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Crafts

Discover a range of short courses in traditional and contemporary crafts, designed to ignite your creativity and develop your craftsmanship, available both on campus and online through our dedicated short courses platform. 

With over 120 years of experience in art and design, Falmouth offers world-class teaching, expert guidance, and specialized facilities to support your exploration of craft techniques. Whether you're working with textiles, ceramics, leather or other materials, our craft based short courses will help you hone your skills and bring your creative ideas to life. 

Crafts

Bookbinding

Book Binding 2-day Improvers course with Tom O'Reilly 11th - 18th April 2026

£275.00

Description

This is a 2-day Bookbinding for improvers course led by renowned master bookbinder Tom O’Reilly at Falmouth University.

This course runs over two full days at our Penryn Campus on Saturday 11th April and Saturday 18th April 2026. It is suitable for all levels but we recommend that you have done our 1-day introductory course first. Over the two days, Tom will guide students through various aspects of hand book binding incorporating gold foil embossing and slip case making. Students will produce small hand-bound notebook and slip case.

All materials and equipment are included in the price.

https://www.falmouth.ac.uk/study/short-courses/art-design-short-courses/bookbinding

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Bookbinding

Book Binding 6-week evening improvers course with Tom O'Reilly 22 Jul - 26 Aug 2026

£275.00

Description

This is a 6 week evening Bookbinding for improvers course led by renowned master bookbinder Tom O’Reilly at Falmouth University.

This course runs over six evenings at our Penryn Campus on from 22nd July - 26th August. It is suitable for all levels but we recommend that you have done our 1-day introductory course first. Over the two days, Tom will guide students through various aspects of hand book binding incorporating gold foil embossing and slip case making. Students will produce small hand-bound notebook and slip case.

All materials and equipment are included in the price.

https://www.falmouth.ac.uk/study/short-courses/art-design-short-courses/bookbinding

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Bookbinding

Book Binding with Tom O'Reilly - 14th March 2026 10am - 4pm

£150.00

Description

Get hands-on with this interactive Bookbinding course led by renowned master bookbinder Tom O’Reilly at Falmouth University. This course runs over one full day at our Penryn Campus on Saturday 14th March 2026 and is suitable for beginners through to all levels. During your course you’ll understand the principles behind Bookbinding, jump into making and leave with your very own bound book in cloth or leather, perfect for personalised stories, artwork, journals for yourself or as a gift.

All materials and equipment are included in the price (additional cost of £10 for those choosing to work in leather).

https://www.falmouth.ac.uk/study/short-courses/art-design-short-courses/bookbinding

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Bookbinding

Book Binding with Tom O'Reilly - 17th January 2026 10am - 4pm

£150.00

Description

Get hands-on with this interactive Bookbinding course led by renowned master bookbinder Tom O’Reilly at Falmouth University. This course runs over one full day at our Penryn Campus on Saturday 17th January 2026 and is suitable for beginners through to all levels. During your course you’ll understand the principles behind Bookbinding, jump into making and leave with your very own bound book in cloth or leather, perfect for personalised stories, artwork, journals for yourself or as a gift.

All materials and equipment are included in the price (additional cost of £10 for those choosing to work in leather).

https://www.falmouth.ac.uk/study/short-courses/art-design-short-courses/bookbinding

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Bookbinding

Book Binding with Tom O'Reilly - 9th May 2026 10am - 4pm

£150.00

Description

Get hands-on with this interactive Bookbinding course led by renowned master bookbinder Tom O’Reilly at Falmouth University. This course runs over one full day at our Penryn Campus on Saturday 9th May 2026 and is suitable for beginners through to all levels. During your course you’ll understand the principles behind Bookbinding, jump into making and leave with your very own bound book in cloth or leather, perfect for personalised stories, artwork, journals for yourself or as a gift.

All materials and equipment are included in the price (additional cost of £10 for those choosing to work in leather).

https://www.falmouth.ac.uk/study/short-courses/art-design-short-courses/bookbinding

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Bookbinding

Book Binding with Tom O'Reilly - Evenings 24th June to 8th July 2026

£150.00

Description

Get hands-on with this interactive Bookbinding course led by renowned master bookbinder Tom O’Reilly at Falmouth University.

This course runs over 3 evenings at our Penryn Campus on 24th June, 1st July and 8th July 6pm - 8pm and is suitable for beginners through to all levels. During your course you’ll understand the principles behind Bookbinding, jump into making and leave with your very own bound book in cloth or leather, perfect for personalised stories, artwork, journals for yourself or as a gift.

All materials and equipment are included in the price (additional cost of £10 for those choosing to work in leather).

https://www.falmouth.ac.uk/study/short-courses/art-design-short-courses/bookbinding

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