Christopher Shaw Bookbinder

Professional craft bookbinder and an Expert on the BBC's The Repair Shop.

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Dean is one of the unsung heroes of the programme. Such an unassuming chap, but his skills are incredible and he always seems like he genuinely cares about what he’s doing.

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📕 Chris Shaw, the talented bookbinder from @TheRepairShop, shares an amazing story of a project featured on tonight's episode, reinvigorating a notebook from World War II.

He tells us what a huge task it was and explains how to give our old books new life...

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@PaulCra47154521 Hello Paul, I don't know anyone in that area however check out the Society of Bookbinders and they would have a list around you

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@KittyMcD1 They are all individual

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Flower festooned journal. #books

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“These new books highlight the incredible richness of twenty-first century literary talent.”

The Queen has welcomed authors, illustrators and binders involved in creating special miniature books in celebration of the centenary of Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House“These new books highlight the incredible richness of twenty-first century literary talent.”

The Queen has welcomed authors, illustrators and binders involved in creating special miniature books in celebration of the centenary of Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House“These new books highlight the incredible richness of twenty-first century literary talent.”

The Queen has welcomed authors, illustrators and binders involved in creating special miniature books in celebration of the centenary of Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House“These new books highlight the incredible richness of twenty-first century literary talent.”

The Queen has welcomed authors, illustrators and binders involved in creating special miniature books in celebration of the centenary of Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House“These new books highlight the incredible richness of twenty-first century literary talent.”

The Queen has welcomed authors, illustrators and binders involved in creating special miniature books in celebration of the centenary of Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House.

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The Queen has contributed her own handwritten book, in the form of a foreword, to the special new miniature collection being added to Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House in its centenary year.

Read Her Majesty’s contribution here:
https://t.co/sdn0Y4DHfn

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The books are on display at Windsor Castle throughout 2024. https://t.co/2sUN12ZC0M

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To celebrate the centenary of Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House, Her Majesty The Queen @RoyalFamily has championed an initiative to establish a modern-day miniature library featuring leading writers, illustrators and binders. #QMDH100 https://t.co/H6SJwbUjU8

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Festooned animal binding with decorative paper by J & J Jeffrey #books #bookbinding #decorativepaper

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Gold tooling detail. #nog #goldtooling

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Evening at the world premiere of Harry Hill's The Last Caveman

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Work in progress.

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@standishjac I wear that with my jacket, standards🤣

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Visit from Steve Fletcher today.

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@Gamb0 Thank you and I take it another Mark Hearld admirer

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@andiemac10 I certainly can but get in touch in the New Year.

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#therepairshop Very proud of repairing Sheila's schoolbook for Denise #bookbinding #windrush