Angela Sutton has been binding and repairing books since 1971, learning first of all from Ian Ross at the old Oxford Polytechnic (now Oxford Brookes). She is the current chairman of the Birmingham branch of the Society of Bookbinders, and the Society's national conference organiser.

TEACHING

Photo: Angela Lloyd-James

Angela Sutton taught bookbinding at South Worcestershire College (formerly Malvern Hills College) in Malvern for many years, and is now one of the tutors at Urchfont Manor in Wiltshire for the residential bookbinding courses held there (see above right).

She also runs occasional workshops at various venues. These may cover a particular style of binding, or be an introduction to bookbinding for beginners. Recent teaching includes a workshop for writers interested in how books are put together, as part of the 2011 Worcester Literary Festival (pictured above).

Angela Sutton’s bindery is in Malvern, Worcestershire, and she will arrange personalised tuition here to suit individual requirements, either for single students or for groups of up to four people. A group of friends may come together, or someone may give a friend a day’s bookbinding tuition as a birthday present. Please email Angela Sutton for details.

RESIDENTIAL
COURSES

Would you like to learn bookbinding at Urchfont? This is a lovely manor house in the Wiltshire countryside, and students are accommodated in the house or nearby for the week-long course. The food is excellent, mostly home-made and much of it home-grown.

Angela's next course at Urchfont Manor will run from lunchtime on Monday July 23rd to lunchtime on Friday 27th. Students may work on whatever they want, but there will be the option of learning how to make a library-style binding. Beginners welcome.

Click the image above for the Urchfont Manor website.

INSTRUCTIONS
IN BOOKBINDING:
CD ROM

Angela Sutton has produced a CD ROM of bookbinding instructions, Bookbinding in Pictures. This is designed to be used by beginners working at home on their own. The CD can be purchased through PayPal and posted to anywhere in the world.

"In clarity of instruction
and format, this is the best beginners’ book
to come out in years."
Sandy Cohen,
US Guild of Bookworkers

Click the image above for further details, reviews and PayPal link.

SLOW INTERNET CONNECTION?

THIS SITE FEATURES SLIMMED DOWN VERSIONS OF THE CASE STUDIES AND TECHNIQUES PAGES WITH FEWER PICTURES AND WITHOUT AUDIO-VISUAL PRESENTATIONS. 

CLICK HERE TO VISIT THE ALTERNATIVE PAGES. 

CONTACT & LINKS

Angela Sutton accepts work from all over the world. Contact details may be found on the Contact page of this site.  The page also features links to affiliated websites, including that of Peter Bryenton, whose pictures, extracted from Angela Sutton's CD ROM, Bookbinding in Pictures, adorn the Techniques page. 

YOUR BOOKS RESTORED

The original state of the book below right, Hooker's Works, can be seen on the Case Studies page.  The box in the picture was made by Malcolm Hopper, one of Angela Sutton's students at South Worcestershire College. 

TECHNIQUES

The Techniques page includes technical overviews of several bookbinding and book repair processes.  These overviews demonstrate the depth of expertise and the loving care that Angela Sutton applies to her work. 

The information is presented in audio-visual form by Angela Sutton, with informative photographs by Peter Bryenton.