Most books deteriorate over time and 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 and apply various preparatory techniques to the cover in order to allow new material to be added. Please bring with you 3-4 books in need of some TLC. The course is suitable for all levels of expertise. If you want to make a book from new I would be happy to help you with this too but please bring the paper for this with you.

Doug Mitchell

Residential: £585 Non-residential: £380 (Materials at cost)