New Workshops for 2013

Please  see the Pages links on this blog (http://nswbookbinders.blogspot.com.au/) to find out more about

• Beginners' Courses
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• Case Binding on Tapes
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• Rebacking a Cloth bound Spine
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• Accordion and Pamphlet Bindings

and look out for more information about upcoming courses, such as Coptic binding.

Booking information is included on each page but the fine print is to be found on th
How to Book page.

The RAS Easter Arts and Craft Competition for 2013

Entries Online are now open

The Sydney Royal Easter Show offers an online facility for most Competitions. Where this facility is not available, Exhibitors can download an Application for Entry form. Entering online has several advantages for Exhibitors:

    •    Cheaper. Online entries do not incur the Offline Processing fee of $8 (incl. GST) per Exhibitor
    •    Quicker. Receive instant confirmation that your application has been received
    •    More efficient. Online entries reduce the processing time for the RAS.

Online entries for the Arts and Crafts Competitions at the 2013 Sydney Royal Easter Show are now open.

Please click here to enter online

If you want to print out a form use this link.
Arts and Crafts Open Application for Entry

See our advisory page on the RAS classes

Delivery

All Exhibits must be hand delivered to the Arts & Crafts Pavilion, Hall 3, on Friday 8 and Saturday 9 March 2013 between 9am and 4pm. We will accept courier and postal deliveries between Monday 4 March and Friday 8 March 2013 during office hours. Further information on delivery of Exhibits can be found in the 2013 Schedule. To ensure that you have included everything that is required, please download the Arts & Crafts Exhibitor Checklist  for Delivery of Exhibits. 

Collection

All Exhibits can be collected from the Arts & Crafts Pavilion, Hall 3, on Friday 5 and Saturday 6 April 2013 between 9am and 4pm

Library bound Exhibition Travels On

The Exhibition has left Hornsby and its next appearances will be:

3rd September to Manly Library,
3rd October  to 31st October at Lane Cove  Library.

Tell your friends

Library Bound Exhibition

You will be delighted to know that the first public showing was set up at Pennant Hills Library on 18th June by Anne Eagar and Jean Riley.  Graham Stone will be at the library on 21st June to demonstrate sewing of book sections. The exhibits have all been loaned by members or form some of the resources held by the Guild.

Shelf 1     Multicultural scrolls, Japanese concertina, Nag Hammadi tacket binding and islamic flap binding, coptic binding.

Shelf 2     Classical bindings ranging from carolingian, girdle binding and examples of skeleton bindings sewn onto cords/tapes and laced onto boards with/without bands, full and half leather bindings, repairs to bindings and re-back to  one design binding.

Shelf 3    Modern bindings. Star, piano, recycled, dos a dos, pamphlet binding, miniatures.

Shelf 4    Tools, silk, linen, leathers, takes, threads, metallic foil, pure gold foil, paste papersand so on.

If you know of a library in the Sydney area which has a suitable display case, please contact
Anne Eager, eagarl1@optusnet.com.au, with details, preferably name of the head Librarian, address, phone number and email address.

Making a Miniature Book

US binder Robert Wu gave a workshop on binding a miniature book recently and these  photos were posted on Flickr:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/10819941@N00/sets/72157624185555470/with/4661497417/

His website is at http://studiorobertwu.com/home/home.html

Marble slabs for leather paring

The Bindery now has 9 marble slabs  for leather paring and we are greatly indebted to Jacki Chan of ArchStone in Rozelle. See a range of fascinating stones in his shop. 

http://www.archstone.com.au/product/index.php

Weekend of LetterpressPrinting

The weekend was very enjoyable and stimulating.

See photographs and kind remarks from Hill End press people Bill Moseley and Genevieve Carroll:

http://hillendpress.blogspot.com