SoB BOOKBINDING COMPETITION: 1999

Fine Binding    Complete Book    Cased Binding

Restored/Conserved Binding    FIne-Cut International Award

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1st PRIZE, COMPLETE BOOK
ALL MY HEROES SANG THE BLUES - an Artist's Book by Stephen Conway.




This Artist’s Book is bound in aerolinen with hand painted endpapers, a panelled tissue collage and semicircular sunken panels in both the front and back covers. All pages are hand painted, using leather dyes, acrylics and varnish. Each leaf is laminated to the next with a compensation leaf between, to counteract any pull. There are cut-outs on alternate leaves, with text revealed on the following page. The tissue collage is made from Tissuetex, black and white text, dyes, string and hemp cord, left to dry and sanded, washed in PVA and waxed.

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2nd PRIZE, COMPLETE BOOK
TWELVE BINDINGS FOR TWELVE MONTHS - bound by Midori Kunikata–Cockram.
An Artist’s Book of Calligraphy




The concept for this binding was to bring together the traditional and contemporary elements of bookbinding and book production. For the design the colours of the red goatskin and the hand stained parchment, represent the colours of the written text. The twelve free raised bands, single but together, forming a harmonious design of continuity. The calligraphic text is written in a ‘formal italic’, using red gouache and black Chinese ink, on Zerkall Rough Woodfree Mouldmade paper. The binding is of the ‘Harrison groove’ type, with the hand dyed parchment covered spine and the loose bands, integrated into the leather covered split boards. Japanese silk headbands complete the binding.