Most books deteriorate over time and so book conservators had to develop skills in restoring them. On this course you will learn the basics of book repairs using a variety of cloths, papers, and adhesives. You will learn how to: deconstruct a book in a safe and systematic fashion, repair both individual pages and sections, prepare your book should it require resewing, replace the end papers, undertake various techniques of preparation to the cover in order to allow new material to be added. And so please bring with you 3-4 books in need of some TLC. The course is suitable for all levels of expertise. If you wanted to make a book from new I would be happy to help you with this too but please bring the paper with you for this.

Doug Mitchell

Residential: £485 Non-residential: £330 (Materials available to purchase from tutor at cost)