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The Threads That Bind Volume 1

I am very pleased to be one of the invited exhibitors for The Threads That Bind Volume 1, encompassing artists & designers across a broad spectrum of the associated visual arts and crafts.

Looking forward to featuring some of my works from before, and also some new works that I have been working on. 

Special thanks to the organisers for inviting me, as well as featuring me and my works to introduce me in your Instagram page. Do take some time to look at the other exhibitors that will also be showing in this show.

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My Day in Bindings, Part 2

La Couleur du vent exhibit catalog

It seems like ages ago, but I’m still thinking about my fine art bindings orgy on September 10th. In my last post, I didn’t comment on the La Couleur du vent exhibit, sponsored by ARA Canada  and École Estienne, at NBSS. It would have made the post way too long.

Seeing La Couleur du vent(that’s the title of the set book) in person made me think about the three…

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My Day in Bindings, Part 1

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September 10th was like an orgy of bindings.

I saw so many bindings and spoke to so many binders in one day; it was sensory overload. It has taken me days to recover.

I started out in Somerville at Sheri’s place (Sheri is my editor), met Sonya Sheats in Cambridge, took the T with her to Boston to see La couleur du vent at NBSS. Sonya has a binding (which she doesn’t like) in the exhibit, but…

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InsideOUT: Contemporary Bindings of Private Press Books

InsideOUT: Contemporary Bindings of Private Press Books

  Lucky me! I got my catalogue early. Another example of my motto: You Don’t Ask; You Don’t Get. To tell the truth, I asked for something totally outrageous and impossible. Sayaka Fakuda, who is doing much of the administrative work for the exhibit on behalf of Designer Bookbinders, let me down gently and offered some nice consolation prizes. One was an advance copy of the exhibit catalogue. I…

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Claudia Cohen Eye Candy

Claudia Cohen Eye Candy

Rudolf Koch, Schriftgiesserei im Schattenbild, 1936 Bound in full black Morocco; edges rough cut; sewn on three frayed-out cords; paste paper endleaves with sewn leather inner hinge; handsewn red silk endband; décor of gold and blind tooling with red leather onlays; title in gold on spine. 19 x 25.5 cm GBW 100th Anniversary

  Claudia Cohen. Chasing Paper. Heavenly Monkey Editions, 2007. Edition…

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