SoB BOOKBINDING COMPETITION: 1999

Fine Binding    Complete Book    Cased Binding

Restored/Conserved Binding    FIne-Cut International Award

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1st PRIZE, FINE BINDING
METAMORPHOSES - bound by Mel Jefferson.
A translation from Ovid’s text by Mary M. Innes

Conceived and bound during the period 1996–99. The concept was to create a binding which gives the illusion of being something other than what it is. The perception of the binding changes in the mind of the observer as it is transformed before them. The boards appear to be solid but they are not. The edge decoration varies depending on the angle from which it is viewed. The decoration on the front board, which at first sight appears abstract, is transformed (with a little concentration), into a metamorphosis of Metamorphoses. The sewing was undertaken in three stages and is partially exposed on brass rods, with wrap–around endpapers. The covering is of interwoven strips of Harmatan Sokoto goatskin, over open frame boards.

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2nd PRIZE, FINE BINDING
DE KNOOP VAN IJSLAND- bound by Donatienne van den Bogaert.

The binding is in a sunk–cord style and is full bound and covered with Icelandic volcanic ash. The board is sculpted to create the landscape of a volcanic crater with a computer scanned photographic image of Lake Askja mounted beneath glass, at the base of the crater. The headbands are of blue Chestnut leather and the endpapers are of black Japanese paper. The three edges are black. The original book was ‘pulled’ and computer scanned photographic images were inset as fold–out illustrations between the text.