Courses
The Western Australian Craft Bookbinders Guild offers a range of courses at a small cost. These are held on weekends in Roleystone, and cater for both members and non-members. These courses are a great way to start your bookbinding, and are run on a regular basis. The courses run as a progressive series, so attending a number of them will help your skills, as a range of different binding styles and techniques are demonstrated. Some skills are repeated, so that you get opportunities to improve through the participation in a number of courses.
All courses result in you taking one of more completed items home at the end.
Check the list of courses below to see when the next courses will be run. If you cannot make a course that you have booked for, please contact the Secretary so that someone else may take up the place.
Online course bookings will be coming soon. In the meantime, if you want to book for one of our courses, please register for our courses here.
Weekend courses are conducted at the Roleystone Family Centre on Wygonda Road in Roleystone, and start at 9:15 am and go through to 4:15pm on both Saturday and Sunday. Follow this link for directions to the Centre. You must register and pay in order to attend, and places are very limited. We have a maximum of 9 on most courses, and less on some that require specialised equipment.
Payments must be made before the course starts, and are not refundable in the last 14 days prior to the course commencing. View our Refund and Privacy policies here.
Details about what you make and techniques you will learn can be found on our Course Details page.
June 2023 Boxes 2 Course
Date: Saturday, June 17th, 2023 - 9:00 AM to Sunday, June 18th, 2023 - 4:00 PM
The boxes course introduces a range of box making techniques. This course, whilst not relying upon the Boxes course, does extend those techniques and includes some decorative processes.
This course is $115.00 for the course, and all tools and materials are provided. This course takes place over a single weekend, for a total of 12 hours of tuition.
Aug 2023 Intermediate Course
Date: Saturday, Aug 19th, 2023 - 9:00 AM to Sunday, Aug 20th, 2023 - 4:00 PM
This course is an excellent introduction to some of the more intricate techniques required to make a traditional round back book.
You will also make a soft cover book in the manner of a paperback, but much stronger and more long lasting. If you have lots of paperback books that you need to repair, this is a must do course for you.
This course is $115.00 for the course, and all tools and materials are provided. This course takes place over a single weekend, for a total of 12 hours of tuition.
July 2023 Beginners Course
Date: Saturday, July 15th, 2023 - 9:00 AM to Sunday, July 16th, 2023 - 4:00 PM
This is a great introduction to making your own books using very traditional techniques. We provide all the tools and materials to get you started with bookbinding.
This course is $115.00 for the course, and all tools and materials are provided. This course takes place over a single weekend, for a total of 12 hours of tuition.
September 2023 Springback Course
Date: Saturday, September 16th, 2023 - 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM and Saturday, September 23rd, 2023 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
The springback style of book is a fascinating book, whereby the spine is made into a spring which helps snap the book open and then closed again. Designed for large books which need to lay open flat at any page, this is a great style to have in your repertoire.
This course is $115.00 for the course, and all tools and materials are provided. This course runs on two consecutive Saturdays, for a total of 12 hours of tuition.