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A Drop-back Box with Leather Spine

Tutor: Stephen Conway
Dates: 17-18 March 2012
Times: 10.00am - 5.00pm
Venue: Conway Bindery, Halifax
Fee: GBP125.00 (plus GBP25.00 materials payable on the day)

Boxmaking is an essential skill in the bookbinder’s repertoire, for housing rare and valuable books as well as suites of prints, drawings or ephemera. The rounded spine quarter-leather box is made to the highest standards, requiring accuracy in measuring, cutting and covering.

In this workshop, Stephen will guide participants through the steps involved in making a traditional quarter-leather drop-back box with felt linings and a rounded spine. Taking a step at a time, we will proceed to construct and cover two trays and a case, which will have a rounded wooden spine, raised bands and some decoration, including a blocked label.

This workshop is suitable for participants with some experience, including leather paring.

Stephen Conway was apprenticed at Edward Mortimer Ltd of Halifax and opened his own bookbinding business in 1985. The business is currently situated in Halifax, West Yorkshire. He won the Silver Medal in the Designer Bookbinders Competition 1998 and was elected a Fellow of DB in 2000. His work is held in many collections worldwide including The British Library and The Lily Library, Indiana U.S.A. He is currently serving a two-year term as President of Designer Bookbinders.