“Bookhand Roman Capitals” with Jane and “Book Binding” with Jo

Cost: Half day members/non members $20/$25, full day $40/$50

These simple, yet elegant capitals are more relaxed than their grand formal cousins. For those who attended the Skelton Capitals workshop, here is a chance to put some meat on the bones!

In the afternoon we’ll bind samples of our year’s calligraphy to create a memento of our 2025 workshops. Alternatively, we can bind blank pages to create a journal.

Drum leaf binding is an easy construction if it is your first ever handmade book, and an extremely useful binding, having minimal design issues, a flat opening and allows imagery to flow over the centre fold with no sewing thread.

Materials:

• Your pages – 10-20 A4 pages with your work on one side only or blank pages for a journal. We will fold the pages in half short to short side, so if you are displaying work it should be designed to look right in A4 landscape. Don’t fold the pages yet. Stack them in order. The paper can be any weight.
• Endpapers – 2 x A4 similar weight to your pages
• Covers – 2 x A5 card, decorated or plain, 160gsm or more
• Spine Cover – book cloth or card (around 160gsm). Best to have a plain colour to go with your cover and endpapers. 1 x A5 high and 10cm wide (paper grain goes with the height)
• And –
• 2 pieces of stiff card A5 high and 5cm wide
• gluestick
• scrap paper for gluing
• bone folder
• 2 or 3 clamps
• ruler and pencil
• white pencil
• cutting mat and cutter