Welcome to the Nordic Bookbinding Society website!
The Nordic Bookbinding Society is now officially established!
The aim for the Nordic Bookbinding Society is strengthen collaboration between bookbinders and book artists in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. The society will work to enchance, preserve and renew the craft, education and practice in contemporary culture to achieve a high professional standard. The association shall achieve this goal by:
- Disseminating knowledge about educational opportunities within the bookbinding profession in the Nordic countries
- exhibiting bookbinds and artist books in the Nordic countries
- arranging workshops, seminars, lectures and conferences on bookbinding and artist books. Which are also open to non-members.
- having an active website and send out newsletters about the Nordic Bookbinding Society’s work
- arranging a joint Nordic congress every three years or by decision of the Council.
Please sign up for the newsletter at the bottom of the page to receive further information about the new society and bookbinding news!
You can reach us by email: info@nordicbookbindingsociety.com
Newsletter 02 December 2022
Dear Fellow Bookbinders,
Oslo meeting November 2022
The Nordic Bookbinding Society board had a meeting in Oslo in November. As we received the funding from the Nordic Cultural Foundation / Nordisk Kulturfond, we had two very productive and engaging days planning the future of the Nordic Bookbinding Society.
The articles for the Society is written out, being revised and approved by the end of the year, we set a date for the Congress in Copenhagen (see below) and we also managed to do a show and tell in the book printing workshop at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts, where the meeting was held followed by a well-deserved dinner.
Nordic Bookbinding Society Copenhagen Congress
The Society will meet in Copenhagen 12th – 14th June 2023.
Save the date! More info and schedule will be sent out closer to the date.
Have a wonderful Christmas!
OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS
Bookbinders Meeting at the Copenhagen Royal Library
20th January 2023 the Royal Library in Copenhagen will hold an annual bookbinding meeting. There will be discussions around bookbinding, and we will present recent bindings so please bring binding projects if you want to share. Food and drinks will be served during the meeting.
The meeting will take place at:
Bevaringsafdelingen i Det Kgl. Bibliotek, Lergravsvej 55, 2300 København S.
The meeting will start at 16.30
Sign up through marianne @ lunddesign.dk latest 11.01.23
FURTHER EDUCATION AND SHORT COURSES
Bookbinding summer courses in Leksand, Sweden
There are 9 courses to choose from, teaching language Swedish and English
More information: leksand.fhsk.se/utbildningstyp/sommarkurs/
Bookbinding summer course in Sastamalan Opisto, Finland
Kirjansidonta, kirjotut kirjat / Embroidered long stitch bindings 26.–28.6.2023
Tutor: Tarja Rajakangas, teaching language Finnish and English
Enrolment opens 3.1.2023
More information: kirjatar.fi/kirjansidontakurssit/ or kirjatarja @ gmail.com
Bookbinding in Espoo, Finland
Teacher Pii Topio
11.1.2023 – 19.4.2023 on wednesdays at 17.30 – 20.00.
Languages: swedish, (finnish and english when needed)
Registration ilmonet.fi/course/EA230125
COMPETITIONS
17th Art Bookbinding international competition by Biennales Mondiales de la Reliure d’art
Book to be bound is “Vol de nuit” by Antoine Saint-Exupéry. 400 copies are specially printed for the competition with 9 black & white illustrations and a colour frontispiece. After registration you will receive your copy as soon as possible at the end of January. The return of your bound book for participation in the competition must reach us no later than May 25, 2024. Exhibition will be held 18.–22.9.2024 in Saint-Rémy-les-Chevreuse, France.
Registrations for the competition and more information:
biennales-reliure.com/en/2024-contest/
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