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.
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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…
| Artists’ Letterpress
and Laser Cut Type Led by Angie Butler and Tom Sowden Monday 24th - Friday 28th June 2013 Learn how to set type and print letterpress using metal and wood type. Letterpress offers beautiful qualities for printing text for books, bookmarks, postcards, posters or pamphlets. A range of inks and papers will be supplied. We will print on Vandercook presses which allow editioning of multiples. For the first three days of the summer school participants will be shown the correct way to set metal type; how to cut simple wooden typefaces or blocks from hand drawn originals using the laser cutter; how to set up the Vandercook proofing presses; how wooden type is set and printed, with the opportunity to experiment with printing larger wooden type. The last two days of the summer school will offer an opportunity for participants to develop any ideas they have been working on during the summer school, and provide extended time with full support, to consolidate these and produce a series of prints or even a small pamphlet. Maximum 8 participants Date: Monday 24th - Friday 28th June 2013 Time: Each day runs from 09.30 - 16.30 Price: £400 per person /£320 concessions (materials, lunch vouchers, teas & coffees are included in course fee). Bookings 
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| Bookbinding for Book Artists Led by Guy Begbie Monday 1st - Friday 5th July 2013 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. Guy Begbie is an established book artist and designer. He has been teaching in UK universities since 1995. As a multi-disciplinary artist he makes works that extend parameters regarding concept and production approaches to the book form. He has run book arts courses nationally and internationally. http://www.guybegbie.comMaximum 10 participants Date: Monday 1st - Friday 5th July 2013 Time: Each day runs from 09.30 - 16.30 Price: £450 per person /£360 concessions (materials, lunch vouchers, teas and coffees are included in course fee) Bookings
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Book Week With Sarah Bodman, Angie Butler, Stephen Fowler and Tom Sowden Monday 8th - Friday 12th July 2013 A new course: due to demand for time to experiment in the studio and work alongside other artists we have designed this class for creative exploration of the book by artists. Bring your ideas, projects, stamps or typewriter, and spend some time with other makers experimenting with book formats and contents. We will have experts on hand to help with rubber stamps, pop-ups, letterpress on different days, and you can dip into our artists’ books archive and get advice on current and future book projects. This is an opportunity to develop some new ideas or produce a small edition, to meet other creative, swap ideas and learn some new skills. Maximum 8 participants Date: Monday 8th - Friday 12th July 2013 Time: Each day runs from 09.30 - 16.30 Price: £400 per person /£320 concessions (some materials, lunch vouchers, teas and coffees are included in course fee) Bookings
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| Advanced
bookbinding Led by Guy Begbie Monday 15th - Friday 19th July 2013 An intensive five-day advanced course of bookbinding structures. The course is designed to be appropriate for people with some previous experience in basic bookbinding. Guy Begbie is an internationally-established book artist and traditionally trained bookbinder who has been teaching book arts in UK Universities since 1995. As a multi-disciplinary artist he makes works using a variety of media that include traditional and experimental approaches to bookbinding. Maximum 10 participants Date: Monday 15th - Friday 19th July 2013 Time: Each day runs from 09.30 - 16.30 Price: £450 per person /£360 concessions (materials, lunch vouchers, teas and coffees are included in course fee) Bookings
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"Super-duper tuition and atmosphere
created by the highly skilled tutors.”
“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.”
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“The best aspect was having supervision along the
way as and when needed - always great advice.”
“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.”
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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
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