Cambridge, Massachusetts
Member for 21 years
Rewarding Work: A History of Boston's North Bennet Street School
Dark brown goatskin with blind and gold tooling, yellow goatskin onlays, hand-marbled paper.
23.5 x 16 x 4 cm
Completed in 2020
What inspired you to create this work or select this text for your submission?
The bookbinding department at North Bennet Street School and the New England Chapter of GBW have been intertwined for decades. The binding is a simple, classic style of fine binding in honor of the historical nature of the book.
Jeffrey Altepeter is a 1999 graduate of the bookbinding program at North Bennet Street School and a 2003 graduate of the fine binding program at The American Academy of Bookbinding. He is the current bookbinding department head at North Bennet Street School and a former chair of the New England Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers. He operates a small bindery in Somerville, MA specializing in leather bindings, boxes, and presentation work. See more of Jeff’s work here.