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Chela Metzger
Austin, Texas
Oscar Wilde, The Ballad of Reading Gaol, illustrated by John Vassos, 1930
Sewn on four linen cords laced into boards and covered with undyed goatskin. Graphite edge at the head. Hand sewn black and red front bead endbands.
Impressed areas on front and back boards rubbed with graphite and inscribed with graphite. Further finished with black acrylic paint and a wood-burning tool.
Decorative long-fiber paper used on doublure and flyleaf. 9.25 x 7.5 x 1 inches, 23.5 x 19 x 2.5 centimeters. Created 2009.
Chela Metzger started as a librarian interested in historical book structures and artists’ books. After studying at the North Bennet Street School
under Mark Esser and at the Library of Congress under Tom Albro, she began a professional life as a full-time book conservator, working with collection care
in mind. At this point she teaches book conservation to library and archives conservation graduate students and generally focuses her creative efforts on
creating historical models.
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