Scholarship and Workshops
Applications Now Open for Renowned Book Conservation Scholarship
Conservation by Design Limited (CXD) is calling conservators and skilled book binders to apply for the 9th Annual Nicholas Hadgraft Memorial Scholarship.
The prestigious award covers the cost of attending the world renowned Montefiascone Book Conservation Summer School, a unique bookbinding course held each year in the medieval hill town of Montefiascone, situated next to the picturesque Lake Bolsena in heart of central Italy.
Offering £1,500 towards the course fees and travel, the scholarship offers a unique opportunity for students, skilled conservators and book binders to gain exclusive access to industry leading conservation professionals. Running throughout the month August, each week of the summer school features a different specialised course and tutor who will help attendees to hone their skills in a number of historically sympathetic bookbinding conservation techniques.
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Closure date for applications is the 20th of May
Nicholas Hadgraft Scholarship for the Montefiascone Book Conservation Summer School
2012 Winner Announced!
We are pleased to announce that Shaun Thompson of Bury St Edmunds, UK was last years’s winner of the Nicholas Hadgraft Scholarship to Montefiascone.
Shaun is currently working as a Bookbinder at Cambridge University Library. Click here for more information
CXD’s commitment and passion to conservation is typified by the creation of the CXD Nicholas Hadgraft Scholarship. Offered in memory of Dr Nicholas Hadgraft, a good friend of Conservation by Design Limited who died tragically in 2004, this annual scholarship provides the recipient with the opportunity to gain new skills and meet like-minded professionals at the Montefiascone Book Conservation Summer School organised by Cheryl Porter, a unique bookbinding course held each year in the medieval town of Montefiascone, Italy.
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You can find out more by visiting www.monteproject.com
Closure date for applications is the 20th of May
Hand Made Cover Paper Workshop, 16th till 20th September 2013, Tutors: Christopher Clarkson and Jacques Brejoux. Venue: The Moulin du Verger Paper Mill at Puymoyen.
Sponsored by Conservation By Design Limited. Now in its 7th year.
Since 2007 CXD are also proud to have supported and organised a unique workshop on the principles and practice of handmade papermaking and paper covered bookbinding in France. Working with Jacques Brejoux and Christopher Clarkson, two of the industry’s leading scholars and craftsmen, this residential workshop is located at the 16th Century Moulin du Verger Paper Mill in Puymoyen, located in the beautiful Charente (Cognac) region of France and delegates have travelled from all over the world to take up this exceptional opportunity.
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