11/02/2026
The Pietermaritzburg Bookbinders’ Guild wishes to present the following workshops during 2026. Please let us know which ones you would be interested in so that we can start with the arrangements. Also, please let us know if there is anything else you would like to learn – from making paste paper to binding a book without the use of any adhesives. The field of bookbinding is very wide and it will help us to know what you wish to learn. You could also get together a group of friends for a tailor-made workshop. Workshops are usually on Saturdays (whole day) and we unfortunately cannot accept less than five participants per workshop.
Here are our offerings for the year:
Basic book repair
Basic bookbinding: making a cased-binding from scratch
Lino cutting and printing
Cyanotype printing
Coptic binding (this is an ancient technique in which the spine is exposed)
Hand sewing end bands
Please respond by sending an email to [email protected]
