الوصف:
Catalog to an exhibition of bookbindings and artists' books by students of William "Bill" Anthony and their students. Anthony, artist and craftsman, inspired and instructed the binders in this exhibit. He was trained in hand bookbinding in a system of apprenticeship and journeyman work that has its roots in the late middle ages. This method of learning profoundly affected his relationship to books and to the craft of binding. His career was also influenced by other forces—his study at academic schools of art, his association with other handbinders, and by the increasing interest in the conservation of old books that began in the 1960s. These diverse methods of learning and applying the craft of binding can be seen in the work of Bill’s students, and the students of his students, whose books are exhibited here.