London Centre for Book Arts

The London Cenre for Book Arts (LCBA), located in Fish Island / Hackney Wick, London, is the UK’s first open-access book arts resource and educational centre.

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  1. From last night’s late night Riso session - pages for Dante’s book and exhibition, Art & Leisure and Art & Leisure https://www.facebook.com/events/367719383338786/ From last night’s late night Riso session - pages for Dante’s book and exhibition, Art & Leisure and Art & Leisure https://www.facebook.com/events/367719383338786/
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    From last night’s late night Riso session - pages for Dante’s book and exhibition, Art & Leisure and Art & Leisure https://www.facebook.com/events/367719383338786/

    4 days ago  /  29 notes
  2. We had a great box-making workshop last week. It was a popular workshop, and if you missed the chance to book a spot, we have another one coming up in June. Bookbinding: Drop-spine Box Saturday 22 June 2013 11am–5pm http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/6530796789 Learn to make cloth-covered drop-spine (clamshell) boxes, used by libraries, museums, and collectors to store and protect delicate books, prints, or drawings. Once the basics are mastered the construction can be modified for more decorative exteriors, multiple compartments in the inside, and so on. Materials and tools will be provided and participants will leave with a box & written instructions to refresh their memories! Suitable for all abilities including beginners, with all materials and tools provided. Tutor: Abigail Uhteg We had a great box-making workshop last week. It was a popular workshop, and if you missed the chance to book a spot, we have another one coming up in June. Bookbinding: Drop-spine Box Saturday 22 June 2013 11am–5pm http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/6530796789 Learn to make cloth-covered drop-spine (clamshell) boxes, used by libraries, museums, and collectors to store and protect delicate books, prints, or drawings. Once the basics are mastered the construction can be modified for more decorative exteriors, multiple compartments in the inside, and so on. Materials and tools will be provided and participants will leave with a box & written instructions to refresh their memories! Suitable for all abilities including beginners, with all materials and tools provided. Tutor: Abigail Uhteg
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    We had a great box-making workshop last week. It was a popular workshop, and if you missed the chance to book a spot, we have another one coming up in June.

    Bookbinding: Drop-spine Box
    Saturday 22 June 2013
    11am–5pm
    http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/6530796789

    Learn to make cloth-covered drop-spine (clamshell) boxes, used by libraries, museums, and collectors to store and protect delicate books, prints, or drawings. Once the basics are mastered the construction can be modified for more decorative exteriors, multiple compartments in the inside, and so on. Materials and tools will be provided and participants will leave with a box & written instructions to refresh their memories!

    Suitable for all abilities including beginners, with all materials and tools provided.

    Tutor: Abigail Uhteg

    5 days ago  /  1 note

  3. Thanks! Just received our copy in the post.

    thewiremagazine:

    Kim Gordon: Dissonatine
    Mono:Kultur (#33 Spring 2013)

    Loose leaf A5 magazine on various colours of paper, held together with elastic band. More details here (and in The Wire bookshop here). 

    1 week ago  /  278 notes
  4. We’re busy preparing for our upcoming show at LCBA:Art & Leisure and Art & Leisure Opening Reception Thursday 23 May, 6–9pmhttps://www.facebook.com/events/367719383338786/ The exhibition will be Dante Carlos’ (http://mrcarlos.tumblr.com) first show in the UK (and our very first exhibition at LCBA) and centres on an editioned book, produced by the artist and LCBA, that will be displayed in the space, as well as available for purchase. We’re busy preparing for our upcoming show at LCBA:Art & Leisure and Art & Leisure Opening Reception Thursday 23 May, 6–9pmhttps://www.facebook.com/events/367719383338786/ The exhibition will be Dante Carlos’ (http://mrcarlos.tumblr.com) first show in the UK (and our very first exhibition at LCBA) and centres on an editioned book, produced by the artist and LCBA, that will be displayed in the space, as well as available for purchase.
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    We’re busy preparing for our upcoming show at LCBA:

    Art & Leisure and Art & Leisure
    Opening Reception Thursday 23 May, 6–9pm
    https://www.facebook.com/events/367719383338786/

    The exhibition will be Dante Carlos’ (http://mrcarlos.tumblr.com) first show in the UK (and our very first exhibition at LCBA) and centres on an editioned book, produced by the artist and LCBA, that will be displayed in the space, as well as available for purchase.

    1 week ago  /  6 notes
  5. Only a few left…Friend of LCBA membership with pack of cardshttp://londonbookarts.bigcartel.com/product/friend-of-lcba-membership-w-pack-of-cards Along with your choice of a pack of cards or a LCBA tote bag, Friends of LCBA get discounted rates on workshops - £10 discount on Monday’s Letterpress Nights (http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/5983884961). Only a few left…Friend of LCBA membership with pack of cardshttp://londonbookarts.bigcartel.com/product/friend-of-lcba-membership-w-pack-of-cards Along with your choice of a pack of cards or a LCBA tote bag, Friends of LCBA get discounted rates on workshops - £10 discount on Monday’s Letterpress Nights (http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/5983884961).
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    Only a few left…

    Friend of LCBA membership with pack of cards
    http://londonbookarts.bigcartel.com/product/friend-of-lcba-membership-w-pack-of-cards

    Along with your choice of a pack of cards or a LCBA tote bag, Friends of LCBA get discounted rates on workshops - £10 discount on Monday’s Letterpress Nights (http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/5983884961).

    2 weeks ago
  6. This coming Monday is Letterpress Nights. For bookings please visit: http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/5983884961Letterpress Nights 6 – 9pm, Monday 6 May 2013 £35 (£25 for Friends of LCBA http://londonbookarts.bigcartel.com/product/friend-of-lcba-membership) Letterpress Nights are a chance for people with little to no experience to get to know the workings of a printshop and take home prints of their own in a casual atmosphere. This workshop is encouraged for people who want to try their hands at letterpress printing. Participants will experience basic type setting, thinking through colour and form, and hand-cranking their original projects on our proofing presses by the end of the night. This coming Monday is Letterpress Nights. For bookings please visit: http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/5983884961Letterpress Nights 6 – 9pm, Monday 6 May 2013 £35 (£25 for Friends of LCBA http://londonbookarts.bigcartel.com/product/friend-of-lcba-membership) Letterpress Nights are a chance for people with little to no experience to get to know the workings of a printshop and take home prints of their own in a casual atmosphere. This workshop is encouraged for people who want to try their hands at letterpress printing. Participants will experience basic type setting, thinking through colour and form, and hand-cranking their original projects on our proofing presses by the end of the night.
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    This coming Monday is Letterpress Nights. For bookings please visit: http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/5983884961

    Letterpress Nights
    6 – 9pm, Monday 6 May 2013
    £35 (£25 for Friends of LCBA http://londonbookarts.bigcartel.com/product/friend-of-lcba-membership)

    Letterpress Nights are a chance for people with little to no experience to get to know the workings of a printshop and take home prints of their own in a casual atmosphere.

    This workshop is encouraged for people who want to try their hands at letterpress printing. Participants will experience basic type setting, thinking through colour and form, and hand-cranking their original projects on our proofing presses by the end of the night.

    2 weeks ago  /  3 notes
  7. May News from LCBA – http://eepurl.com/yHw4v If you’re not yet on our mailing list, you can sign-up here:http://londonbookarts.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=104f2cd2d5129eff1865a3e91&id=13c8890f88 May News from LCBA – http://eepurl.com/yHw4v If you’re not yet on our mailing list, you can sign-up here:http://londonbookarts.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=104f2cd2d5129eff1865a3e91&id=13c8890f88
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    May News from LCBA – http://eepurl.com/yHw4v

    If you’re not yet on our mailing list, you can sign-up here:
    http://londonbookarts.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=104f2cd2d5129eff1865a3e91&id=13c8890f88

    2 weeks ago  /  2 notes

  8. Looking forward to the upcoming Dieter Roth exhibition at Camden Arts Centre (http://www.camdenartscentre.org/whats-on/view/ex-28)

    – and if you haven’t seen the great Dorothy Iannone show (http://www.camdenartscentre.org/whats-on/view/exh-26) that’s currently on view, you still have a few days to catch it!

    2 weeks ago  /  3 notes
  9. We’re running book-making and printing workshops at Foyles! http://www.foyles.co.uk/events All workshops are held at the Gallery at Foyles, Charing Cross Road.If you’re a Friend of LCBA (http://londonbookarts.bigcartel.com/product/friend-of-lcba-membership), contact us for details about discounted rates on the workshops. Bookbinding for Beginners Wednesday 22nd May 2013 6:30pm - 8:30pmhttp://www.foyles.co.uk/Public/Events/Detail.aspx?eventId=1915Book-making for Children Saturday 8th June 2013 10am - 1pmhttp://www.foyles.co.uk/Public/Events/Detail.aspx?eventId=1916Letterpress Printing Workshop Saturday 8th June 2013 2pm - 5pmhttp://www.foyles.co.uk/Public/Events/Detail.aspx?eventId=1917 We’re running book-making and printing workshops at Foyles! http://www.foyles.co.uk/events All workshops are held at the Gallery at Foyles, Charing Cross Road.If you’re a Friend of LCBA (http://londonbookarts.bigcartel.com/product/friend-of-lcba-membership), contact us for details about discounted rates on the workshops. Bookbinding for Beginners Wednesday 22nd May 2013 6:30pm - 8:30pmhttp://www.foyles.co.uk/Public/Events/Detail.aspx?eventId=1915Book-making for Children Saturday 8th June 2013 10am - 1pmhttp://www.foyles.co.uk/Public/Events/Detail.aspx?eventId=1916Letterpress Printing Workshop Saturday 8th June 2013 2pm - 5pmhttp://www.foyles.co.uk/Public/Events/Detail.aspx?eventId=1917
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    We’re running book-making and printing workshops at Foyles! http://www.foyles.co.uk/events

    All workshops are held at the Gallery at Foyles, Charing Cross Road.

    If you’re a Friend of LCBA (http://londonbookarts.bigcartel.com/product/friend-of-lcba-membership), contact us for details about discounted rates on the workshops.

    Bookbinding for Beginners
    Wednesday 22nd May 2013 6:30pm - 8:30pm
    http://www.foyles.co.uk/    Public/Events/Detail.aspx?eventId=1915

    Book-making for Children
    Saturday 8th June 2013 10am - 1pm
    http://www.foyles.co.uk/    Public/Events/Detail.aspx?eventId=1916

    Letterpress Printing Workshop
    Saturday 8th June 2013 2pm - 5pm
    http://www.foyles.co.uk/    Public/Events/Detail.aspx?eventId=1917

    2 weeks ago  /  2 notes
  10. Hope everyone had a great weekend! Here’s a photo from Saturday’s Letterpress Cards workshop – you can book a spot for the next Letterpress Cards workshop here: http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/5984155771 Here are some upcoming workshops at LCBA with space still available: (Tomorrow!)Bookbinding: Travel Notebook Tuesday 30 April 2013 4 – 8pmhttp://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/6010051225 Learn how to make by hand the iconic travel notebook with rounded corners, gusset pocket and elastic closure. Choose your own coloured book cloth to personalise your notebook. Suitable for beginners, with all materials provided. Tutor: Benjamin ElbelLetterpress Nights Monday 6 May 2013 6 – 9pmhttp://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/5983884961 Letterpress Nights are a chance for people with little to no experience to get to know the workings of a printshop and take home prints of their own in a casual atmosphere. This workshop is encouraged for people who want to try their hands at letterpress printing. Participants will experience basic type setting, thinking through colour and form, and hand-cranking their original projects on our proofing presses by the end of the night. Tutor: Simon Goode & Mark PaveyBookbinding: Round-back Case Binding Sunday 12 May 2013 10:30am–5:30pmhttp://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/6192073659 This one-day course covers the basic principles of bookbinding, including grain direction and how to handle adhesives and bookbinding materials. Participants will learn how to stitch and round a multi-section book and make a full cloth-covered hard back binding. Suitable for complete beginners, with all materials and tools provided. After completion of this workshop, students will leave with their own hard-backed blank book, making the perfect diary, journal or gift. Tutor: Kate Rochester Hope everyone had a great weekend! Here’s a photo from Saturday’s Letterpress Cards workshop – you can book a spot for the next Letterpress Cards workshop here: http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/5984155771 Here are some upcoming workshops at LCBA with space still available: (Tomorrow!)Bookbinding: Travel Notebook Tuesday 30 April 2013 4 – 8pmhttp://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/6010051225 Learn how to make by hand the iconic travel notebook with rounded corners, gusset pocket and elastic closure. Choose your own coloured book cloth to personalise your notebook. Suitable for beginners, with all materials provided. Tutor: Benjamin ElbelLetterpress Nights Monday 6 May 2013 6 – 9pmhttp://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/5983884961 Letterpress Nights are a chance for people with little to no experience to get to know the workings of a printshop and take home prints of their own in a casual atmosphere. This workshop is encouraged for people who want to try their hands at letterpress printing. Participants will experience basic type setting, thinking through colour and form, and hand-cranking their original projects on our proofing presses by the end of the night. Tutor: Simon Goode & Mark PaveyBookbinding: Round-back Case Binding Sunday 12 May 2013 10:30am–5:30pmhttp://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/6192073659 This one-day course covers the basic principles of bookbinding, including grain direction and how to handle adhesives and bookbinding materials. Participants will learn how to stitch and round a multi-section book and make a full cloth-covered hard back binding. Suitable for complete beginners, with all materials and tools provided. After completion of this workshop, students will leave with their own hard-backed blank book, making the perfect diary, journal or gift. Tutor: Kate Rochester
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    Hope everyone had a great weekend!

    Here’s a photo from Saturday’s Letterpress Cards workshop – you can book a spot for the next Letterpress Cards workshop here: http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/5984155771

    Here are some upcoming workshops at LCBA with space still available:

    (Tomorrow!)
    Bookbinding: Travel Notebook
    Tuesday 30 April 2013
    4 – 8pm
    http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/6010051225

    Learn how to make by hand the iconic travel notebook with rounded corners, gusset pocket and elastic closure. Choose your own coloured book cloth to personalise your notebook.
    Suitable for beginners, with all materials provided.
    Tutor: Benjamin Elbel


    Letterpress Nights
    Monday 6 May 2013
    6 – 9pm
    http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/5983884961

    Letterpress Nights are a chance for people with little to no experience to get to know the workings of a printshop and take home prints of their own in a casual atmosphere.
    This workshop is encouraged for people who want to try their hands at letterpress printing. Participants will experience basic type setting, thinking through colour and form, and hand-cranking their original projects on our proofing presses by the end of the night.
    Tutor: Simon Goode & Mark Pavey


    Bookbinding: Round-back Case Binding
    Sunday 12 May 2013
    10:30am–5:30pm
    http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/6192073659

    This one-day course covers the basic principles of bookbinding, including grain direction and how to handle adhesives and bookbinding materials. Participants will learn how to stitch and round a multi-section book and make a full cloth-covered hard back binding.
    Suitable for complete beginners, with all materials and tools provided. After completion of this workshop, students will leave with their own hard-backed blank book, making the perfect diary, journal or gift.
    Tutor: Kate Rochester

    2 weeks ago  /  1 note