Coming Soon — Beta Enrolment Open
Beyond the Blueprint:
Leather Binding
An intermediate course for bookbinders ready to work with leather — from paring and preparation to raised bands, caps, and decorative finishing.
Taught by Simon — 20+ years of bookbinding expertise
What You'll Learn
Four chapters of hands-on technique. Everything you need to bind and finish a beautiful leather-covered book.
Chapter 1
Introduction to Leather Binding
Tools, templates, cutting techniques, and constructing a spine piece with raised bands.
Chapter 2
Leather Preparation
Thinning and paring, using the Scharfix, the paring knife, and getting your leather to the right weight.
Chapter 3
Leather Binding
Adhesives, wheat paste, corners, pasting the spine, band nippers, tying up, and creating caps.
Chapter 4
Finishing
Trimming, squaring out, measuring, half or full leather cover, basic tooling, and casing in.
Limited Beta Spots
Be among the first to learn — at half price
We're offering a small group of beta students the chance to take Beyond the Blueprint: Leather Binding at approximately half the full launch price.
In return, we ask that you answer a few short questions at the start, and share your honest feedback once you've completed the course. Your input directly shapes the final product.
This is for bookbinders who already know the basics — you've made a section-sewn hardcover book and you're ready for the next challenge.
Beta students get:
- Early access to the course
- 50% off the full launch price
- Direct input into the final course
We'll email beta students first when the course is ready. No payment required to join the waitlist.
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