SCHEDULE |
* indicates prerequisite required 2007 October 18-19 or October 25-26, 2007 ============================= 2008 April 10-11, 2008* May 8-9, 2008 June 5-6 OR June 19-20, 2008 July 17-18 OR July 24-25, 2008* September 11-12, 2008* October 16-17 or October 23-24, 2008 |
Call 540-662-2683 All workshops are “hands on.” Cost of materials included. Full written instructions included for everything taught in workshops. Class size limited to 9 people. Spacious modern facility that is a full-time functioning bookbindery. Instructors with 25+ years combined experience. |
LODGING INFORMATION
Long Hill Bed & Breakfast 540-450-0341 www.longhillbb.com is the closest lodging to the bookbindery. It is an exquisite B&B and has received national awards for excellence. The proprietors are charming, friendly and helpful.
Holiday Inn Express 540-667-7050 is located on Route 522 at Route 37 and is about 5 miles from the bindery.
Econo Lodge North 540-662-4700 This is located north of Winchester on Route 37 and is about 6 miles from the bookbindery.
Comfort Inn 540-667-8894 is also on Route 37 north of Winchester near the Econo Lodge.
School for Bookbinding Arts at Cat Tail Run Hand Bookbinding |
The School for Bookbinding Arts is committed to providing quality training in the craft of hand bookbinding. Its ongoing series of two-day workshops is designed to teach techniques that are immediately useful to the student as well as to create a solid foundation of skills for further bookbinding study. The curriculum includes both basic and advanced courses that are geared toward the needs of book dealers, collectors and anyone interested in learning the art of hand bookbinding. Each workshop features demonstrations of the techniques being taught coupled with ample supervised practice time for the student. A complete package of printed notes accompanies each of the workshops to aid the student in assimilating the body of information being presented.
Workshops are taught in the studios of Cat Tail Run Hand Bookbinding near Winchester, Virginia. Cat Tail Run Hand Bookbinding is a fully operational hand bookbinding and book restoration facility established in 1991 by Jill Deiss, who serves as the chief instructor for The School for Bookbinding Arts.
| WORKSHOPS |
Our series of bookbinding workshops is designed to meet the needs of book dealers, collectors, and those interested in learning the craft of hand bookbinding.
INTRODUCTORY RESTORATION COURSES |
Book Refurbishing Part I This course teaches a wide variety of skills that are immediately useful and also serves as a foundation for later courses. Techniques taught include: repairing damaged corners, endcaps and outer joints on cloth & leather bindings where the boards have not yet become detached; toning cloth and leather bindings; moisturizing and polishing leather bindings; minor paper repair techniques. |
$235 |
Book Refurbishing Part II Students will extend knowledge gained in Part I by learning how to reattach boards to books where the text pages are sound, but the cover boards have broken away . |
$235 |
ADVANCED RESTORATION COURSES |
Cloth Reback/Restoration of Cloth Bindings The cloth reback is the ultimate restoration technique for cloth bindings, returning bindings to a condition and look very near to what they were before they fell into disrepair . Book Refurbishing Part I (offered every June) & II (offered every July) are prerequisites for this workshop. |
$235 |
Leather Reback/Restoration of Leather Bindings EVERY APRIL The leather reback is the companion repair to the cloth reback but for leather bindings. Book Refurbishing Part I (offered every June) & II (offered every July) are prerequisites for this workshop. |
$235 |
GENERAL BOOKBINDING COURSES |
New Cloth Bindings Two styles of new binding will be taught to enable students to put covers on books that have lost theirs original bindings. |
$235 |
Slipcase & Clamshell Box Construction Students will learn the craft of creating custom-fit slipcases and clamshell boxes. |
$235 |
MASTERS SERIES COURSES |
| Students completing Refurbishing I & II, New Cloth Bindings, and Restoration of Leather Bindings are eligible for Masters Series courses. These include workshops in New Leather Bookbinding, Advamced Paper Repair and Advanced Titling and Gold Leaf Tooling.
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