Concertina Book Structures Workshop

Concertina Book Structures with Priscilla Spitler June 10, 11.

The full class was held in Pam Leutz's home studio.

Priscilla is a great teacher; full of practical advice and happy to share her expertise and creativity. Everyone, including our youngest student (14 years old), finished their projects w/time to spare. We left in a happy buzz, excited to do more with our newly learned skills.

Showing a conservation style concertina.

Demonstrating the possibilities of the concertina structure.

Innovative gold tooling techniques

The finished product: Case binding w/conservation concertina.

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.