The National Library of Scotland’s Elizabeth Soutar Bookbinding Competition is open for entries. It aims to encourage the practice and development of creative and craft binding skills. For more details see the National Library of Scotland’s website. Details of this year’s themes, and how to enter are available on the National Library’s website.
Bookbinding showcase
You can join the National Library of Scotland online for a virtual showcase of the winning entries for the Elizabeth Soutar Bookbinding Competition 2020, which had the 1980s as its theme. You will be able toview the winning designs, and to hear from the bookbinders about their responses to the competition brief and their creative […]
Residential letterpress and bookbinding courses
The Grange, near Ellesmere in Shropshire, offers a range of residential courses that follow the creation of a traditional book right through from printing to finished illustrated book — letterpress printing courses, bookbinding courses, and paper marbling courses. For details of the courses running in 2020, and how to book, see their website.
Scottish fine bindings viewable online
The National Library of Scotland have made digital images of 42 volumes of ‘The British Poets’ series, published in Edinburgh in 1773. The set contains a selection of key works by British poets written in the 17th and 18th centuries, and was bound by James Scott of Edinburgh. Scott was one of the finest bookbinders […]
Falkirk bindery create replica of Gutenberg Bible
Helix Binders of Falkirk have been working with the University of Manchester’s John Rylands Library to produce a replica copy of the Gutenberg Bible. The originals are too valuable to be handled by scholars, so this project aims to provide an alternative. You can read the full story is on the BBC’s website.
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