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View all threadsHello everyone,
Sorry for the cross-posting.
I'm delighted to announce that the Set Book Interviews that I conducted
with the graduating class at North Bennet Street School have just been
published. This is my 13th year doing this and I look forward to it every
time! Click link below to find the interviews:
The set book for this year’s graduating class was The Poetical Vagaries of
a Knight of the Folding-Stick, of Paste-Castle. Note: you will find
several variations of this title on the student’s bindings. Many
bookbinders may be familiar with the poem The Binder’s Curse, which was
part of a collection of poetry written by John Bradford. First published in
1815, this series of bookbinding-related poems were written by a journeyman
bookbinder based in New York City. Many students commented about the
delight in being a bookbinder binding a book about bookbinding as one of
their final projects in the bookbinding program.
Enjoy and please send any warm comments straight to the binders themselves.
Thanks,
Erin Fletcher