COMPETITION REPORT
- by Stuart Brockman, Competition Organizer
This years competition attracted eighty-five bindings from a healthy mix of
over sixty Professional and Non-Professional binders. The entrants came from
all over the world, including the UK, USA, Canada, Argentina, Australia, New
Zealand, Estonia, The Netherlands, Germany, France, Israel, Russia and Finland.
I would like to thank all the competition entrants who have taken the time
and effort to enter; your support of this event is very much appreciated.
The prizewinning bindings will form a travelling exhibition at the following
venues around the country until the beginning of November:
5th October - 11th November
Central Library
St Peter’s Square
Manchester M2 5PD
Tel: 0161 234 19000
Open Mon - Fri 10am - 8pm
Sat 10am - 5pm
Opening hours and dates may be subject to change so please check before visiting - and tell your friends and family to go along, too!
If you are interested in receiving information
about the Society of Bookbinders International Competition 2007, please email
Stuart Brockman at comp.organizer@societyofbookbinders.com
Competition Sponsors Gwasg Gregynog
Griffen Mill Conservation by Design Ratchfords Conservation Resources Fibermark J Hewit and Sons John Purcell Paper Homeward Bound Fotostore Ltd Harmatan ABS Supplies Fine Cut Ltd Enitharmon Press P & S Engraving The Old School Press Habberley Meadows The Old Stile Press Russells Incline Press William Cowley Woodcraft Press Preservation Equipment Ltd
The Judges
The three judges, who gave up a sunny Saturday in June this year, were Edward
Bayntun-Coward, Nick Cowlishaw and Paul Delrue.
The organizers would like to thank them for the time and care which they took
over examining the entries.
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Edward Bayntun-Coward Edward was born in Bath in 1966. He read Modern History at University College, Oxford and then spent five years working at Maggs Bros in London. In 1994 he became a partner in the family firm of George Bayntun, which had been established in Bath in 1894. The bindery now employs twelve craftsmen, with 415 years of experience between them, and holds about 15,000 tools. Edward has a special interest in bindings of all ages, which feature in his catalogues, and he also commissions and collects modern examples. |
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Nick Cowlishaw After serving a six year apprenticeship, which began in 1962, to a lone bookbinder in Derby, Nick Cowlishaw worked as a journeyman for several bookbinding firms in the UK and overseas. In 1978, he turned his skills to teaching and joined the staff of the London College of Printing. He became senior lecturer in Craft Book-binding at LCP, where he remained until 1996 when he left full-time teaching to start his own bindery in Reigate, Surrey. Nick continues to teach, part-time at Morley College in London and is currently Chairman of the London and South region of the Society. |
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Paul C. Delrue Paul Delrue was born in Middlesex in 1944. He bound his first book in 1959 and was an apprentice under John Vivien at University College bindery 1961-64, where he worked until 1971. He helped restore flood-damaged books in Florence in 1966 and set up his own bindery in Bedfordshire in 1971, moving to Chester in 1984. He was Artist in Residence, Bangor 1982 and Anglesey 1983. Paul became a Fellow of the SoB in 1981 having founded the Chester and North Wales region in 1979 and served as Chairman. He won the Harrison prize for students in 1964, was elected a Licentiate of Designer Bookbinders in 1986 and a Fellow in 1991, having won the Silver Medal and three other awards in book-binding competitions. Paul has exhibited widely, and has bindings in private collections in Britain, Europe, Australia and the USA. He has taught students since 1976 and apprentices since 1983. |