Creative Bookbinding Skills Catherine Firth and Emma Lloyd-Jones
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Explore the skills and techniques of bookbinding with archive conservator Catherine Firth and book and paper conservator Emma Lloyd-Jones.
Make a simple wave-shaped dos-a-dos binding covered in 'paste paper'. Learn the basics of this centuries-old technique of decorating paper with patterns in coloured paste.
All materials and tools are provided. No experience is necessary but practical hand skills are required.
Suitable for ages 16+.
Image credit: Emma Lloyd-Jones
About the speakers
Catherine Firth has been working in archive conservation in York for over 15 years. She is particularly interested in both historic binding structures and the conservation of parchment.
Emma Lloyd-Jones is a freelance book and paper conservator with 35 years’ experience working for libraries and archives across the UK.
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