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A nine week Concertina & Boxmaking Evening Course on Wednesdays.

Students will have the opportunity to learn hand bookbinding and boxmaking techniques including concertina binding, two-part box making, clamshell style box making, folded card slipcase and to work on a box of their own design.

The course will be for a maximum of 8 students and will be run by Ina Baumeister at Book Works Studio in Shoreditch.

If you would like to book please email jan@bookworks.org.uk or call 020 7247 2536.

*** This course is full. Please check the website for our Wednesday evening course. Or contact Jan for the next round of courses in Autumn. ***

A nine week Bookbinding for Beginners Evening Course on Mondays.

Students will have the opportunity to learn hand bookbinding and boxmaking techniques including multi section binding, exposed spine books, Japanese style binding and slipcase making. There will also be a chance to develop a personal project in the latter stages.

Deadline for applications: 28 November 2016
Interviews 14 December 2016
Start date: week starting 9 January 2017

Book Works is a leading arts commissioning organisation with a unique role as a publisher, studio and charity in supporting and enabling artists working with books, spoken word, and printed matter.

The Freedom Deficit by Between the Borders explores the collectives’ ongoing concerns about issues of citizenship and migration.

Libita Clayton’s FORGET THAT GUY (message from a freedom fighter), is a set of postcards that unpicks the conventional history of abolition and slave trading through a series of ‘conversations’ between the monuments set in the ports of Bristol and Hull, and the artist herself.

A nine week Bookbinding & Boxmaking Evening Course on Mondays.

Students will have the opportunity to learn hand bookbinding and boxmaking techniques including concertina binding, starbook with pop- up elements, two-part box, clamshell style box and folded card portfolio.

The course will be for a maximum of 8 students and will be run by Ina Baumeister at Book Works Studio in Shoreditch.

If you would like to book please email jan@bookworks.org.uk or call 020 7247 2536.

This opportunity is now closed

This job will offer an opportunity to work as part of our team here at Book Works, and would be suitable for anyone looking to further develop their skills and experience in editing and art publishing. There will be some initial in-house training given as part of the job. The job will be for a two-year period and we are looking for someone who can commit to that period of time to work on specific projects with us

*** This course is full. Please check the website for our Monday evening course. ***

A nine week Bookbinding for Beginners Evening Course on Wednesdays.

Students will have the opportunity to learn basic bookbinding and boxmaking techniques referring to a variety of historical and contemporary styles. During the course we will use a range of different materials.

The course will be for a maximum of 8 students and will be run by Ina Baumeister at Book Works Studio in Shoreditch.

If you would like to book please email jan@bookworks.org.uk or call 020 7247 2536.

Beyond Words, a new open call seeking proposals for two artists’ residencies based at the Hull History Centre and Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery (WISE) in Hull, with specific reference to the special collections on slavery past and present, pressure groups including Parity, Liberty, and the archives of leading activists and campaigners.