The Second Bookbinding Workshop

Sarah Brown shows the group how to sew signatures.

Sarah Brown's second bookbinding workshop took place in the Flintham Village Hall this weekend. It was a very damp and misty day and the temperature was only 4 degrees Celcius at the Weather Station. Although in the hall it was nice and cosy, the ideal conditions for bookbinding.

We were joined for the day by the local community and members of the Nottingham Calligraphers.

Everyone made beautiful hard-bound books, some of which are going to be placed inside the Weather Station for Flintham Museum visitors to continue the tradition of recording the weather.

Bookbinding Workshop

Bookbinding: How to record the weather.

On Saturday September 12th we will be running the first of four workshops in the Flintham Museum Weather Garden.

In this first workshop we will start to explore ways to capture, record and present various aspects of the weather.

The day will be led by Sarah Brown and Martin Smith.

Image: 84 Hours by Sarah Brown.

Sarah is an amazing bookbinder whose concerns are with the traditional craft of bookbinding and a determination to raise the profile of this declining industry.

There is a fee of £5 per person that includes lunch and all materials. The workshop is aimed at family groups and it is anticipated that each group will design and construct at least one book on the day.

For more information or to book a place please email Susan Clayton at Flintham Museum.

Finishing Touches

The Weather Station is all now installed and here I am applying the final touches of paint. The official opening is 20th May.

Weather Station Installation

Here are the results after a day when two men moved three ton of Trent Gravel and another two men moved half a ton of sculpture, with the help of the first two men.

Studio Visit

Site visit to the studio where members of the Flintham Society checked the progress on the Weather Station.

Weather Station Tests

My children, Nova and Sam, are the first to test the newly assembled Weather Station. They really enjoyed it and instinctively new what to do, although Nova has suggested that I install a hand rail on each side of the steps.

Assembled Weather Station

The Weather Station is now assembled and ready for the protective coating and paint to be applied.

The Weather Station

1/10 scale kinetic maquette for the Weather Station made from paper.

Weather Garden Proposal

I have been awarded the commission for Flintham Museum's Weather Garden. My proposal is to build a fully working Weather Station and garden of collected objects.

Here are two drawings of what I proposed.