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New Course program announcement
Weekly News :
QUEENSLAND BOOKBINDERS’ GUILD
Weekly News
10th February 2020
Dear Guild Members,
I am looking forward to seeing as many of you as can make it at our first General Meeting of the year, this Wednesday at 7.00pm at BVAC. There will be lots to see and admire, and to purchase, so don’t miss this opportunity.
- The entrants for the 2019 competition will be bringing their competition entries and talking about how they made their entries; techniques and materials particularly; and the inspiration behind the designs. Here is winner Lorelle Tom’s binding of “Curlew Coast”.
- We will be displaying the equipment purchased from Toowoomba master craftsman, Frank Wiesner, with the grant we recently secured.
- We will also be selling the first of the LineCo tools and materials at hugely reduced prices (we purchased them from the original retailer at great reductions and want you to share in these bargains).
Our next meetings after that will be our Artist Books Group on 10th of March (1.00 – 3.00 pm) and our Open Day on Sunday 22nd March from 9.00am to 12.00 noon. At this stage both of these meetings will be held at BVAC but we have recently been notified that the planned improvements to the BVAC (Hub) premises will commence on 9th March and although the building will be open, there will be building work going on (to install a lift and upstairs toilets) which may affect our planned meetings. We will see how this affects our meetings in March and April but be ready for possible venue changes.
Our next beginner’s bookbinding course is on March 7th and 8th, and this will be the first from our new structure curriculum. If you know anyone who would like to do this course which provides an excellent introduction to the skills of bookbinding, please send them to our website to enrol.
I have spoken to June McNicol today and she says that she is improving and hoping to go home relatively soon, though she may need some assistance at home for a while. If anyone would like to visit her she is in Ward 23 at Greenslopes Hospital and would welcome visitors (check with the hospital first for hours and that she is still there and has not gone home. I expect she will welcome visitors at home too.
Colin Jorgensen is still at Greenslopes Hospital but in rehab. He is not up to receiving visitors but his family visits daily. Jenny is having knee surgery this week so please hold them both in your thoughts. We send her our best wishes for a complete recovery after successful surgery.
You will find the Canberra Craft Bookbinders’ Guild newsletter, Raised Bands attached. As usual it is a very interesting publication with great photographs and detailed articles. Canberra Guild was very sad this week to hear of the death of much-loved member Terence Uren. If you read Raised Bands, you will see many references to Terence and his work (see page 11 for his entry in the Geometry challenge) and that he contributed or edited many of the articles. He will be very much missed for his knowledge, his creative bindings and boxes and his contribution to their Guild activities.
I would like to put in another reminder about the AGM, which is coming up on April 8th. If you have the skills to be a Treasurer, or Membership Officer, or Courses Convenor, or any one of the important jobs which keep our Guild functioning, then please contact myself, or our Guild President, Ken McKeon, to discuss how you can help.
Don’t forget to renew your membership. The link to the form is on the website here https://qbg.org.au/membership-2/ and the form gives details of the fees and how to make your payment.
Best wishes to you all. I hope everyone is getting the rain which they need.
Sarah
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