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.
Next courses:
Artists’ books one-day Masterclass - Led by Guy Begbie
Friday 26th March 2010
Sculptural Reconfigured Narratives / Book Block / Building Block
Cut... fold....paste...sew. Transform library discards using binding and paper engineering techniques to create open and closed kinetic book constructions.
1-day class limited to 10 participants
Date: Friday 26th March 2010
Time: 09.30 - 16.30
Price: £125 per person £100 concessions (includes materials, lunch vouchers, teas and coffees)
Home Made Rubber Stamp Workshops - Led by Stephen Fowler
Weds 7th and Thursday 8th July 2010
After such a popular one-day course this year, we have asked Stephen to lead a 2-day course in the summer which will focus on rubber stamps and producing small pamphlet books.
Over the course of the workshop you will realise the creative potential of home rubber stamp printing.
You will be taught how to make rubber stamps from erasers and home made ink pads using jay cloths and drawing ink. You will learn how to make single-colour rubber stamp prints and multi-colour prints. There will also be time to bind your stamp prints into simple books. At the end of the two days workshop all participants will go home with a souvenir publication containing the group's prints.
Materials provided: stamp pads, erasers, papers, cards and bookbinding materials.
You will need to bring: Pencils, scalpels (ideally swan Morton size 10a) sketch books, scrap books (to use as inspiration for the stamp design), your lunch. If you also want to see how to make home made ink pads, you will need to bring drawing ink, any colours (you can mix them and make a range of different coloured pads if you wish).
Teas, coffees, cake will be provided. Please bring your own packed lunch
Any questions on the class please email Sarah.Bodman@uwe.ac.uk
2 day class limited to 12 participants
Dates: Weds 7th and Thursday 8th July 2010
Time: 10.00 - 16.00 each day
Price: £120 per person £100 concessions
Bookbinding for artists One Week Masterclass - Led by Guy Begbie
The book is a viable, visual medium that can provide links and meeting points between many art disciplines such as print, painting and sculpture. It is perhaps the most intimate, easily accessible and portable of all the art forms. In this intensive five-day course both traditional and unorthodox bookbinding structures will be taught. The course is designed to be appropriate for people with or without previous experience.
Limited to 10 participants
Dates: 12 - 16 July 2010
Time : 09.30 - 16.30
Price: £430 per person / £344 concessions (includes materials, lunch vouchers, teas and coffees)
Laser Cutting and Book Structures for artists’ books One Week Masterclass - Led by Guy Begbie and Claire Humphries
The course covers laser cutting / engraving paper structures with binding designs for book artists. Laser cutting can produce delicate imagery and text cut outs through most paper / material surfaces, for altered, sculptural or reconfigured books, paper structures and overlaying pages of text and image. The course is designed to be appropriate for people with or without previous experience.
Limited to 10 participants
Dates: 19th - 23rd July 2010
Time: 9.30am - 16.30pm ((includes materials*, lunch vouchers, teas and coffees))
Price: £500 per person - £400 concessions
* All bookbinding materials will be supplied, and some papers, but you may wish to bring extra materials to use or experiment with.
To book a place on any of these courses:
Book online now! https://store.uwe.ac.uk/catalogue/products.asp?compid=1&deptid=14&catID=279&hasClicked=0
or
Please download the Application form at: http://www.uwe.ac.uk/sca/courses/CPDApplicationForm.doc
Fill in and return it to:
The Research Enterprise and Outreach Office
University of the West of England
School of Creative Arts
Bower Ashton Campus
Kennel Lodge Road
Off Clanage Road
Bristol
BS3 2JT
For more information on courses/bookings please call the REO Office on: 0117 3284810 or email: sca.cpd@uwe.ac.uk
There is a 20% discount available on our short courses for all full-time students, senior citizens, unwaged, UWE Staff and alumni members (proof required for all concessions).
If you are currently self-employed or have recently been made redundant, you can get 50% off a range of short courses up to £400. See further discounts
CPD Book Arts classes at the Centre for Fine print Research include subjects such as:
Bookbinding for book artists with Guy Begbie
Pulp-printing with Tim Mosely of Silverwattle Press and Southern Cross University, Australia
Architectural Book Structures with Guy Begbie
Laser-cutting for book artists with Tom Sowden
Altered Books with Guy Begbie
The Pamphlet/Booklet and Japanese Stab Bindings with Guy Begbie
The French Sewn Flat Back and Concertina Binding with Guy Begbie
Collapsible Star Binding and The Coptic Stitch with Guy Begbie
Book Boxes and containers with Guy Begbie
Advanced Bookbinding for book artists with Guy Begbie
Free - Artist’s Book Surgeries
Dates for 2010 surgeries at UWE Bristol, School of Creative Arts
We have 6 half-hour surgery slots available between 11:00 and 16:00 on
Weds 21st April 2010
Wednesday 2nd June 2010
You can book a free slot to discuss any aspect of your artists’ books, concepts, production or marketing with Sarah Bodman and Tom Sowden at UWE Bristol, School of Creative Arts. You can contact us at:
Sarah.Bodman@uwe.ac.uk
Tom.Sowden@uwe.ac.uk
Or call us on 0117 3284915 to book your place.
Laser Studio
The CFPR has three laser machines for cutting paper, card, wood, plastic and fabric. The Centre offers laser courses for both professional artists and those new to laser cutting (for more details please see: http://amd.uwe.ac.uk/index.asp?pageid=1042) and is also available to be booked on an hourly basis or for the day.
This service, ideal for book artists, will allow delicate imagery and text to be cut or engraved through most paper/material surfaces. Perfect for altered books, paper structures and overlaying pages of text and image.
The three machines vary in power and bed size, ranging from a bed size of 50 x 70cm to 100 x 150cm. The cost of using the facilities ranges from £40 to £120 an hour to £250 to £350 a day dependant on which machine is used. All prices include dedicated technical support.
For further information about the Laser Studio or to book a session please email : laserstudio@uwe.ac.uk