Events  | International Competition 2017

 

Fifteen prizes over five categories were awarded in 2017. The competetion catalogue is now available to purchase via our online shop.

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The 2017 winning entries were announced at the Society’s Conference at Keele University. Awards were presented on 2nd August and all entries were exhibited at the Conference for the duration.

Choose from the tabs above to see the winning entries.


2017 Prizewinners
Fine Binding First Prize – The John Coleman Trophy (Shepherds Bookbinders Ltd)
and the People's Choice Award
Mel Jefferson

Fine Binding Second Prize
Rahel Scheufele

Fine Binding Third Prize
Rahel Scheufele

The Complete Book First Prize – The Portnall Award
Ann Tout / Eduardo Gimenez (jointly awarded)

Case Binding First Prize – The F.J. Ratchford Trophy
Eduardo Gimenez

Restoration First Prize – The Bernard Middleton Trophy
Daniel Wray

Historic Binding First Prize – The ABA Educational Trust
Andrew Sims

The Wyvern Bindery Award for Best Newcomer
Alicia Bayona / Emily Juniper (jointly awarded)

People’s Choice Award
Mel Jefferson

Fine Cut International Award for Finishing
Andrew Sims

Harmatan Leather Award for Finishing
Richard Beadsmoore

Incline Press: Dave Godin Memorial Award for Animal Free Binding
Julia Van Mechelen

J Hewit & Sons Award for Excellence in Design
Tracey Bush

J Hewit & Sons Award for Excellence in Craftsmanship
Ingela Dierick

 


Fine Binding
  • First Prize: The John Coleman Trophy (Shepherds Bookbinders Ltd)
    and the People's Choice Award
    Mel Jefferson
    The Indomitable Servant

    Mel Jefferson
    UK

    The Indomitable Servant

    Full Harmatan goatskin with printed doublures. Feathered onlays, airbrushed dyes, inkjet printing and blind blocking. Edges of airbrushed acrylics and debossed gold leaf. Box with magnetic panel concealing a pamphlet binding that contains the original illustrations and reprinted maps.

    The design depicts the river Niger: a fishing scene and a stlyised map and village in the colours of native Nigerian art.

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  • Second Prize
    Rahel Scheufele
    Zwischen van de Velde und Bauhaus

    Rahel Scheufele
    Switzerland

    Zwischen van de Velde und Bauhaus

    Bound in natural goat parchment.
    The spine is connected to the boards via a carefully thought out hinge system. Endbands in green leather. Fine décor drawings complete the parchment onlays on the cover and underline the meaning of the decoration: a way to find the gradual transition from classical cover decoration to Bauhaus.
  • Third Prize
    Rahel Scheufele
    Internationale MDE Ausstellung

    Rahel Scheufele
    Switzerland

    Internationale MDE Ausstellung

    Bound in white calf parchment, intricately coloured on both boards. The decoration is completed by fine drawings and small gilded spots that attract the eye, constantly hinting at alternative interpretations of the design. Multi-coloured silk endbands in the French style. Graphite edge decoration at the head. Endpapers in delicate handmade paper.
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    Complete Book
  • Joint First Prize: The Portnall Award
    Eduardo Gimenez
    A Song of Joys

    Eduardo Gimenez
    Spain

    A Song of Joys

    Case binding with grey-blue leather spine and sanded grey cardboard covers. Inset of painted paper on front cover. Lokta paper endleaves. The book contains eight tipped-in original illustrations, hand painted by the binder.
  • Joint First Prize: The Portnall Award
    Ann Tout
    The Enchanted Gift

    Ann Tout
    UK

    The Enchanted Gift

    Bound in leather with onlays and inlays. Pen & ink with watercolour washes on concertina Griffen Mill paper. Box as gift box in Whitchurch silk.
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    Case Binding
  • First Prize: The F.J. Ratchford Trophy
    Eduardo Gimenez
    L’Empire des Signes

    Eduardo Gimenez
    Spain

    L’Empire des Signes

    Case binding with black calfskin spine and silk covers. Two pieces of Japanese paper with black ink inscriptions are pasted on the covers. Fabriano grey paper endleaves. Title in gold on spine.

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    Restoration
  • First Prize: The Bernard Middleton Trophy
    Daniel Wray
    Byron's Poems

    Daniel Wray
    UK

    Byron's Poems

    The two volumes have been rebacked with new spines. The original spines were incomplete and suffering from red-rot. It was decided to replicate the originals as closely as possible with the tools available. The leather used is Lieutard repair calf. The finishing is done with 23.5 carat loose leaf gold and egg glaire.
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    Historic Binding / Fine Cut International
  • First Prize: The ABA Educational Trust
    and the Fine Cut International Award for Finnishing
    Andrew Sims
    Leabhar Na’Urnuigh Choitchionn (Book of Common Prayer)

    Andrew Sims
    UK

    Leabhar Na’Urnuigh Choitchionn (Book of Common Prayer)

    An ‘homage’ binding in the 18th century Scottish wheel style in full hand-stained period morocco. Hand tooled using 23.5 carat gold leaf and egg glaire, the designs requiring over 800 individual impressions. Antiqued gilt edges, comb-marbled endpapers, hand-sewn silk endbands. Saltire spine decorations, gilt rolls to board edges, headcaps and inner dentelles. Housed in a retrospective quarter calf clamshell box.

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    Wyvern Bindery
  • The Wyvern Bindery Award for Best Newcomer
    (joint winner)
    Alicia Bayona
    The Blue Peephole

    Alicia Bayona
    Spain

    The Blue Peephole

    Accordion binding in handmade wooden boards, designed and painted as an antique door. Original illustrations of houses and peepholes in black and white with transfer and ink techniques. Can be read in two directions. Wraparound box in pale blue fabric and tinted paper.
  • The Wyvern Bindery Award for Best Newcomer
    (joint winner)
    Emily Juniper
    Luminosity

    Emily Juniper
    UK

    Luminosity

    Luminosity is a play text, and as such has been designed as if the paper and book object was a performance of the piece. Material choices reflect this, for instance ‘light’ is given stage directions as if it were a character - hence the luminous cover. The reader must remove the cover on the fore-edge before reading. [Printing by Boothes]
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    Incline Press
    Harmatan Leather
  • Dave Godin Memorial Award for Animal-free Binding
    Julia Van Mechelen
    Water Lane

    Julia Van Mechelen
    Belgium

    Water Lane

    Single section Bradel binding with a 1mm joint. Full blue Ingres paper. Horizontal onlays on front board continuing onto the doublure. Vertical onlays on back board. The onlays are collages of airbrushed Japanese papers and brass foils. [Title tooled in gold foil by Jan Camps.]
  • Award for Finishing
    Richard Beadsmoore
    A Shropshire Lad

    Richard Beadsmoore
    UK

    A Shropshire Lad

    Bound in grey Harmatan goatskin. The endpapers and doublures are airbrushed with a leaf design. The stylized trees are tooled in 23.5 carat gold and caplain. The design was inspired by the poem Breedon Hill with its landscape of trees and dry-stone walls. The poem begins in summer but then winter comes and the death of the beloved.
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    J Hewit & Sons
  • Award for Excellence in Design
    Tracey Bush
    Dusk

    Tracey Bush
    UK

    Dusk

    Through seven hand-cut wreaths from original drawings are glimpsed some of the large British moths. Sewn together in a double concertina 160cm long. The specimen drawings are adapted from Moths of the British Isles by Bernard Skinner. Bound in black Lokta screen-printed boards, depicting a collection of Peppered moths drawn at Chilcomb House, Hampshire. Black velvet ribbon ties. Duotone risograph prints on Hahnemuhle paper, printed at the Publisher Hub, WSA. Edition of 20. Japanese chitsu case, dark blue bookcloth boards lined with velvet paper. Hand-tied frogging ties.
  • Award for Excellence in Craftsmanship
    Ingela Dierick
    Ein Krippenspiel

    Ingela Dierick
    Belgium

    Ein Krippenspiel

    Bradel binding with leather spine, inlaid work with Japanese paper, ivory edge decoration at the head and orange leather endbands. Light blue half-leather box with title and inlaid work. Inspiration: a landscape in winter colours at sunset, where the story takes place.
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