Workshops on blade sharpening and bookbinding structure

Two workshops by Jeff Peachey
Boekbinderij FopmaWier
Wier, the Netherlands
25 May - 4 June 2016

Organised by Restauratoren Nederland, the Netherlands

Two specialized bookbinding and conservation workshops lead by
American bookbinder, conservator and toolmaker Jeff Peachey.  Jeff
combines his research of eighteenth-century French leather bindings
with his practical knowledge of conservation, bookbinding and
toolmaking.  He will be teaching these workshops at Boekbinderij
FopmaWier, a professional bookbinding studio in the Frisian
countryside.  Surrounded by an enthusiastic group of international
colleagues and hopefully bathed in a warm spring sun, these
workshops promise to be the perfect working holiday.

"Making and sharpening knives: a rational approach, and modifying
    a spokeshave"

25-27 May 2016
<URL:https://www.restauratoren.nl/agenda/workshop-jeff-peachey-1/>

    This workshop is an intensive three day introduction to one of
    the most basic human tool making activities--making and keeping
    an edge tool sharp without the use of jigs.  This workshop will
    use 3M micro-finishing film, but the freehand techniques learned
    are applicable to water, oil, or diamond stones.  Participants
    will be provided the materials, instruction and equipment to
    make several knives by stock reduction of their choosing, and to
    resharpen any type of edge tool they bring with them as time
    permits.  The specific tools of bookbinders will be examined:
    paring knives, lifting knives, scissors, hole punches,
    spokeshaves and board shear blades.  Tool steel, edge geometry
    and grit progression will be discussed.  A Stanley 151
    spokeshave will be modified for leather paring, and there will
    be time to learn how to use it.  The goal of this workshop is to
    free participants from the plethora of misinformation and
    mystique that surrounds sharpening and to instill confidence in
    sharpening, maintaining and resharpening bookbinding knives and
    other edge tools.

    Course: Euro375
    Materials: Euro175

"Late eighteenth century French binding structure"
30 May - 3 June 2016
<URL:https://www.restauratoren.nl/agenda/workshop-jeff-peachey-2/>

    Apart from the French Revolution, one of the most exciting
    aspects of late 18th century French culture is the existence of
    two full-length bookbinding manuals.  This five-day workshop
    will focus on reconstructing a typical full calf French
    structure of this time period, by comparing and contrasting the
    descriptions in these manuals and examining extant bindings.  In
    some respects, this structure is the end of 1,200 years of
    utilitarian leather binding Euro'50 years later the cloth case
    begins to predominate.

    This class is a hands-on explication of a written text.  Some of
    the interesting features of this book include: beating the
    paper, sewing 2-on on raised cords, beating pasteboards,
    trimming edges a plough in-boards, edge coloring with
    vermillion, sewn front-bead single paper core endbands,
    parchment transverse spine liners, edge paring calf, "marbling"
    the leather, and achieving various shades of brown without using
    leather dyes.

    Reproductions of 18th century French tools, constructed from
    plates in Diderot's Encylopedie (1751-1780) will be available
    for experimentation.  Participants will learn to use and
    maintain a plough, and gain experience in translating written
    descriptions of bookbinding into the construction of a model.
    Extensive notations (in English) on Gauffecourt's /Traite de la
    Relieure des Livres/ (1763) and Dudin's/L'Art du Relieur-doreur
    de Livres/ (1772) will be provided.  An overriding theme in this
    class is to interpret historic bookbinder's techniques by
    reconstruction.  Basic bookbinding skills are a prerequisite.

    Course: Euro540
    Materials: Euro100

Excursion:

    On Friday afternoon, June 3, the eighteenth-century French
    binding structure course will be followed by an excursion to the
    local archives and rare books library: Tresoar, Frysk Histoarysk
    en Letterkundich Sintrum.  We will look at several examples of
    eighteenth-century bindings from this collection using our
    freshly gained knowledge.

Address:

    Tresoar
    Boterhoek 1
    8911 DH

    We will travel together in available cars.

How to get there:

    <URL:https://www.tresoar.nl/over/Pages/Route.aspx>

The tutor, Jeff Peachey:

    Jeffrey S. Peachey is an independent book conservator and
    toolmaker.  For more than 25 years, he has specialized in the
    conservation of books and paper artifacts for institutions and
    individuals as the owner of a New York City-based studio.  He is
    Professional Associate in the American Institute for
    Conservation, has taught bookbinding workshops internationally,
    and was recently awarded a fellowship at the Rockefeller
    Foundation Bellagio Center, Italy.  He is the inventor of the
    Peachey Board Slotting Machine, used in conservation labs around
    the world.

    His most recent publication is "Beating, Rolling and Pressing:
    The Compression of Signatures in Bookbinding Prior to Sewing"
    published in Suave Mechanicals: Essays in the History of
    Bookbinding, Volume 1.

    More information at:

        <URL:http://jeffpeachey.com>

Registration: Please register by emailing herre66<-at->gmx<.>net

Please indicate which workshops you would like to register for.

The location: The picturesque village of Wier is situated in the
north-west of the northern province of Friesland.  In 2009,
FopmaWier bookbindery was established in this village of 200
inhabitants.  Wytze Fopma, owner and director, specializes in unique
graphic productions, mostly in limited editions, for designers,
artists, printers, editors, photographers and collectors.  Wytze
welcomes you into his studio to experience the quiet and space of
the Frisian countryside during the most beautiful time of year. What
better way to welcome in the spring of 2016?

    Boekbinderij FopmaWie
    Tjerkepaed 16
    9043 VM Wier
    <URL:http://www.fopmawier.nl>

Contact person is Wytze Fopma <info<-at->fopmawier<.>nl>

The nearest train station is Leeuwarden.  From here, bus 71 leaves
for Wier 1-2 times per hour.  You can also be collected at the train
station if you inform us in advance of your arrival.

Accommodation: The small campsite "De Brinkhoeve" is located within
a two-minute walk from FopmaWier bookbindery.  Here you can pitch
your tent on an open field with view of the village's historic
church.  Two recently renovated trailer homes and a cabin are also
available at very affordable prices (Euro10-25,- per person, per
night).

Booking can be done directly:

    <URL:http://www.debrinkhoeve.com>

or by phone: +31 518 462287.  We strongly advise you not wait too
long and please tell the owners you are coming for the workshops at
Wytze's studio.  If you would like to share a cabin or trailer with
other participants, please advise us and we will get you in touch
with other interested participants.

If the campsite is not what you are looking for and you don't mind
missing out the evening social contact with colleagues, please
contact us for further information on alternative accommodation in
the vicinity of Wier.

Meals: During the day, coffee, tea and lunch (Dutch bread with a
variety of toppings) will be provided.  This is included in the
course costs.  Breakfast, dinner and lunch during the excursion are
at the participants' own expense.  We are happily to recommend good
restaurants, supermarkets and grocery shops in the neighbourhood. It
is also possible to cook at De Brinkhoeve, a good occasion to enjoy
the end of an inspiring course day together with colleagues.

Organiser:

    Herre de Vries <herre66<-at->gmx<.>net> (contact person)
    Natasha Herman
    Wytze Fopma


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