Monique Lallier
Summerfield, North Carolina

Alvey Jones, Plot, Earth and Realm

This is a charming book about the landscape around Ann Arbor, Michigan, and the river in Ann Arbor inspired me in its design. It runs from the cut-out front cover to the back cover with creased leather. Lacunose (sanded leather) adds color like in nature.

Title hand tooled with different colored foils. Edge to edge doublures, green suede flyleaves. Top edge gilded and gauffered. Embroidered silk endbands. Leather. 7.5 x 8 x 1 inches. 19 x 20 x 2.4 centimeters. Created 2017.

MONIQUE LALLIER began studying bookbinding with Simone Roy in 1972. Other teachers have included Roger Arnoult and Hugo Peller in both Paris and Switzerland. Lallier had a studio in Montreal until 1987, when she moved to the US. She was chair of the Standards of Excellence for the Guild of Book Workers from 1988 to 2000 and director of the American Academy of Bookbinding from 2005 to 2009. She teaches for AAB and out of her studio. She is a member of GBW, ARA Canada, CBBG, Designer Bookbinders, Society of Bookbinders, The Grolier Club, and The Miniature Book Society. Her work has been exhibited both national and internationally.

Website: http://moniquelallier.com