Book Binding Workshop

Learn how to make your own casebound sketch or note book

By Top Floor at Lewis & Wood

Date and time

Sat, 18 May 2024 10:00 - 16:30 GMT+1

Location

GL5 5NN

Top Floor, Lewis & Wood Selsley Road Stroud GL5 5NN United Kingdom

Refund Policy

Contact the organiser to request a refund.

Eventbrite's fee is nonrefundable.

About this event

6 hours 30 minutes

This inspiring course will give you an introduction to the art of Book Binding, in just one day you will learn all necessary techniques to create a beautiful volume to your own design.

Tutor Carole King will show you how to create a casebound A5 sketch or note book containing around 120 writing or drawing surfaces of good quality, acid free cartridge paper. The functional hardback covers will be decorated with a choice of Lewis & Wood wallpapers before the spine is reinforced and bound with a matching cloth binding. Finishing touches are place markers and endpapers. Each completed book will measure approximately 21 x 16 x 3cm.

Come and join us for a day of creativity in our beautiful workshop space. Attendees will also enjoy a delicious lunch and afternoon tea and cake.

Carole King is a bookbinder, artist and teacher from West Wales, who exhibits throughout the UK at galleries and craft events. She creates hand stitched and bound books, hand printed papers, cards and book binding kits, which are available at Nant Designs.

8 places available.

No experience necessary.

All materials included.

Lunch and refreshments included - please inform us of any dietary considerations.

Free parking on site.

Please note the Top Floor can only be accessed via a flight of stairs.

P lease see FAQ below for booking Terms & Conditions.

Frequently asked questions

Where can I park?

Please use the car park adjacent to the building. On street parking is also available. Vehicles and contents are parked at the owner's risk.

What is your refund policy?

Bookings cannot be refunded within 14 days of the workshop or event. Please contact us if there are exceptional circumstances and we will endeavour to help.

What happens if the event is cancelled?

In the unlikely circumstances that we need to cancel a workshop or event, we will inform you as soon as possible and you will be given a full refund or a credit for another workshop or event if preferred

How do I access the venue?

Please note that the Top Floor can only be accessed via a flight of stairs.

Do you have a waiting list?

If a workshop or event is fully booked please contact us to be added to the waiting list.

Organised by

Top Floor at Lewis & Wood

The Top Floor is a fantastic new venue at Lewis & Wood, near Stroud in Gloucestershire. Spacious and light-filled, it's the ideal spot for hosting all manner of events.

Join us at one of our creative workshops this spring to learn new skills including applique, lampshade making, interior design, book binding, block printing and seasonal projects. Our workshops are carefully planned to make good use of Lewis & Wood fabric and wallpaper production remnants, reducing waste while creating beautiful and useful items for the home.

We also hold monthly fabric and wallpaper sales and have many more events in the pipeline, so follow along for updates.

£95