SoB INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: 2007
Best Professional/Non-professional Bindings
Fine Binding Complete Book
Cased Binding Restored/Conserved Binding Other Prizes Click on the thumbnails to see a bigger picture
FIRST PRIZE (The Gwasg Gregynog Prize & John Coleman Trophy)
and joint BEST BINDING BY A PROFESSIONAL BINDER
Welsh Landscapes
by Thomas Pennant
Bound by Joanna Bird - London, UK
Professional
Split board construction sewn with unsupported link, stitch secondary sewing with full linen board attachment. Doublures; Leather edged boards with paper onlays; leather joints.
SECOND PRIZE
Antwerp Masut Zon
by Michel Auphloz
Bound by Jan Camps - Diest, Belgium
Professional
Full calf French binding. Matching doublures.
Blind tooling, airbrushing, different varnishes, Cuircolor leather tan, Oesser colour foils. Fly leaves in Duvall paper.