MASTERCLASS: The Message Box
£200.00
The Message Box
Precise leather paring and covering
Saturday and Sunday 24-25 October 2026
Tutor: Dominic Riley
Venue: 13 Blake Lane, Sandiway, Cheshire, CW8 2NW
Leather paring requires patience, practice and, of course, sharp tools. This workshop will introduce you to both accurate leather paring — using the knife and the paring machine — and covering, and you’ll go away with a little jewel of a box, for your messages.
Suitable for those with some experience in leather paring and tool sharpening
Maximum number of Participants is 6.
Materials: £40
Dominic is a book restorer, design binder and teacher.
He was elected Fellow of Designer Bookbinders in 2008 and in 2013 won the Sir Paul Getty award -1st Prize in DB’s International competition.
Dominic has taught across the USA, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, the Czech Republic, and Switzerland. He co-founded the DB/SoB Joint Workshops and the SoB Seminar and is past president of SoB and the Hand Bookbinders of California and is Patron of the Association of Book Crafts, New Zealand.
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