£85. Includes materials, tuition, tea & coffee on arrival and a sandwich lunch. Book via events@theportico.org.uk or welcome@theportico.org.uk. A £25 non-refundable deposit is needed to confirm your place.

For total beginners, and others not too confident.

In this one-day workshop we will create three finished books: all using the simple but versatile pamphlet stitch. We will make a sewn softback pamphlet with a decorative dustwrapper, a single section hardback notebook with a cloth spine, and a multi-section concertina book. These three projects will introduce you to the essentials of all bookbinding: grain direction, folding and cutting paper, creating book sections, and sewing. And you will have three hand-made books to take home! We will be using glue so a protective apron is recommended.

Led by Barry Clark