Virginia Woolf re-bound and re-covered books from her own personal library throughout her adult life.  Although trained in traditional bookbinding techniques, Woolf developed her own distinctive informal binding aesthetic, using colourful marbled and patterned papers, cutting up and re-using leather

Enjoy an afternoon of book covering in the beautiful environs of the Monk's House garden. Taking inspiration from the Monk's House collection you will re-bind a hard-backed book using an inspiring and evocative selection of papers and ephemera.

Woolfian Bookbinding - recover a hardback book

Virginia Woolf re-bound and re-covered books from her own personal library throughout her adult life.  Although trained in traditional bookbinding techniques, Woolf developed her own distinctive informal binding aesthetic, using colourful marbled and patterned papers, cutting up and re-using leather spine labels, making her own handwritten labels, and re-purposing stationery for endpapers.

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Woolfian Bookbinding

Woolfian Bookbinding - recover a hardback book @ Monk's House

Virginia Woolf re-bound and re-covered books from her own personal library throughout her adult life.  Although trained in traditional bookbinding techniques, Woolf developed her own distinctive informal binding aesthetic, using colourful marbled and patterned papers, cutting up and re-using leather

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Woolfian Bookbinding - recover a hardback book · Enjoy an afternoon of book covering in the beautiful environs of the Monk's House garden.…