BOOK ARTS NEWSLETTER No. 39 February 2008

COURSES
Continuing Professional Development courses at UWE Bristol
Bookbinding skills for artists with Guy Begbie
A new series of one-day courses for artists to learn bookbinding.
Participants will be shown how to make their own books using
a variety of bookbinding structures, materials and techniques.
These courses include both traditional and unorthodox
bookbinding structures and making book boxes and containers.
During these practical sessions, Guy will share technical
bookbinding skills to develop professional quality books and
book boxes.
The courses include:
The Pamphlet/Booklet and Japanese Stab Bindings
Friday 22nd February 2008
The French Sewn Flat Back and Concertina Binding
Friday 18th April
Collapsible Star Binding and The Coptic Stitch
Friday 23rd May
Book Boxes and Containers
Friday 20th June
Each day will run from 9.30 am - 4.30 pm and is limited to 10
participants. Each of the above classes costs £80 per day.
You will need to bring basic drawing equipment, a flat steel
ruler, a craft knife or scalpel, an A3 cutting mat (optional,
we can supply a sheet of mount board to use instead) and a
triangular plastic set square, all other equipment will be
supplied. Bookbinding tools will also be available to buy
during the course for future use.
Guy Begbie is a bookbinder and multi disciplinary artist. He
exhibits his artists’ books and delivers book arts workshops and
master classes internationally. Guy is the Book Arts Co-ordinator
at Herefordshire College of Arts. He is the external examiner
for BA (Hons) Book Arts & Crafts at London College of
Communication, University of the Arts, London.
Each day will run from 9.30am - 4.30pm
Coffee break 11.00am - 11.30am, lunch 1.00pm - 2.00pm
(lunch vouchers, teas and coffees included in course fee)
Laser Cutting Master Class for book artists with
Claire Humphries
Wednesday 5th March 2008
9.30 am - 4.30 pm
Price £100 (includes lunch) Limited to 5 participants.
Laser-cutting can produce delicate imagery or text cut outs
through most paper / material surfaces, for prints, altered books,
paper structures and overlaying pages of text and image. The
course is designed to be appropriate for people with or without
previous experience, as a chance to see the possibilities and
experiment with laser cutting.
To book a place on any of these courses please download the
form at: http://amd.uwe.ac.uk/index.asp?pageid=1042
Fill in and return it to:
University of the West of England
School of Creative Arts
The Research Enterprise and Outreach Office
Bower Ashton Campus
Kennel Lodge Road
Bristol BS3 2JT
For more information on courses/bookings please call the REO
Office on: 0117 3284810 or email: amd.cpd@uwe.ac.uk
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