PRINT MAKING & BOOK ARTS
Summer 2010
Bookbinding for Artists & Photographers
Instructor: Don TAYLOR
Skill Level: Introductory Level - No Previous Experience
This is the ideal course for a photographer or visual artist who wants to understand custom bookbinding and the possibilities for making hand bound artist books. Join renowned custom bookbinder Donald TAYLOR for this three-day introduction to fine bookbinding. During the workshop, participants will make a softcover sewn book and a case bound book; one with a quarter full cloth bound hardcover, and if time permits a slipcase box to house one of the books.
What to Bring: Olfa knife, scissors, a bone folder (if you have one), and a cutting mat.
Biography
Don TAYLOR was born in Edmonton, AB in 1951 and grew up in Windsor, ON. He received a Master of Arts in Romance Languages from the University of Windsor in 1973.
In 1977 Don studied bookbinding with Beatrice Stock and in 1979-80 with Seamus McClafferty and Annegret Hunter-Eisenbach at Sheridan College. He studied for a further two years with Betsy Palmer Eldridge and has taken workshops on a wide variety of subjects with many leading bookbinders from Canada, the United States, and Britain. Since 1984 Don has been teaching for the Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guide and Sir Sanford Fleming College among others.
Since starting his binding studio in 1980, Don has worked on restoration, portfolios, and small edition binding, and has been developing as a designer and book artist. He makes decorated papers and is interested in innovative book structures and boxes. He is proprietor of Pointyhead Press, which produces short run editions, often involving found text and illustrations 'found' in pieces of his paste papers. He is also a founding member of the Binders of Infinite Love, an affiliate of the Loving Society of Letterpress Printers.
Don's work has appeared in exhibitions across Canada and in Japan, Italy, and France. He received the Henry R. Jackman Award for Best in Show in the 1993 Art of the Book exhibition. Examples of his work can be found in private and public collections in Canada, the United States, Japan, and the United Kingdom. www.dontaylorbookbinder.com
A few shots from the workshop:
