Wiltshire & Online
Bookbinding
COURSES

Wiltshire & Online Bookbinding
COURSES

Course Timetable 2025

	Daffodil Barn, Unit 2 Woodborough Yard, Woodborough, Wiltshire SN9 5PF Tel: 01672 851979
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.

2025
JULY 2025
Thurs 24th to Fri 25th July	Two-day workshop	Fully Booked - Paper Marbling - Fully Booked Reserve List open During this two-day course you will learn a technique of marbling using Carragen Moss and paints. To begin with you'll create a variety patterns on approx A4 sized paper. Including some of well known designs such as Combed, Old dutch, Stornmount, French Shell, French Curl, Spanish Ripple. The second day you'll be able to make a quarter bound case to cover a small pre-sewn text block decorated in cloth and your own marbled papers. Prices include use of all tools and materials Taught by Freya Scott	£240 inc VAT
AUGUST 2025
Monday 18th to Friday 22nd August	C&G Level 2 (Unit 220) Certificate	1 place remaining - Half Leather Case Binding (5 days) - 1 place remaining This course is the first unit in the Level 2 C&G Level 2 Certificate in Bookbinding. You will learn how to make a casebound leather books in quarter and half leather, and how to pare and sharpen knives. A lesson on Tool Sharpening with Richard Renoef is included in this course. Some bookbinding experience is necessary. Price includes use of all tools and materials Taught by Mylyn McColl	£660 inc VAT
Monday 25th to Friday 29th August	C&G Level 1 (Unit 118) Award	1 place remaining - Beginners Bookbinding (5 days) - 1 place remaining 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 Freya Scott	£606 inc VAT
SEPT 2025
Wedneday 3rd to Friday 5th September	C&G Level 3 Diploma	Fully Booked - Storage & Enclosures III - Fully Booked Reserve List open Quarter Bound Leather Drop Back Box - (3 Days) The is the last piece of the Storage & Enclosures module for the Level 3 Diploma. Here you will learn how to make a quarter leather drop back box with a rounded spine. Taught by Tracey Rowledge	£504 inc VAT
Thursday 11th September	C&G Level 3 Diploma	Fully Booked - Edge Decoration (1 day) - Fully Booked Reserve List open Edges are another suraface for the binder's creativity to shine but they are often overlooked. They act as an important protection barrier as well as being a key design element of a fine binding. In this workshop, Kate will show you how to achieve the perfect glass smooth finish to your edges and work through a variety of decorative finishes. From basic sprinkling and sponging through graphite, marbling, paste, guffereing and gold leaf. This is an optional assignment in the C&G Level 3 curriculum. Price includes use of all tools and materials Taught by Kate Holland	£144 inc VAT
OCT 2025
Wednesday 1st to Thursday 2nd October	C&G Level 3 Diploma	Repairing a Cloth Bound Book (2 days) (Cloth reback) One of the most usefull skills to learn if you are trying to make a living from bookbinding, this two-day course will teach you how to repair and reback cloth hardback bindings. This is a mandatory assignment for those doing the Level 3 curriculum. Price includes use of all tools and materials Taught by Mylyn McColl	£282 inc VAT
Monday 6th to Friday 10th October	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. Price includes use of all tools and materials Taught by Lori Sauer	£660 inc VAT
Tuesday 14th to Thursday 16th October	C&G Level 2 (Unit 201/202) Certificate	Design & Sampling (3 days) 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, its materials and learn about colour and design. Price includes use of all tools and materials Taught by Margaret Walker.	£420 inc VAT
Monday 27th to Friday 31st October	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. Price includes use of all tools and materials Taught by Mylyn McColl	£606 inc VAT
NOV 2025
Monday 3rd to Friday 7th November	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. Price includes use of all tools and materials Taught by Mylyn McColl	£606 inc VAT
Date tbc	C&G Level 3 Diploma	Repairing a Leather Bound Book (3 days) (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 Dominic Reily	£420 inc VAT

DEC 2025
Tuesday 9th to Wednesday 10th December	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. Price includes use of all tools and materials Taught by Mylyn McColl	£282 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.	FREE