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Doug Mitchell – (Bookbinding)
Highly-respected expert in Bookbinding and Book Restoration. Conservator at the British Library in London as well as a tremendously experienced & popular Tutor. More courses run due to demand!
Doug is truly the best at his craft (so many people keep on telling us this) and is always highly-praised by his students here at Higham. Binding is a fantastic skill used to restore old tomes and to create new ones and the genuine techniques employed can often be traced back centuries.
FEEDBACK FOLLOWING DOUG'S COURSES:
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"Excellent as ever.""Fantastic weekend, course and tutor wonderful as usual.""Course content and tutor excellent."
"Doug was kindness itself."
"The tutor excellent."
"Excellent weekend, thank you."
"Very good course, with clear instructions."
"Always a joy to come and be so well tutored and well fed. Many thanks to the Higham team and Doug. I hope to return soon."
"Excellent as always"
"Fab course as always. Very Comfy room. Wonderful food (note to self eat less!!) Thank you for a lovely time."
"Fantastic W/E as usual"
"Wonderful , I have really enjoyed the course, learned loads from a fantastic tutor, facilities & food excellent. Couldn’t ask for anymore."
DOUG'S WORK:
FULLY BOOKED: BOOKBINDING CLAM-SHELL BOX AND CASE WITH A POP-UP SLIP-CASE
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomKnowing how to make ‘Enclosures’ is an important part of bookbinding whether they be for the protection for the item during storage or whether they are part of the whole decorative presentation of the book they protect. Over this long weekend we will be making a ClamShell Box and Case with an additional pop-up Slip-case