Mentoring

As I am offering myself as a mentor I feel I should tell you something about myself.

My name is Richard Norman, I am 55 years old, married with a 14 year old daughter. We live in South West France.

I qualified as a bookbinder after attending a two-year full time City & Guilds course at  Brunel College, Bristol. I was then asked to set up a bindery by the monks at Downside Abbey in Somerset. My wife and I ran this bindery, together with a fine printing facility and paper marbling studio, for nearly 25 years before moving to France for a better quality of life for our daughter.

We also did a great deal of gilding, onto leather and wood as well as gesso. 

Prior to the closing of the workshops they had been voted a National Living Treasure for the workshops contribution to the book arts.

So I feel I speak as a mature, qualified & experienced craftsman.

For the past three years I have been helping people into the craft of gilding and its companion trades by offering myself as a potential friend and mentor.

Here I offer myself as a mentor to help you get started in gilding or perhaps help you through your gilding project for a period of 3 months, for the nominal sum of £10.00.

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 norman.richard@orange.fr