Rocky Mountain Book & Paper Fair

Our chapter joined other book arts groups in Colorado for the 31st Annual Rocky Mountain Book & Paper Fair last weekend (Aug. 1). Karen offered advice on the care and handling of books and paper as well as demonstrating simple repair techniques at the Preservation Station. In addition to GBW folks, the Englewood Letterpress Depot, Colorado Calligraphers Guild, and Book Arts League were represented. Abecedarian Gallery displayed work by contemporary regional book artists. Chapter members from Colorado, Montana and New Mexico (Carol and Amy above) stopped by to visit.

Dominic Riley will be speaking in Salt Lake City next Tuesday (July 21st).  The advertisement is below:

"Design matters:  The Creation of Contemporary Fine Bindings."

Date:  July 21st (Tuesday), 2015
Time:  Lecture at 7pm
Place:  The Alta Club
            100 South Temple, Salt Lake City UT, 84111
            Telephone:  (801) 322-1081
            Free Parking
RSVP: to Tomomi Nakashima at tomomi.nakashima@utah.edu.  Please RSVP by Monday the 20th.


With the advent of the Arts and Crafts movement bookbindings became works of art in themselves.  Dominic is one of a small number of bookbinders working today who create unique design bindings for collectors.  This lecture shows a range of these contemporary bindings, explaining how each design grew from a response to hte text and illustrations of the printed book.

Dominic Riley is an internationally renowned bookbinder and teacher, having won over twenty prizes for his unique fine bindings, made either for exhibitions, competitions, or for commission.  His work is in many public and private collections worldwide including the British Library, the Grolier Club and the Bodleian in Oxford.  In June 2013 he won the Sir Paul Getty award for the best binding in the International Bookbinding Competition.  He is currently on a whistle-stop tour of ten European and Asian countries as the exhibition travels the world.