Boundbooks

Contact Name: Stephen Glendenning

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Address:
The Welsh Mill
Park Hill Drive
Frome
Somerset
BA11 2LE

Boundbooks

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Boundbooks's Courses

Antiquarian book repair day

Antiquarian book repair day

In-person course

Immerse yourself in a day of creative work, learn valuable book repair skills. This is an opportunity to acquire the skills to transform your bookshelves and learn a few useful conservation techniques so you can take care of your most treasured books. I work 6 days a week at the studio as a conservation bookbinder. I'm flexible about teaching days so you are welcome to email me to request a date to book your day of tuition. I recommend bringing along a range of books. Victorian cloth back books or...

Bookbinding in Russia Leather: Make a notebook using leather from a 1786 shipwreck!

Bookbinding in Russia Leather: Make a notebook using leather from a 1786 shipwreck!

In-person course

Immerse yourself in a day of creative work and create a unique personalised pocket notebook. In this workshop we will work with 'Russia Leather'; a material that has been salvaged from the cargo hold of the shipwreck of the Metta Catharina. For 200 years she has laid at the bottom of the ocean. She sank in 1786 and rests at a depth of 30 metres off the Cornish coast near Plymouth. This is a small, friendly, informal workshop for all abilities and accommodates up to four students. The course is...

Bookbinding using leather and marbled paper, Frome - Somerset

Bookbinding using leather and marbled paper, Frome - Somerset

In-person course

Immerse yourself in a day of creative work and learn valuable book repair skills. Learn how to hand stitch your own personalised book. Make use of our fabulous range coloured and textured papers designed to give your book a very stylish and also a wonderful tactile appeal. The day is split into three skills; paper craft and sewing and then leatherwork. We use decorative tooling and we have a good range of antique Victorian decorative tools to give your book a professional finish. I enjoy teaching and helping people to...