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Designer Bookbinders

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Each year the society shows the work of Fellows and Licentiates in venues here in Britain and often in touring shows abroad. Designer Bookbinders maintains a presence at several book fairs including the Antiquarian Booksellers Association Book Fair at Olympia, and the Fine Press Book Fair in Oxford. For more details, make a selection from the menu on the left. Site maintenance: www.meljefferson.com.

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Designer Bookbinders

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Of Designer Bookbinders is open to any individual interested in bookbinding. Associates comprise the largest category of membership with collectors, conservators, booksellers and teachers as well as amateur and professional bookbinders amongst their number. The Society is constantly seeking new talent, and promising bookbinders are encouraged to apply for Licentiateship. DB nurtures Licentiates by providing a regular series of tutorials and consultations. Is available to UK-based full-time students only,...

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Designer Bookbinders

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Designer Bookbinders currently organise two bookbinding competitions. The society has annually sponsored and promoted The Bookbinding Competition since January 1975, when it assumed responsibility for the Thomas Harrison Memorial Competition, founded in 1957. The Annual UK Competition and Exhibition of entries is held each year at the St Bride Foundation, Bride Lane, Fleet Street, London, EC4Y 8EQ. For full details of current and past competitions, please make a selection from the menu on the left.

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Designer Bookbinders

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Many commissions that bookbinders undertake are for private individuals who want a unique binding of a treasured text for their own personal delight or as a special gift. What could make a more inspired and personal gift? Firstly you need to select a bookbinder. Go to the Fellows and Licentiates pages in the Members. Make your choice of text and design. You can provide a book text of your own, or leave the choice of text to the binder. You may like to discuss the design with the binder or give him/he...

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Designer Bookbinders

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Lori did her bookbinding training at the City Literary Institute in London under the tutelage of Sally Lou Smith and David Sellars before setting up on her own in the mid 1990's. In 2000 Lori won the Designer Bookbinders Silver medal, was elected a Fellow of Designer Bookbinders in 2001 and President in 2015. Her design bindings are housed in public and private collections including the British Library and the Alexandria Library in Egypt. 99;ontact. 99;ontact.

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Designer Bookbinders

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The society evolved from The Hampstead Guild of Scribes and Bookbinders which was founded in 1951. Its name was changed in 1955 to The Guild of Contemporary Bookbinders. For a more detailed history, click here. Site maintenance: www.meljefferson.com.

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J Hewit & Sons Ltd - Links - Booklinks - Bookbinders

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J Hewit and Sons Ltd. Health and Safety Documents. Limited and Facsimile Edition Publishers. Miscellaneous Book Related Sites. Dates for your Diary. London and South East. London and South East. Photo Books by Bags of Love. Is an established personalised gift company making Photo Books from peoples own photos. Brand new ideas in the bookbinding field. These are hand made hardbound books with a cloth bound cover printed in customers own photos. Photo Albums, notebooks and address books also pr...Offer the...

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Designer Bookbinders

http://www.designerbookbinders.org.uk/competitions/dbibc/2013/international_competition.html

Designer Bookbinders International Bookbinding Competition 2013. In association with Mark Getty and the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford, Great Britain. Mr Mark Getty will be presenting the Sir Paul Getty Bodleian Bookbinding Prize, 25 silver prizes, and the Oxford University Students' prize on the evening of Monday 10 June at the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford. There will follow a reception in the Divinity School when the exhibition of 82 selected bindings including all the prizewinners will be opened.

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Designer Bookbinders

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For a list of available UK bookbinding courses, click on the link at the top of the menu on the left. Following the closure of many college courses in recent years, the society has established a series of weekend masterclasses and, in conjunction with the Society of Bookbinders, weekend ‘hands-on’ workshops. Topics range from traditional and historical techniques to innovative structures. Please choose from the menu on the left for more details. Site maintenance: www.meljefferson.com.

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Designer Bookbinders - Members

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Designer Bookbinders has a worldwide membership and welcomes new members from all backgrounds – binders, conservators, collectors, librarians, teachers, people from other crafts, and book-lovers in general. Associate and Corporate membership is open to all. The exhibiting members are the Fellows, who have achieved recognised standards of excellence in both technique and design; Licentiates are working towards Fellowship. Site maintenance: www.meljefferson.com.