Events  | International Competition 2007

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The 2007 competition received 109 entries from over eighty binders. The entrants came from all over the world, including the UK, USA, Canada, Argentina, Australia, Estonia, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Germany, France, Israel, Russia, Belgium, Italy, The Czech Republic, Switzerland, Spain and Finland.

The judging took place on 16th June and the judges were Lester Capon, Fellow of Designer bookbinders, Maureen Duke, Society President and Trevor Lloyd, Bookbinder and editor of BOOKBINDER.

The winners of the competition were announced at the Conference dinner, which took place at the National Railway Museum in York on Saturday 11th August 2007.

Best Overall Book by a Professional Binder

  • Joanna Bird
    Welsh Landscapes

    Joanna Bird
    from London, UK

    Welsh Landscapes by Thomas Pennant

    Split board construction sewn with unsupported link, stitch secondary sewing with full linen board attachment. Doublures; Leather edged boards with paper onlays; leather joints.
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    Best Overall Book by a Non-Professional Binder (jointly awarded)

  • Mel Jefferson
    Acrostics
     

    Mel Jefferson
    from Bozeat, UK

    Acrostics
    Crossed structure binding; sewn on a concertina guard; spine and edges coloured with pink acrylics; raised onlays of pink leather. Designs on front and rear in feathered black onlays coated with acrylic gloss. Buttons of vellum and leather. Laminated goatskin. Endleaves of sanded leather; titled on front cover; Buttons in lacunose decorated with gold leaf and brass burnishing wax.

  • Janine Pope
    Scandinavia On My Mind
     

    Janine Pope
    from Towcester, UK

    by Janine Pope

    The text is woven as single sheets. To create an interlocking structure finally woven onto the cover boards. Text and lettering blind embossed, text printed on inkjet printer on translucent paper, Cover paper – (Griffen Mill) with hand decorated woven paste-down strips, bonded tape for flexibility. Leather hand-decorated lettering on cover.

    Scandinavia is linked culturally, historically and in many more ways. As it is my cultural heritage I wanted to create a piece of work to reflect this, based on a neutral palette to represent the interlocking of this part of Europe. The images are symbolic representing land, ice, snow and water.
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    Fine Binding

  • First Prize
    Joanna Bird
    Welsh Landscapes

    Joanna Bird
    from London, UK
    Professional

    Welsh Landscapes by Thomas Pennant

    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
    Jan Camps
    Antwerp Masut Zon

    Jan Camps
    from Diest, Belgium
    Professional

    Antwerp Masut Zon by Michel Auphloz

    Full calf French binding. Matching doublures.

    Blind tooling, airbrushing, different varnishes, Cuircolor leather tan, Oesser colour foils. Fly leaves in Duvall paper.
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    Complete Book

  • First Prize
    Geert Van Daal
    Ons Tientse

    Geert Van Daal
    from Dodwaard, Netherlands
    Professional

    Ons Tientse by Erik van der Kam

    Full blue goatskin, inlaid coins and onlaid bank notes; blind and gold tooling; coins and bank notes also on doublures, gilt head. Book typeset and printed on parchment by Geert Van Daal – blue paper endleaves, hand sewn endbands; full blue goatskin; inlaid and onlaid notes and coins, leather joints.
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  • Second Prize (jointly awarded)
    Cristina Balbiano D’Aramengo
    BBB

    Cristina Balbiano D’Aramengo
    from Milan, Italy
    Professional

    BBB by Cristina Balbiano D’Aramengo

    Crown book with bearing structure made from one piece of Brown Kraft paper folded to hold the kraft paper pages and thin boards.

  • Second Prize (jointly awarded)
    CB Sherlock and Regula Russelle
    What It’s Like Here

    CB Sherlock and Regula Russelle
    from USA
    Professional

    What It’s Like Here by Jim Moore

    The binding combines a contemporary drop-spine structure with an ancient Japanese multi-section technique, sewn with four needles. The glue-less spine of the text block preserves the integrity of the pages and art.

    Both book and slipcase are covered with Iris cloth and Bugra paper. The delicate Kaji paper was attached to the boards with drymount tissue. Text printed from polymer plates on a Vandercook Press #4. Paper – mould made Johannot and Japanese Kaji, hand washed with sumi ink. The snow was printed with oil-based ink to act as a resist for the wash.
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    Cased Binding

  • First Prize
    Cathy Adelman
    Punctuation: A Printer's Study

    Cathy Adelman
    from Malibu, California, USA
    Professional

    Punctuation: A Printer's Study

    Full leather three-piece case binding sewn on tapes, Graphite edge, leather endbands. Boards are of plexiglass covered in leather allowing a 'window' to the suede flyleaves, which have leather onlays.

  • Second Prize
    Yehuda Miklaf
    Michael Kohlhass

    Yehuda Miklaf
    from Jeruselum, Israel
    Professional

    Michael Kohlhass by Heinrich von Kleist

    Full black goatskin with black onlays.
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    Restored / Conserved Binding

  • First Prize
    John Richards
    Book of Common Prayer/Holy Bible

    John Richards
    from Leamington Spa, UK
    Professional

    Book of Common Prayer/Holy Bible

    Full morocco binding with full gilt spine and boards. The original binding was completely broken - all that remained were the damaged boards. No trace of the spine remained.

    Leather and board papers removed; board corners repaired by splicing in new sections of millboard. The book was re-sewn and bound in full morocco. The original leather sides and board papers were then re-instated.

  • Second Prize
    Marysa DeVeer
    The Cottager’s Kitchen, Fruit and Flower Gardens

    Marysa DeVeer
    from Addleston, Surrey, UK
    Professional

    The Cottager’s Kitchen, Fruit and Flower Gardens by JH Clark

    Original Victorian maroon cloth binding with blind stamped decoration on front and back boards and title embossed in gold on the spine. Decoration embossed on spine around the title.

    The front and back boards had come loose from the spine. There was white masking tape residue on the spine. The edges of the boards were torn and tattered and the board was exposed. There was masking tape inside the book and insect damage at the top of the pages throughout. Many of the tops of the pages were torn. Original flyleaves missing.
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    Fine Cut Award
    Harmatan Award

  • Award for Finishing
    Geert Van Daal
    Zinne Reelden

    Geert Van Daal
    from Dodwaard, Netherlands
    Professional
    FINE BINDING Category

    Zinne Reelden by Herman Hugo

    Covered in full Brown Morocco, gold tooled geometric design. Toned handmade paper endleaves, leather joints, hand sewn endbands, covered full brown goatskin, gold tooled design, housed in goatskin and paper drop back box – also gold tooled.

  • Award for Forwarding
    Irene Kranz
    Till Eulenspiegel

    Irene Kranz
    from Germany
    Professional
    FINE BINDING Category

    Till Eulenspiegel by Gerhart Hauptmann

    Red French binding with chemise and slipcase. Morocco leather with onlays, gilt edges, gold tooling, hand sewn end bands, hand made coloured endpapers.
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    IBAT Award

  • Award for Craftsmanship
    Maria Sol Rebora
    Carta de Anastasio el pollo sobre el beneficio de la Senora La Grua

    Maria Sol Rebora
    from Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Professional
    FINE BINDING Category

    Carta de Anastasio el pollo sobre el beneficio de la Senora La Grua by Estnislao del Campo

    French binding construction, covered in natural box skin, yellow and beige goatskin leather. Beige goatskin doublures. Natural box skin flyleaves. Embroidered head cap.
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    Hewits Awards

  • Award for Innovation
    Christine Sieber
    Binding Structures in the Middle Ages

    Christine Sieber
    from Hamburg, Germany
    Professional
    FINE BINDING Category

    Binding Structures in the Middle Ages by Berthe van Regemorter

    Bradel-binding with attached covers in polycarbonate. The polycarbonate covers are varnished with car lacquer using airbrushing technique. The spine is made of water snake skin in grey.

  • Award for Craftsmanship
    Kate Holland
    And the Ass Saw the Angel

    Kate Holland
    from Bath, UK
    Professional
    FINE BINDING Category

    And the Ass Saw the Angel by Nick Cave

    Hand dyed orange alum-tawed goatskin with black goat onlay. Scratches. Black sprinkled edges, orange leather end bands, offset printed endpaper on black Bible paper.
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  • Award for Design
    Susanne Natterer
    L’Infinito

    Susanne Natterer
    from Freiburg, Germany
    Professional
    FINE BINDING Category

    L’Infinito by Giacomo Leopardi

    Stub-binding, non-adhesive binding covered in full leather, Mingei-Shi endpapers.
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