CBBAG HOME STUDY: Recent Titles:
Marbling: A guide to the craft of watercolour marbling
by Shelagh Smith
This new course is comprised of a 160 page manual (including 63 colour and 43 B+W illustrations) and three instructional DVDs. This is the most comprehensive home study marbling course currently available. It provides a complete introduction to the basics of marbling including materials, methods, colour, design, and technical process.
Other recent titles are Finishing and Restoration & Repair.
Finishing includes a manual and three videos: Tools, Blind Tooling; Lettering Pallet, Gold Tooling; Titling on the Spine, Inlay, Onlay.
Restoration & Repair includes three videos: Mechanisms Causing Deterioration in Books, Documentation, Estimating Costs; Methods for Correcting Structural Problems, Assessing Books for Repair; Repair Techniques. Included as well are two videos: Colour Theory; Practical Tips for Colouring Paper & Cloth with Martha Cole and The Use of Japanese Paper in Book Conservation with Don Etherington.
For more information on Restoration & Repair, and all the courses in the Home Study Programme (including Bookbinding I, II, III, Endpapers, and Introduction to Leather), visit the Home Study page at www.cbbag.ca

Metchosin International Summer School of the Arts, Vancouver Island
July 9 - 13, 2012
Bookbinding: A Sampler, with Don Taylor
Registration starts on January 31.
See www.missa.ca/workshops for all information.

Karen Hanmer be teaching workshops in or near Boston, D.C, Minneapolis, Dallas, Asheville NC, Door County WI and Los Angeles.

Topics include Flag Books, Sewn Boards and Drum Leaf bindings, various methods of board attachment, and a sampler of paper cases and wrappers.

Details here www.karenhanmer.com/teaching
Please contact the sponsoring organization to register.

Creative Book Structures of Hedi Kyle
Workshop with Suzanne Schmollgruber from Ascona

Hedi Kyle's extraordinary book constructions, found between historical and modern designs, will be reconsidered and further interpreted in this workshop. Artful folding, cutting and sewing techniques will present numerous variations of concertina to codex bindings. The aim of the workshop is to create a collection of samples which can be extremely inspiring for our daily creativity.

Teatcher is Suzanne Schmollgruber, head of the Bookbinding and Design Department at Centro del bel libro, Ascona.

Dates: 9 - 12 July 2012
Place: Leksands folkhögskola, SWEDEN
Students: Max 12
Participation fee: 1060 EUR
The fee includes: Course, full board, lodging 5 nights, and material

Enrolments to: info@leksand.fhsk.se
Closing date: June 1, 2012
Information about bording and lodging: fia.palmgren@leksand.fhsk.se
Information about workshop: leif.halldorf@leksand.fhsk.se, monica@langwe.se

NSCAD Extended Studies (evening or weekend courses) - Book Arts

Introduction to Printed Matter with Emily Davidson - Jan 12-Feb 9, Thurs, 6:30pm-9:30pm (7 sessions)

Pop-Up Books with Niko Silvester - Jan 18-Feb 29, Wed, 6:30pm-9:30pm

Introduction to Letterpress Printing with Niko Silvester - Feb 23-Apr 5, Thurs, 6:30pm-9:30pm (7 sessions)

Letterpress Workshop: Print Your Heart Out with Emily Davidson - Feb 11-12, Sat-Sun, 10:00am-4:00pm (2 session)

Book Arts with Joe Landry - Mar 6-Apr 17, Tue, 6:30pm-9:30pm (7 sessions)

Basic Bookbinding Workshop with Joe Landry - Feb 4-5, Sat-Sun, 10:00am-4:00pm (2 sessions)

Details: http://nscad.ca/en/home/academicprograms/extendedstudies/currentsemester/book-arts-paper-craft.aspx
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design
Halifax, Nova Scotia