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| Book Arts Courses Continuing Professional Development courses at UWE Bristol We run regular courses for artists’ books with visiting experts and in house staff. All of our CPD book courses are listed on these pages and also featured in the Book Arts Newsletter. Our annual CFPR Professional Development Summer Institute includes: Bookbinding for artists and Advanced Bookbinding for artists, led by Guy Begbie; Inkjet and Laser Cutting for Arts and Crafts, led by Paul Laidler and Tom Sowden; Letterpress, led by Angie Butler; Pop Ups and Rubber Stamps, led by Stephen Fowler and Alexandra Czinczel.
Continuing Professional Development Classes 2013 CPD Summer Institute 2013 Continuing Professional Development summer classes in bookbinding, letterpress, laser cutting, rubber stamps, experimenting, meeting and discussing. Build your skills with the team and meet some new friends…
“Very clear instruction and excellent artwork.” “The best aspect: learning how to make imagery/stories using rubber stamps.” “Guy’s experience and knowledge of bookbinding made the course enjoyable, challenging and a brilliant learning week.” “The best aspect was learning with others, it was well-organised and a good pace. Guy is an excellent tutor.” “Lots of new skills and techniques and great to see how different everyone’s work was at the end of the course.” “Freedom to experiment, access to good materials, good demonstrations.”
“The best aspect - ability to produce our own work. Very practical/hands on course and great tutor.” “Excellent clear instructions and paced to meet the group. The best aspect was the range of visual examples and the introduction to various possibilities.” “The best aspects of the course: making, hands-on, and the tutors! Worst aspect: nothing.” “Guy is an excellent teacher, he manages to be both inspirational and exact. The best aspect: all the books we made and the hands-on experience. I didn’t find anything lacking in this course.” “The best aspects of the course: all of it, good tuition, inspiring!” “Excellent course, Guy’s depth of knowledge is matched by his relaxed delivery and patient support. The breadth of techniques and depth of hands-on experience and support was the best aspect - I feel able to carry on and experiment.” “Good access to the print and laser cutting facilities and excellent tutors.” “Great ways of showing tricks of the trade. I learnt new skills, excellent tutor with infinite patience and excellent resources of artists’ books in the library.” “Very helpful, patient and creative. Thank you for an excellent three days. The best aspects: inspiration, magnitude of possibilities for laser cutting and inkjet printing, quality of results, the fact that I couldn’t achieve these results at home. Fantastic course, will definitely recommend and I look forward to using the facilities in the future” “Great specialist knowledge, caters to individual interests. The worst aspect: that it ended” “Lovely chance to try new things, friendly and very expert staff, all really enjoyable - had a great time and would do it again.” “Excellent tutors - always on hand and nothing to much trouble to them.”
Some examples of CPD Book Arts classes at the Centre for Fine Print Research include: Advanced Bookbinding for book artists with Guy Begbie Altered Books with Guy Begbie Architectural Book Structures with Guy Begbie Book Boxes and containers with Guy Begbie Bookbinding for book artists with Guy Begbie Bookbinding for beginners with Angie Butler Collapsible Star Binding and The Coptic Stitch with Guy Begbie Comics, Books, Zines with Offset lithography with Jon McNaught. Creative Laser Cutting with Claire Phipps Home Made Rubber Stamps and books with Stephen Fowler Laser-cutting for book artists with Tom Sowden Letterpress with Angie Butler Pop-ups with Alexandra Czinczel Pulp-printing with Tim Mosely of Silverwattle Press, Australia The Pamphlet/Booklet and Japanese Stab Bindings with Guy Begbie The French Sewn Flat Back and Concertina Binding with Guy Begbie Using Digital Technology to Produce a Book with Dr Douglas Holleley Wide Format Print and Laser Cutting for Arts and Crafts with Paul Laidler and Tom Sowden top |