Colchester Institute bookbinders II

I had an truly inspiring and enjoyable day teaching a day bookbinding workshop with Fine Art BA degree students at Colchester Institute.

Thank you to the students for bringing in prepared pages of art work to use in the book making sessions - this added so much interest and individuality to the making process and to the final books.

Each student hand folded multiple sections using pages of their own artwork and then created a text block using a traditional French sewing technique.  After a well deserved break at lunch time, the group returned to make hard covers and to case bind their text blocks.

Working in the students' studio space was great opportunity for me, as I had the opportunity to view work in progress and to gain further insight into the creative ideas of each participant.

Thank you to the CI staff for their usual warm welcome and to the group for their enthusiasm, concentration, questions and innovation.

Here are some images of the group at work
This post is intended for my Colchester Institute bookbinding workshop participants - but will be useful to anyone with a passion for finding out more about the wonderful world of Book Arts!

 

Here are some interesting links....

For bookbinding supplies visit http://www.hewit.com/

 

For luxury papers visit http://www.johnpurcell.net/

To view and read about amazing artists' books browse or visit the V&A at http://www.vam.ac.uk/page/a/artists-books/

Discover the book arts bookshop near Old Street tube http://www.bookartbookshop.com/docs/contents.htm

Read the Book Arts Newsletters past and present here http://www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/banlists.htm

and check out the book arts books in Colchester Library!

Congratulations on your amazing hand bound books...