12th century English limp tawed skin binding model
In October 2017 I attended a three-day workshop organised by the ICON Book and Paper group at the British Library...
Tooling away! Gold-finishing workshop at the British Library
In May 2017, I attended a workshop about gold-finishing. The course was held at the British Library taught by Doug...
A conservation variation for the Ethiopic binding
Following a strong wish to deepen my knowledge of non-Western bookbindings, both to widen my experience as a conservator and...
15-16th century Al-Andalus binding model
In early August 2016 I had the chance to attend a one-week workshop as part of the Montefiascone Project, Italy...
Limp-paper conservation bindings
I made these models of limp-paper conservation bindings in 2015 at West Dean College during a course given by Sonja Schwoll (associate...
Gothic binding model
This cutaway model of a Gothic style binding was made in 2014 in Camberwell College of Arts, during a four...
Carolingian binding model
This cutaway model of a Carolingian style binding was made in Camberwell College of Arts in London in 2014, during...
Sewing models
Back at West Dean College in 2014, I made various sewing models to allow me a better understanding of the...