£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.

We will make a small hardback notebook, suitable for the pocket or handbag. First, we will make the flat-back sewn book block, with tipped-on plain endpapers. We’ll add a marker ribbon, endbands and spine linings. We will then make a cloth and decorative paper covered case (the covers) incorporating a French groove. Finally the book block and the covers are joined together - called ‘casing-in’. We will be using glue so a protective apron is recommended. 

Led by Barry Clark