VESSEL

Cathy Adelman
Jody Alexander
Brien Beidler
Sarah Bryant
Rebecca Chamlee
Taylor Cox
Coleen Curry
Cathy DeForest
Erik & Martin Demaine
Tim Ely
Anna Embree
Ethan Ensign
Don Etherington
Jennifer Evers
Jodee Fenton
Erin Fletcher
Madelyn Garrett
Jane Gryffith
Karen Hanmer
Rose Harms
Monica Holtsclaw
Deborah Howe
Susan Hulme
Lang Ingalls
Jill Krase
Dorothy Simpson Krause
Monique Lallier
Amy LeePard
Suzanne Moore
Melanie Mowinski
Jeff Nilan
Bonnie Thompson Norman
Jan Owen
Graham Patten
Todd Pattison
Michelle Ray
Sialia Rieke
Steph Rue
Tenille Shuster
Therese Swift-Hahn
Peter Thomas
Colin Urbina

Cathy Adelman
Malibu, California

Cathy Adelman is a studio binder living in California. She received her diploma from the American Academy of Bookbinding in 2003 and has taken many master classes with Edwin Heim at the Centro del Bel Libro. Adelman is the winner of awards from the Society of Bookbinders, Chicago Public Library, and Design Bookbinders of Estonia. She teaches at Penland School of Craft, where she also serves as a Trustee.

Website: http://cathyadelman.com

Cathy Adelman

John Berger, A Load of Shit, 1999

Reliure articulee, featuring vertical panels of calf, printed calf, and sycamore veneer. The boards of this binding are exible, with suede doublure and yleaves. A Load of Shit was written by John Berger, and includes a delightful etching by Mirta Ripoll depicting the "vessel" involved with the process.
Calf, sycamore veneer, printed calf.
6.25 x 8.25 x .5 inches; 16 x 21 x 1.5 centimeters. Created 2015.