Prize for Innovation: centro del bel libro ascona
This competition is open to professional bookbinders worldwide. The competition will be organised by the Foundation for the sponsorship of Bookbinding (SfB). Both competitions take place in Ascona.
All applications to be received by 30 August 2008. Books to be received no later than 1 February 2009.
For full details about centro del bel libro, and to register online go to:
There are a few spaces left in the following workshops this summer at North
Bennet Street School in Boston.
Girdle Books
Prominent in the 15th Century, girdle bindings were meant to be tucked under the belt or girdle of the wearer by their leather tail. Recreate a model of this historic binding, sewn over raised cords and featuring prominent medieval headbands. The book will be covered in deerskin and feature a prominent Turks Head knot.
Wed-Fri, Jul 9-11, 2008, 8:30am-4:30pm
Tuition: $500
Instructor: Stacie Dolin
Chemistry for Bookbinders and Book Artists
The goal of this workshop is to help us gain insight into the chemical nature of the operations we perform in our work as Bookbinders and Book Artists and the conditions necessary for their success.
Mon-Fri, Jul 14-18, 2008, 8:30am-4:30pm
Tuition: $660
Instructor: Dan Kelm
June 16 to August 28, 2008
Dorothy W. & F. Otto Haas Gallery
The Athenæum of Philadelphia, East Washington Square
Monday-Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm; Admission is free
The Athenæum of Philadelphia, in collaboration with the Philadelphia Center for the Book, invites you to an exhibition of book arts combining book illustration and designed covers from the Athenæum’s Rare Book collections with the work of five contemporary artists. Supported by a grant from the Samuel S. Fels Fund, this exhibition looks back to the Arts and Crafts movement while also featuring contemporary approaches to book arts. Acknowledging the influential work of designers and illustrators such as William Morris, Edmund Dulac, and Edward Burne-Jones, the Athenæum chiefly relies in this exhibition on works by Margaret Armstrong, the Decorative Designers, Elbert Hubbard of the Roycrofters, and Will Bradley, among others. These traditional designs, some drawn from the legacy of the Athenæum lending collection and others recently added through the gift of Evan Hopkins Turner, display next to books by Cynthia Back, John Fatula, Maria G. Pisano, Maddy Rosenberg, and Elysa Voshell.
A COLLABORATION WITH THE PHILADELPHIA CENTER FOR THE BOOK
FUNDED BY A GRANT FROM THE SAMUEL S. FELS FUND
Group tours may be arranged by calling Eileen Magee at 215-925-2688.
The new issue of the Caxtonian is out with a lead article on bookmaking in Vancouver.
The new update of their 1977 Reader’s Digest’s New Fix-It-Yourself Manual dropped the section on book repair to make room for Teddy Bear repair. Sigh!
The Courier Journal reports on bookbinder Amanda Buck
Call For Submissions to exhibit and for entry to Artist’s Book Competition
Over £200 worth of prizes including Winsor & Newton Art Supplies and Fabriano paper
At The Temple Gallery
20 Dunkeld Street
Aberfeldy
Perthshire
PH15 2AA
Scotland
further details at www.thetemplegallery.co.uk or email temple.gallery@zen.co.uk
The Vail Daily profiles local bookbinder Helmut Fricker.