Teaching

DB Lecture Series 2009-2010

Designers Bookbinders highly regarded and popular series of lectures will take place monthly through October to March (except December).

All lectures will be held at:

The Art Workers Guild, 6 Queen Square, London WC1
Nearest tube stations are Holborn and Russell Square.

Tuesday (& one-off Monday in November) evening lectures start at 6.30pm
Saturday lectures start at 10.30am / 12 noon / 2.00pm / 3.30pm
All lectures will last approx. 1 hour.

Admission: Season tickets are available – contact as below for further details.

The cost of four Tuesday evening lectures or four Saturday lectures will be:
DB members £18; non-members £26; students £9
All 8 lectures: £36 / 52 / 18

Purchased singly on the day, per lecture admission will remain the same as before:
DB members £5; non-members £7; students £2.50

Organizers Rachel and Julia welcome ideas for future lectures or any suggestions for improvements to the format of the series.

Rachel Ward-Sale and Julia Dummett
T: 01273 486718
E: lectures@designerbookbinders.org.uk

Tuesday 6th October
Paul Delrue
Binding to my Feelings: A Celebration of Fifty Years of Bookbinding. Paul’s talk will include a description of two of his own innovative processes, ‘lacunose’ and Tudor style, and much else.

Monday 9th November
Walter Bachinski
Shanty Bay Press and the Pochoir Technique: The origins and rationale of the Press, devoted to publishing livres d’artistes, followed by a detailed explanation of the pochoir technique.

Saturday 9th January 2010
Update 17/01/10: The January 2010 Saturday lectures, which were cancelled due to the bad weather, have been rescheduled for Saturday October 30, 2010. Details to follow nearer the time.

Tuesday 2nd February 2010
Edward Bayntun-Coward
The Trade in Bindings: Edward Bayntun-Coward will consider both trade binderies (past, present and future) and also the fluctuating fortune of bindings.

Tuesday 2nd March 2010
Eri Funazaki
A Bookbinder’s Approach to Book Arts: How I incorporate design- binding techniques in book arts and why I am involved in making artist’s books.

Dominic Riley
A Bookbinder's Journey: From student days to post-Fellowship, Dominic’s travels, teaching and working life in America and his adventures in the Lake District. Unusual requests, strange bindings, interesting folk and a little TV.