Happenings at the Bindery Sept 26
Greetings all.
Our buy swap and sell as very successful, with a number of large items,
and many small ones now residing and challenging new owners.
Thanks to all, and sorry to those who called after and had missed out.
Remember that we have the members materials supply shop,
and hope it will soon also be fully documented with lists online for you.
Our next meetings is at The Bindery, Bookbinding Victoria
behind St Faith's Church 4 Charles St Glen Iris.
Three parts.
The Open Bindery where you can come and bring your own projects
and have access to the equipment and materials, plus some advice.
2pm Tuesday afternoon to 5pm.
Email eventsatvbgdotnetdotau to make a booking.
The committee meeting at 6pm. Its for discussion of the plans and operations of the Bookinders,
but if you have a burning issue you wish to bring up with us, then give me a call and we will open a spot for you.
The General Members Meeting 7pm. Bring along your latest project for show and tell, see other's projects, book clinic, for the book you just dont know how to start, and then have a go at some tooling on leather and cloth. We can start with some blind tooling like this,
or like this. 
Then we can move to some gold work like this.
But then it might be a bit confronting so we will start with something like this. Sorry phone pic.
We will have set up the small gold blocker, along with a range of tools and foils to allow some experimentation, and perhaps inspiration as to how to go ahead. A gracious donation from Doncaster Bookbinders has allowed us to now have colours as well as gold!!
As always I am available at president at vbgdotnetdotau sorry about the shorthand but every time I post my address I get another 100 spam emails. Its a challenge to be available without the time wasting spam, running in excess of 150 per week on average and if I set the spam filters higher, all your correspondence end up in junk. Regards Jim
Forward Events in 2023.
Greetings all, and many apologies for the website crash. A case of the site flagging to the admin that some updates are needed, and so I pressed go without reading and actioning the long list of "do this first "items. And don't we do it with books sometimes. Rush in to start a binding and find we forgot a step, then spend time trying to make it work!!
Program for the year.
We are pleased that the new bindery is working well, though we are still working out the best way to do many operations.
We will soon have the shop up and running so members at the meetings, classes and open bindery will have access to lots of different materials and some tools at reasonable rates and in volumes that will suit lots of small different projects.
This will make it economical to do different projects. I remember I had some difficulty with getting the right cloth is a small quantity. It takes a long time to use up a whole roll of green!! Its a feature colour in my bindery.
The Library Binding 2 day course with Peter Lewis was well received and is planned again for next year. Sorry the photographer was indisposed so not much in the way of pictures. The Library binding is a letterpress style with extra reinforcement to ensure survival with heavy use.
Coming up soon.
Remember that bookings are required for all open bindery sessions, and workshops.
Members meetings on the 4th Tuesday are open to visitors, bookings are not required for these meetings. and there is no fee to attend. However, don't be surprised if the secretary or treasurer tries to sign you up as a member. Our costs, rent, insurance etc are significant, and most presenters are paid an honorarium. Mainly we are volunteers, and always more volunteers are appreciated. Our meetings include show and tell to share your project, book clinic to discuss particular problems or techniques, materials sales, and a guest presenter with a specific topic.
Remember the National Bind 23 conference is on in Queensland 7, 8, 9 July. Book now to secure your place.
Meetings, Classes, Open Bindery for the balance of 2023.
Open bindery on Second Tuesday of the month is an on demand opening so remember to check the bookings with the secretary.
June 27 In the Bindery, the W Binding class with Gail Stiffe. Bookings essential. Details on the previous post. But bookings required.
June 27 Evening meeting, a look at Non-adhesive Binding with Liz Forbes.
July 25 Open Bindery. 2-5pm.
July 25 A demonstration/workshop Decorative Stab Bindings with Mary Russell.
August 19 Saturday. 9am to 4pm Single Sheet Binding,with Tim Morrow sometimes called thesis binding . Print your family history, thesis, or story book.
August 22 Open bindery 2-5pm.
August 22 Evening meeting our AGM, plus BUY, SWAP, and SELL.
Lots of equipment and materials to assist you in setting up your workshop or home bindery. Have items for sale, contact the president for more information.
August we may also have a heavy equipment sale. It will be in our storage location in Narre Warren. We will post some pictures and perhaps arrange a mutual time, most likely a Saturday before the AGM. Watch this space.
September Saturday 16th Workshop 9am to 4pm. Exposed Stitch Binding with Gail Stiffe.
September 26th Open Bindery 2-5pm.
September 26 Camielle Fitzmaurice Early Bookmaking Techniques,
techniques learned in the classes attended at Montefiascone Bindery in Italy.
Remember September is also Melbourne Royal Show with its book binding and paper crafts competition. Entries open now.
October 24th Workshop in the Bindery Simple Clam Shell Boxes with Debra Parry.
October 24th evening meeting, still in planning, but hopefully including a review of all the prizes won at the Melbourne Royal.
November 28th Open Bindery,
November 28th
Evening meeting reveal of the 2023 Willis Bookbinding Challenge The downloadable pages of the Bone folder.
Ask about getting the file. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Emphasis on quality binding rather than decoration.