Workshops/Bookbinding
What
I(Lester) seem to have volunteered to run an "intro to bookbinding" class once I lend my book-press to the Space. I could talk a bit about repair and show a few examples if people would like - at the end, after everyone's done their scratchbuild. Due to my limited energy, the large requirements for clean space, and having only one press I would not like to attempt to teach more than six people.
Mike (earthshine) and Adrian (artag) have expressed interest in repairs, so I will discuss them at the end, but I think it might be difficult to do a "practical" on this.
When
This will take a long afternoon and you will leave with a small notebook.
The date for the first session has been set to Sunday 24th April starting at 2PM.
SamLR, Billy, Clare confirmed OK.
Katie Sutton, Frank C still to confirm.
Matt P confirmed not attending.
Due to popular demand there will be at least one more class if Lester can make this one a success! Earthshine, Artag, Matt P, Dakkar, Eithin, Mark Stanhope all expressed interest so the next one will be scheduled to suit as many as possible.
--Old preferences info--
(Lester has attempted to make Dakkar's table reflect his understanding of people's preferences but may be wrong, apologies if this is the case)
| person | Sat Mar 19 | Sun Mar 20 | Sun Mar 27 | Sat Apr 16 | Sun Apr 17 | Sat Apr 23 | Sun Apr 24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lester | y | yy | yy | y | yy | y | yy |
| Sam Cook | yy | yy | yy | yy | |||
| Katie Sutton | yy | yy | yy | yy | yy | ||
| dakkar | yy | y | y | ||||
| MattP | y | y | y | y | y | ||
| FrankC | y | y | y | y |
( y = can make it ; yy = preferred )
Alternative presentation of the same information: numbers in brackets are reference who has expressed a preference for a particular day, thus:
(1) - Sam Cook has expressed preference. (2) - Katie Sutton's preferences (3) - Dakkar's preferences
Lester's preferred days are
- Sunday 20th March
- Sunday 27th March (2) (3)
- Sunday 17th April (1)
- Sunday 24th April (1) (2) (3)
Other possible days include
- Saturday 19th March (2)
- Saturday 16th April (1) (2)
- Saturday 23rd April (1) (2) (3)
Please annotate with preference/availability. Thanks.
Any dates: Mark Stanhope can make any dates.
Cost
I will need about £5 for materials to make sure I can get a consistent supply of good quality ones that will be easy to work with. It is possible to make books much more cheaply, but hard for me to run a class where everyone struggles with buckling boards, recalcitrant thread and glue-permeated endpapers! More cost details to follow.
Level of preparedness
- Lester has lugged the bookpress to the space. (It is not THAT heavy but is quite unwieldy, please take care when moving)
- Lester still needs to make pinch boards and find materials.
