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.

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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

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

Something from the archives.

Next Tuesday is the popular Travel Notebook workshop.

For bookings please visit: http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/6010051225

Bookbinding: Travel Notebook
Tuesday 30 April 2013
4 – 8pm

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

There’s still space available for tomorrow’s Equipment Rental Day.

Equipment rental is only available for Friends of LCBA (http://londonbookarts.bigcartel.com/product/friend-of-lcba-membership). We encourage those interested to email us at hello@londonbookarts to see if the session is right for their project.

There are two types of equipment rental to choose from:

Equipment Rental: Letterpress & Bindery Access
Friday 16 April 2013
11am–6pm http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/6072275339

For those who have completed Introduction to Letterpress, Intermediate Letterpress or similar. All-day, 7 hours of access to the LCBA Letterpress studio, and use of the Bindery studio, including board chopper and small guillotine. Please keep in mind set-up and clean-up are included in the seven hour session. There will be staff on hand to assist and answer questions that you may have.

Equipment Rental: Foil Blocking & Bindery Access
Friday 16 April 2013
Two 3 hour sessions to choose from:
3pm–6pm http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/6072315459
11am–2pm http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/5984175831

For those who have completed Foil Blocking Induction. Three hours of access to a Foil Blocker, including foil, and use of the Bindery studio, including board chopper and small guillotine, at LCBA. Please keep in mind set-up and clean-up are included in the three hour session. There will be staff on hand to assist and answer questions that you may have.

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