Priscilla Spitler
Hands On Bookbinding
Fri., June 9, 4 pm., Gates Meeting Room, 5th floor.
Denver Public Library Central (14th and Broadway)
A rare opportunity to learn about an esoteric craft. Priscilla will share her experiences and work as a fine binder.
She received a Certificate of Craft Bookbinding from the London College of Printing (1981). She was edition bookbinder at the Palace Press, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe NM, and at BookLab, Inc., in Austin TX, before opening her own bindery; Hands On Bookbinding, was established in Austin and moved to Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, in 2007.
She was the 2009 and 2015 prize-winner of the Helen Warren DeGolyer Award for American Bookbinding. And in 2015, Priscilla was given the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Guild of Book Workers. Her work will be on exhibit in England this summer.
All welcome. Free event.
After the presentation, enjoy viewing “Souvenir”, a selection of book art by members of the Rocky Mtn. chapter of the Guild of Book Workers. This exhibit, in the Gates Reading Room, is on display through June 25.
