Notebooks participants made during our Travel Notebook workshop this past Saturday.

We added another Travel Notebook Workshop on Friday 22 March.

For bookings please visit our Eventbrite page.

Allen Ruppersberg, You & Me

for the High Line Billboard project.

via the High Line

Illustrations by Franz Zeier in his book Books, Boxes and Portfolios

banquethall:

Ian Hamilton Finlay and Gary Hincks, 3 Banners, Wild Hawthorn Press, Scotland, 1991

Another date added:

Monday 25 February
Foil Blocking Induction, 7–9pm

For bookings please visit our Eventbrite page.

Foil blocking is a unique process of applying metallic or ‘foil’ effect on the printing surface using a technique similar to letterpress. Used most commonly on book covers and special invitations, foil blocking produces a striking finish that is impossible to achieve using other printing techniques.

Come and learn how to prepare artwork for making into plates, how to set up and register your work in the press, how to get the best results from a wide variety of substrates, and the correct and safe use of the press. On completion of this class, participants will be authorised to rent press time on the blocking presses at the Centre.

Instructor: Simon Goode

£30 (£20 for Friends of LCBA)

Proofing a new plate.

via Book Works and if you’re in Berlin

Sunday 17 February is our next Introduction to Book Arts workshop.

For bookings please visit our Eventbrite page.

Suitable for complete beginners. Introduction to Books Arts is a great way to learn the basic foundations of bookmaking and book arts.

Participants will learn to build by hand three different book structures – the pamphlet, the concertina, and the Japanese stab binding – which can be used as the basis for artists’ books, to present work, or just to personalise and give as gifts.