- Wednesday 28th February |
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C&G Level 3 Diploma |
Library Style Binding (2 days) A mandatory assignment in the C&G Level 3 curriculum. When books are likely to be used a great deal, or have a very heavy textlock library style binding will ensure greater durability and strength than a standard hardback case binding. During this course you will make a multi-section binding with split boards, hollow spine, cloth-jointed endpapers and reinforced corners all characteristics of a library style binding.
Taught by Mylyn McColl |
£tbc inc VAT |
MAR 2024 | ||||
Tuesday 12th -Thursday 14th & Tuesday 19th - Wednesday 20th March |
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C&G Level 2 (Unit 220) Certificate |
Half Leather Case Binding (Online via ZOOM- 5 days) This course is the first unit in the Level 2 C&G Level 2 Certificate in Bookbinding.
Using vegetable tanned leather from Harmatan or Hewits you will
learn how to make a casebound leather books in quarter and half leather, and how to pare and sharpen knives. Some bookbinding experience is necessary.
Some bookbinding experience is necessary.
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Course cost including materials and UK postage £597 inc VAT
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Course cost including tools, materials and UK postage £654 inc
VAT Taught by Mylyn McColl |
£597 inc VAT or £654 inc VAT |
APR 2024 | ||||
Monday 8th to Friday 12th April |
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C&G Level I (Unit 119) Award |
Photograph Album & Slipcase (5 days) This course is the second unit necessary for the Level 1 C&G Award 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.
Taught by Mylyn McColl |
£597 inc VAT |
Friday 26th to Sunday 28th April |
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C&G Level 3 Diploma |
17th Century-style Laced on Vellum Binding (3 days) An optional assignment in the C&G Level 3 curriculum, this offers an alternative style binding, where you will make a limp vellum binding cover, attached to a text-block with leather thongs.
Taught by Kathy Abbott |
£tbc |
MAY 2024 | ||||
Monday 20th to Friday 24th May |
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C&G Level 1 (Unit 118) Award |
Beginners Bookbinding (5 days) Pamphlet and Multi-section bindings For complete beginners’, this is the first unit in the Level 1 C&G Award 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.
Taught by Mylyn McColl |
£597 inc VAT |
Tuesday 7th - Thursday 9th & Tuesday 14th - Wedesday 15th May |
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C&G Level 2 (Unit 221) Certificate |
Non Adhesive/Alternative Bindings (Online via ZOOM- 5 days) This course is the second unit in the Level 2 C&G Certificate in Bookbinding. You will learn how to make a range of non-adhesive bindings, including a Coptic binding. For those with some bookbinding experience.
Course cost including materials and UK postage £510 Inc VAT
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Course cost including tools, materials and UK postage £648 Inc
VAT Taught by Myyn McColl |
£510 or £ |
Tuesday 15th-Wednesday 16th May |
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C&G Level 3 Diploma |
Simple Paper Repairs (2 days)
When rebinding old books it will often be necessary to repair sections or tears - during this two-day course you will learn how to make simple paper
repairs in various ways.
Taught by Christian Russel (from Shepherds Bookbinding) |
£tbc inc VAT |
JUN 2024 | ||||
Tuesday 4th June |
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C&G Level I |
Beginners Bookbinding ~ Pamphlet Binding (1 day) This taster course offers an opportunity to try one's hand at making a book. This course will introduce students to the basic skills involved in creating a single signature book. The course is aimed at beginners and will involve students making their own books; undertaking sewing, cutting and gluing all materials. Price includes use of all tools and materials Taught by Mylyn McColl |
£tbc inc VAT |
JUL 2024 | ||||
Monday 29th to Friday 2nd July |
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C&G Level I (Unit 119) Award |
Photograph Album & Slipcase (5 days) This course is the second unit necessary for the Level 1 C&G Award 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.
Taught by Mylyn McColl |
£597 inc VAT |
AUG 2024 | ||||
Monday 5th to Friday 9th |
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C&G Level 2 (Unit 221) Certificate |
Non-Adhesive/Alternative style Bindings (5 days) This course is the second unit in the Level 2 C&G Certificate in Bookbinding. You will learn how to make a range of non-adhesive bindings, including a Coptic binding. For those with some bookbinding experience.
Taught by Lori Sauer |
£597 inc VAT |
SEPT 2024 | ||||
Friday 27th to Sunday 29th Sept |
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C&G Level 3 Diploma |
Qtr-Vellum binding over boards with paper covered sides (Part I) (Total Pt I & Pt II - 6 days) An optional assignment in the C&G Level 3 curriculum, Part I of the Qtr-Vellum binding course where you will learn to make a laced-on hard binding with french groove, which will be covered with quarter vellum and decorative paper sides.
Taught by Kathy Abbott |
Total price PT I & II £tbc |
OCT 2024 | ||||
Friday 4th to Sunday 6th Oct |
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C&G Level 3 Diploma |
Qtr-Vellum binding over boards with paper covered sides (Part II) (Total Pt I & Pt II - 6 days) Part II of the Qtr-Vellum binding course where you will learn to make a laced-on hard binding with french groove, which will be covered with quarter vellum and decorative paper sides. Price includes use of all tools and materials Taught by Kathy Abbott |
Total price PT I & II £tbc |
NOV 2024 | ||||
DEC 2024 | ||||