Restored/Conserved
Binding
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FIRST PRIZE (The Aiden Portnall Award)
IMPRESSIONS
Bound by Rachel Ward-Sale - Lewes, UK
Professional
Written and embossed by the binder. Natural calf impressed with leaves. Paintbrush fasteners. Text and objects blind impressed into watercolour paper.
SECOND PRIZE
UP CLOSE FUJI DISAPPOINTS
Bound byReg Beatty - Toronto, Canada
Professional
Written, illustrated & lettered by the binder.
Full Japanese pouch binding with curved spine and French groove, Calligraphic lettering, covered in full paper with black ink decoration.
HIGHLY COMMENDED
A DAY AT A BOOKBINDER'S
by Dominic Riley - Kendal, UK
Professional
Peepshow-style book structure, hand-tinted Perspex panels. Frames covered in natural buckram.
HIGHLY COMMENDED
GIRLSONG: An A to Z
Compiled & bound by Mel Jefferson - Northants, UK
Non-Professional
Illustrated & lettered by Gerald Nason. Limp binding of laminated pink and grey goatskin. Lacunose onlays. Exposed sewing through wraparound concertina endpaper. Three external straps. Gold lettering and blind tooling, CDs inside front and rear boards, handmade paper end leaves.
