01 May: Film Screening: Seventy Years in Bookbinding - A Portrait of Bernard Middleton
Join us for a unique screening of Seventy Years in Bookbinding - A Portriat of Bernard Middleton in our atmospheric Victorian Courthouse in the midst of our exciting Bound Together: Modern British Bookbinding exhibition.
Bernard C. Middleton, M.B.E., F.S.A is one of the most skilled craftsman of our time. His extraordinary career has now spanned some seventy years, as bookbinder, teacher and writer.
In this film, Bernard looks back on his long and varied life in bookbinding, which began at the Central School of Arts & Crafts in 1938. He remembers his apprenticeship years at the British Museum and reflects on his time spent as the manager of Zaehnsdorf's.
He talks about his early years of self-employment in a garret room in Soho, his American adventures and his experiences in the flood-damaged libraries of Florence.
Bernard shares some of his extraordinary techniques for restoring antiquarian books, including the best places to find dirt for ageing new bindings. He takes us on a tour of his bindery, with its huge collection of finishing tools and old paper and demonstrates his method of reproducing facsimile pages.
With his characteristically understated humour, his sharp mind and thoughtful observations on the he craft that he loves, Bernard gives us a truly fascinating, often moving and always enjoyable insight into his remarkable world.
There will be an interval approximatley half way through the screening to allow you to top up your drinks and grab some more popcorn!
This screening has been made possible thanks to the support of The Society of Book Binders.
Ticket includes admission to 'Bound Together: Modern British Bookbinding' for an hour before the start of the screening.
Running Time: 123 minutes (excl. Interval)
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Join us for a unique screening of Seventy Years in Bookbinding - A Portriat of Bernard Middleton in our atmospheric Victorian Courthouse in the midst of our exciting Bound Together: Modern British Bookbinding exhibition.
Bernard C. Middleton, M.B.E., F.S.A is one of the most skilled craftsman of our time. His extraordinary career has now spanned some seventy years, as bookbinder, teacher and writer.
In this film, Bernard looks back on his long and varied life in bookbinding, which began at the Central School of Arts & Crafts in 1938. He remembers his apprenticeship years at the British Museum and reflects on his time spent as the manager of Zaehnsdorf's.
He talks about his early years of self-employment in a garret room in Soho, his American adventures and his experiences in the flood-damaged libraries of Florence.
Bernard shares some of his extraordinary techniques for restoring antiquarian books, including the best places to find dirt for ageing new bindings. He takes us on a tour of his bindery, with its huge collection of finishing tools and old paper and demonstrates his method of reproducing facsimile pages.
With his characteristically understated humour, his sharp mind and thoughtful observations on the he craft that he loves, Bernard gives us a truly fascinating, often moving and always enjoyable insight into his remarkable world.
There will be an interval approximatley half way through the screening to allow you to top up your drinks and grab some more popcorn!
This screening has been made possible thanks to the support of The Society of Book Binders.
Ticket includes admission to 'Bound Together: Modern British Bookbinding' for an hour before the start of the screening.
Running Time: 123 minutes (excl. Interval)
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