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Coleen Curry

I first met Coleen Curry when I was studying at the American Academy of Bookbinding and Coleen was assisting the fabulous Don Glaister. It was clear then that Coleen was going to be a wonderful teacher as she gently encouraged us down our own design paths. Coleen will be presenting this year at Bind25 in New Zealand and before she heads over there, she will be teaching 2 workshops on consecutive weekends here in Sydney. The first Leather Dyeing & Surface Techniques During this class we will produce some leather that you may use in the following class, Flexible Leather Binding You are not going to want to miss this opportunity. As usual with our guest teachers I asked Coleen a few questions about her bookbinding.Continue Reading

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Bind25, Workshops & other News

I know I know, it’s been an incredibly long gap between updates but on the bright side we do not fill your inbox up with unnecessary junk.

The BIG news is the Bind25 bookbinding conference is to be held in September in Auckland New Zealand this year. A great opportunity to combine a holiday with bookbinding and you don’t have to sit on a plane for 24 hours!

In conjunction with Bind25 Andersen’s Bindery is pleased to announce that we will be hosting classes with Coleen Curry.  Coleen is an award-winning contemporary design binder and book artist. Her aim is to craft technically evocative books that evoke a visual, sensual, and tactile experience. You will be able to read more about Coleen in our News, “In Focus” article soon. This year Coleen will be teaching two classes on consecutive weekends which will tie together beautifully. 

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Dieter Räder – In Focus

In Focus this week we ask Dieter Räder a few questions about his career. Dieter will be presenting at the Bind19 Conference in Sydney this October. Before the conference Dieter will be teaching in Canberra and in Sydney after the conference, click on the links to reserve your place but be quick as there are only a few spots left. In Sydney Dieter will be teaching the Edelpappband binding which is a very precise German binding using very small amounts of leather and is a terrific introduction to working with leather. Dieter is a charming teacher and an excellent binder with enormous attention to detail so this class should be brilliant! In Canberra Dieter will be teaching the Leather entry Slip Case and if you combine that with Philippa’s Chemise you will be equipped to house your best binding in the most elegant and protective fashion. I hope you enjoy getting to know a little more about Dieter in the following paragraphs. Continue Reading

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Kathy Abbott – In Focus

Kathy Abbott will be teaching in Sydney and in Canberra later this year when she will be speaking at the Bind19 Australian bookbinding conference. You can read Kathy’s bio here however I thought it would be fun to ask some other questions which I will ask each of the binders we feature In Focus.Continue Reading