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Les Hauts de Loye

Learn · the bookbinding workshop, opened in 2010

“la Fin des Cornichons”

Ask Nathalie where the name comes from and you have already made a friend…

A whole human adventure: to read, to re-read; to bind, to bond…

Nathalie’s hands at the sewing frame

Lessons and courses

À la carte, all year round, four students at most.

You learn step by step by binding your own books, with the advice of a professional devoted to quality and creativity.

3 hours

Individual lesson

A one-off session, alone with Nathalie, to move your project forward.

55 €Book

2 days

Two-day course

Bind your own book from start to finish. Four students maximum.

200 €Book

5 days

One-week course

To go further: several bindings, gilding and slipcase techniques. Lodging and meals possible on site.

850 €Book

Lodging and meals possible on site. A fully equipped workshop: nipping press, board shear, sewing frames, backing press, finishing tools, bone folders.

Next course dates

Binding to order

Your books, a new life.

Lier, relier… Lire, relire…

In the studio, during courses

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Fine and creative binding

Traditional binding

Slipcases

Care and repair

One request, three doors

Order, entrust, learn.

Tell Nathalie what you want: the message goes out on WhatsApp, already written, with what she needs to answer you precisely.

The message Nathalie will receive

Creations

Available at the workshop, or to order.

Unique sketchbooks and travel journals, photo albums, guest books, jewel books… The workshop’s collection of bound books is there to be discovered.

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Questions

Do I need to know how to bind?

No. Whatever your level, Nathalie guides you step by step in a relaxed atmosphere.

What should I bring?

One or two books you would like to bind, if you have them. Materials and tools are provided.

Can I sleep on site during a course?

Yes: the guest rooms and cottages are twenty metres from the workshop, and meals can be taken on site.

Why “la Fin des Cornichons”?

Ask Nathalie where the name comes from and you have already made a friend…