Coleen Curry
Muir Beach, California

Coleen Curry bound her first book in 2003 in Colorado and was hooked. She then became a student of Monique Lallier at the American Academy of Bookbinding (AAB) and graduated in 2009 with a diploma in Fine Binding. She has studied with Eleanore Ramsey, Dominic Riley, and Helene Jolis. Coleen teaches at AAB and is also an assistant to Don Glaister. She is a board member of the San Francisco Center for the Book and a past president of the Hand Bookbinders of California. Coleen has exhibited internationally and her work is held in private collections. She is Canadian and lives in Muir Beach, CA with her husband, where she crafts design bindings, runs trails, and rock climbs in her free time.

Website: coleencurry.com

Jay Millar, Woods/Pages, 2008

Woods/Pages features a collection of poems and musings conceived during walks through the woods. "I see the Woods as a vessel of creativity enabling the author to capture the ideas, thoughts, musings, and inscribe them onto paper pages." The double flyleaf binding with initial sewing on wooden stubs allows the book to open flat. The secondary sewing consists of golden staples threaded through tiny hand carved wooden clasps and secured with parchment slats on the outer flyleaf. The cover was crafted with Stone (Slate) Leaf that has been sanded and polished. The book is titled and tooled with gold leaf. Signed limited edition Letter U of 26.
Stone, gold staples, wooden clasps, parchment, Japanese papers.
5.5 x 8.5 x .25 inches; 14.5 x 22.5 x 1 centimeters. Created 2014.