Summer School program at Warrnambool

Course Overview

Participants in this workshop will learn the principles of making a book or a solander box used for housing prints, photographs or documents. The book will be made from sheets of paper that are folded and hand sewn. Once this is completed participants will have an understanding of how a book is constructed and can then make something of their own choosing, i.e., a photograph album or a writing journal. Participants will be able to make both a book and a solander box if they so wish.

Dates

13 - 15 January 2009 (3 days)
9.30am - 4.00pm

 

About the instructor

Murray Simper
Murray began his bookbinding apprenticeship in 1997 at the Government Printing Office
and later worked in a trade bindery in Melbourne before opening his own business in book restoration. He moved the business to Warrnambool in 1988. He remains a restorer for some of Melbournes leading Antiquarian booksellers, private clients and auction houses such as Christies and Sothebys. In 2004 he exhibited a selection of his work at the International Book Fair held in the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne.

 

Materials

Participants are required to bring the following:
• Steel ruler 600mm long if possible
• Retractable blade knife
• Cutting mat A2 size
• Bone or plastic folder (letter opener type tool)
• Sharp scissors
• Sewing/darning needles and crotchet cotton (obtainable from Spotlight)
• Bodkin
• Pencil/pen and paintbrush (½ inch wide)

 

Fees

$325 (GST Inc) per person

Registration

Please complete the Registration form (25KB) and forward with payment details to:

Jan McCosh
Faculty of Arts and Education
Deakin University
PO Box 423
Warrnambool
Victoria 3280
Fax: 03 556 33534
Email: jan.mccosh@deakin.edu.au
Phone: 03 556 33314

Short course enquiries:
artsed-shortcourses@deakin.edu.au
Jan McCosh 03 5563 3314 Warrnambool	Anne Roubin 03 9244 3901 Melbourne