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). Her workshop is located in Malvern, Worcestershire.  She teaches the bookbinding classes at South Worcestershire College;  these are mainly recreational but some form part of the Access to Art course.  She is the current chairman of the Birmingham branch of the Society of Bookbinders. 

This website features photographic illustrations and audio-visual presentations of Angela Sutton's work as a bookbinder and repairer of books. 

The Case Studies page features about a dozen projects, showing how Angela Sutton has transformed even the most badly damaged books into beautiful, readable volumes.  The case studies are all available here as click-to-play audio-visual presentations, voiced by Angela Sutton herself. 

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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. 

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

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 adorn the Techniques page, and the site for Ann Muir Marbling Ltd, continuing the work of the late Ann Muir, whose exquisite marbled papers provide the finishing touches to so many of Angela Sutton's projects.