Rennie Mackintosh Inspired Bookbinding Workshop

Learn to make your own books inspired by the iconic Charles Rennie Mackintosh at this workshop in Glasgow.



6 hours

Class size 1 to 2 (public classes), 4 to 12
  £95

Whether you're a fan of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and want to celebrate his works or you're looking for some inspiration for a new project, come along to Mackintosh at the Willow in Glasgow and enjoy this themed bookbinding class.
During our day spent in this charming venue we will hand bind books with debossed covers inspired by the iconic Glasgow Style, looking at book designs from Mackintosh and contemporaries such as Talwin Morriss.
We’ll be spoiled culinarily as well as by the visual delights of our surrounds: we will enjoy a soup and sandwich lunch will be provided by the venue.
Fee includes lunch, tour, materials needed, and tools to use for the day. No experience is necessary, though those with some experience in bookbinding are very welcome.
You'll leave the class filled with reverence for the works of Mackintosh, along with your beautifully bound book as mementoes of this incredible experience.
What you'll get
  • All materials and tools to make a Mackintosh-inspired book to take home.
  • Lunch, tea and coffee.
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Knowledge required
Beginner level
What to bring
Reading glasses if used.
Add-on available for this class
  • Bookbinding tool kit to take home (£30)
You can add this when you book (optional).
Suitable for

This class is great for a birthday or hen do.

This experience would also be a unique gift for her, gift for mum or Xmas gift.

Location

Mackintosh at the Willow - 215-217 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, Scotland

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Recent reviews of Rennie Mackintosh Inspired Bookbinding Workshop

  • 5/5 from Judith Wynne, attended Oct 2025: Oliver from the Willow Tea Rooms who gave the guided tour was a friendly and knowledgeable host. Toben, from Baile Mor books, was a patient and helpful instructor in the art of bookbinding, especially for a beginner like me. Lunch at the tea room was good. A well-organised and rewarding course.
  • 5/5 from Shona Paterson, attended Oct 2025: Our tutor was excellent! Very knowledgeable in his craft and gave helpful tips when feeling stuck. It was great to come away with a finished product. I really enjoyed the guided tour of the building too. Very enjoyable and informative. The lunch was tasty although the sandwich was huge! I would have preferred a cup of soup, one sandwich and a wee cake.. would highly recommend taking one of Tobans book binding classes. They are all different but this is what I created in this class.n
  • 4/5 from Anonymised ClassBento customer, attended Oct 2024: Excellent class and teacher. Tobin set a suitable pace for beginners (which we were) and we learnt a lot. Venue was ok; great for lunch but the venue admin was a bit “clunky”. Would have been useful to have been able to meet in workshop itself prior to the tour so that we could leave coats, luggage etc before trailing around the tour of the venue (which was very interesting btw).
Your teacher

Baile Mòr Books
Baile Mòr Books

4.8 (5)

Hello! I’m a self-proclaimed book nerd. And proud of it. I'm a professional bibliopegist, which means that bookbinding is my pastime, but it’s also my passion and profession.
I’m fascinated by the engineering of books and have an almost obsessive desire to learn and understand new structures.
I work out of a small studio on the idyllic Scottish island of Iona, (if you’ve never been, I highly recommend it; it is, amongst other things, the birthplace of the Book of Kells) where I’ve lived for ten years now. Iona’s landscape – its natural colours of sand sea and rocks – are a huge inspiration to me.
I am an experienced teacher and am excited to share the joys of bookbinding with you.

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