Currently in private practice. Serves as the director of The AMERICAN ACADEMY OF BOOKBINDING . Was Chair of the Standards Committee of Excellence of the Guild of Book Workers for 12 years, from 1988 to 2000. Born in 1941 in Montreal, Canada.

Book Arts Education:

Studied basic raised cords French technique binding at the Centro
Del Bel Libro, Ascona, Switzerland, with Edwin Heim
Studied limp vellum binding, paper binding, twin binding
(dos-a-dos) and boxes with Hugo Peller in Solothurn, Switzerland
Studied gold tooling and onlays with Roger Arnoult in Paris
L Art de la Reliure, Bookbinding school with Simone B. Roy, Montreal

Languages: French/English

Teaching Competencies:

Hand Bookbinding:
Fine leather French technique binding, millimeter binding, oriental,
Paper and folded structures, simplified French binding.

Finishing techniques for fine bookbinding:
Edge gilding, edge coloring, blind & gold tooling, inlay, onlay, mosaic,
Metal work.
Boxmaking and protective containers.

Paper Decoration:
Paste paper and modern marbled paper.

Restoration:
Book restoration and paper repair.

Teaching Experience: Private Studio

1976 to present: Teaching French technique full leather binding
Case binding, cloth and half or quarter leather
Paper binding
Boxmaking
Paste paper & Marbled paper
Finishing techniques
Blind and gold tooling
Inlays and Onlays

American Academy of Bookbinding in Telluride and Ann Arbor

Juried Exhibition and Catalogues (selected):

Guild of BookWorkers Abecedarium exhibition traveling around the
Country until December 1999. Catalogue.

The art of the Book 98. A juried exhibition of memberís work celebrating
The 15th anniversary of the Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artist Guild,
Travelling in Canada until November 1999.

You Can Judge a Book by its Cover. A catalog of the thirty-three
Miniature designer bindings of Bernard Middletonís book, Mel Kavin,
Collector of bookbinding, choose and commission the thirty-three
Bookbinders. Catalogue page 38-39.

Biennale Europeenne de la Reliure D Art, St. Jean de Luz, France.
Won the price from the town of Hendaye. Number 390, page 22 in the
catalogue.

The Guild of bookWorkers juried exhibition on Peter & Donna
Thomasí book: A Collection of Hand Made Papers. Travelling
exhibition.

Ve Forum International de la Reliure D Art, Montreal, Canada.
One of the 6 speakers. Two bindings selected, page 55 and 109 in the
catalogue.


Tregaskis Centenary Exhibition, London. Catalogue p.95

The Art of the Book 93. A juried exhibition of the work of members
Celebrating the tenth anniversary of The Canadian Bookbinders and Book
Artists Guild. Talas award for Fine Binding. Catalogue P.49 and 79.

50 by 25 Bridwell Library, Southern Methodist University, TX. One
of the 25 international bookbinders chosen to bind two books. Catalogue.

ìThe Book as Art: Contemporary Directions Montgomery Gallery,
Galleries of the Claremont Colleges. Catalogue.

Catalogue Fourteen, Joshua Heller Rare Books, Inc., plate 20, page 16.

Prix Paul Bonet, catalog of the international exhibition of Centro del bel
Libro, Ascona Switzerland. Two bindings and the only American
Participant (128 people from 19 countries) p. 43.




Sites of Exhibitions:

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Smithsonian Institute, Renwick Gallery, Washington DC
Susan Conway Carroll Galleries, Washington DC
Museum of New Mexico
University of Texas at Austin
The MIT Museum, Cambridge, Massachusettes
National Museum of Women in the Arts
Bibliotheque Forney, Paris, France
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France
Librairie Blaizot, Paris, France
Bibliotheque Nationale, Montreal, Canada
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

COLLECTIONS:

Private Library of Pope Jean-Paul II, Vatican City, Italy
McGill University, McLennan Library, Rare Book & Special Collections
Louisiana State University Library, Rare Books Collections, Baton Rouge
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Jackson Library, Rare Books
Collection.
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC
University of Monitoba, Rare Books collection, Saint-Boniface, Canada
Private collections in USA, Canada, Europe, Japan.

Professional Affiliations:

The Guild of Book Workers, NY
The Hand Bookbinders of California
Designer Bookbinders, England
American Crafts Council
Canadian Bookbinders & Book Artist Guild
Les Amis de la Reliure dArt, France
Wehmais Group, Finland
National Museum of Women in the Art
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, NC
L'Association des Relieurs du Quebec

Grants, Honors & Awards

Resources techniques Program, Quebec Government, 1982. funding research.
Resources techniques Program, Quebec Government, 1983. Full funding
research.
Accessibiliteî Program, Quebec Government, 1983. Full scholarship.
Bookmakers International Award. ìThe Art of the Bookî Canadian Bookbinders
and Book Artists Guild Exhibition, March 1993.

Bridwell Library, DeGolyer American Bookbinding Competition: jury price for design in 2000 and 2003.

VIDEOS

Produced by the Guild of Book Workers:

Edge to edge doublures
Chemise and Slip Case

Produced by Rochester Institute of Technology:
Edge to edge doublures