Somerville, Massachusetts
Member for 20 years
Quilted: From Pattern to Patchwork, Janine Vangool ed.
Natural goatskin, goat and calf leather onlays, Hatakami silk paper, embroidery floss, acrylic pigment, linen thread.
21 x 17.7 x 3.8 cm
Completed in 2020
Can you speak about one technique you used and its history in the field of book work?
Given the subject matter of this book I wanted to use embroidery, which has been used in bookbinding for centuries. Most historical embroidered bindings have been on textile but more recently binders have been using embroidery on leather. A big part of the Guild for me has been sharing with, and learning from, other binders and embroidered leather binding is a technique that I learned from the current Chapter Chair of NEGBW, Erin Fletcher.
Todd Pattison is the conservator at the New England Historic Genealogical Society. See more of Todd’s work here.
