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.

Price includes use of all tools and materials

Taught by Mylyn McColl

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.  

Price includes use of all tools and materials

Taught by Lester Capon.

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.

Price includes use of all tools and materials

Taught by Jonathan Powell

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. 

Price includes use of all tools and materials

Taught by Lori Sauer

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.

Price includes use of all tools and materials

Taught by Mylyn McColl

 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.

Price includes use of all tools and materials

Taught by Mylyn McColl

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.

·         Course cost including materials and UK postage £597 inc VAT

OR

·         Course cost including tools, materials and UK postage £654 inc VAT

Taught by Mylyn McColl 

 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.

Price includes use of all tools and materials

Taught by Mylyn McColl

 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.

Price includes use of all tools and materials

Taught by Kathy Abbott

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.

Price includes use of all tools and materials

Taught by Mylyn McColl

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

OR

·         Course cost including tools, materials and UK postage £648 Inc VAT

Taught by Myyn McColl

  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.

Price includes use of all tools and materials

Taught by Christian Russel (from Shepherds Bookbinding)

 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

 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.

Price includes use of all tools and materials

Taught by Mylyn McColl

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. 

Price includes use of all tools and materials

Taught by Lori Sauer

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.

Price includes use of all tools and materials

Taught by Kathy Abbott

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