I’ve recently finished a ten week course in bookbinding. Ten weeks since I decided I wanted to do something with my evenings that didn’t involve TV or the Internet. The course was lead by the talented Lucy May Schofield, and as you can see from my images, I was the sole guy amongst the club. I’ve never tried a proper hands-on craft, despite years of ‘creative’ education, graphic design seemed to always steer in the direction of the computer for me.

Apart from the needlework (which my clumsy fingers still haven’t mastered) the course was a real eye opener into the world of binding techniques. Every week a new binding method was attempted, coptic, pamphlet, japanese, bomb-fold, concertina and the oddly named ‘trouser books’, the list goes on. So here’s some pictures of the structures I’m most happy with, and a couple of ‘work in progress’ shots for evidence! Watch out for a Wonder publication using hand-bound methods coming soon…

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