Pocket Concertina Workshop

INSTRUCTOR - Kate Rochester

* Small group of up to 4 participants plus instructor

Learn how to make a pocket concertina book, which is a versatile book structure ideal for holding keepsakes, photos, poetry or personal messages. These books have a pocket in a concertina fold, with hard covers covered in book cloth.

During this workshop participants will:

* Learn some basic bookbinding skills

* Be introduced to some traditional bookbinding tools and binding equipment

* Get artistic using various paint techniques to decorate their pages or you can       choose to keep the pages blank

* Be introduced to a foil blocking machine to personalise their books with word or two and have the choice of blocking in various coloured foils

* Have the option to choose from a selection of coloured book cloths

The workshop runs from 11am to 4.30pm with an hour lunch break

Once your booking has been made an email will be sent out to the attendee with further information.

Kate Rochester is an artist bookbinder working in London. In 2004 she founded Hanbury Press which produces limited edition books and hand-printed papers using traditional hand-binding methods. Kate regularly teaches bookbinding workshops at the London Centre for Book Arts and is also a bookbinding tutor at Citylit.