January 28, 2024
I will be exhibiting Fine bindings along with work by Tracey Rowledge and the group: Tomorrow’s Past at CODEX at the Kaiser Convention Center, 10 10th St, Oakland, California from the 4–7Feb 2024. If you’re in the area, come and see us at stand 128.
I now offer one to one tuition or small group tuition at my studio in London, UK. Please contact me at: kathyabbottbookbinder@gmail.com if you would like more details.
I will be exhibiting Fine bindings along with work by Tracey Rowledge and the group: Tomorrow’s Past at CODEX at the Craneway Pavilion, Richmond, California from the 3–6 Feb 2019. If you’re in the area, come and see us at stand 194.
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Well that was Beautiful Readable Objects: Tomorrow's Past is sad that it's now over.
It wouldn't have been as fantastic as it was without Héloïse Parke at the Aram Gallery - our amazing curator. Thanks to her for inviting us and for championing what we do.
A huge thank you to everyone that took the time to come to see the exhibition and for all the AMAZING comments that were left. We're thrilled!
Readable Objects
22nd November 2013 - 17th January 2014
Readable Objects is an exhibition of experimental approaches to contemporary book binding. Readable Objects is the second in The Aram Gallery’s Beautiful Objects series showing contemporary designs alongside makers’ objects of inspiration. All pieces have been made by members of the international bookbinding collective ‘Tomorrow’s Past’ who make modern conservation bindings for antiquarian books. 9 members of the collective show new work in Readable Objects.
Bookbinding is often seen as the preservation of antiquarian books, in an antiquarian style. Tomorrow’s Past work only with damaged books, making conservation bindings which return a book to function, rather than copying a traditional aesthetic. The Aram Gallery uses this exhibition to consider how these rescued books are restored through the thoughtful design of a new cover or spine detail.
Experiments in articulating hinges, maquettes of book jackets, tests of the suitability of a fabric or paper will be exhibited for visitors to handle, to understand how this collective solve the design problems they are presented with.
To accompany each makers exhibit will be a contextual object; something which was related to making of the piece. It could be a sound which prompted the use of a particular material or a building which inspired a similar mini architectural construction. These background objects expand on a designer’s methods – they are a snapshot of their thinking. An interview with each participant about their exhibitions sits alongside their work to further illuminate on their approach.
Tomorrow’s Past participants are:
Kathy Abbott (UK), Carmencho Arregui (IT), Cristina Balbiano d’Aramengo (IT), Sun Evrard (FR), Charles Gledhill (UK), Katinka Keus (NL), Peter Jones (UK), Jen Lindsay (UK), Tracey Rowledge (UK)
Tuesday 19 November 2013, 7.00pm
Kathy Abbott and Tracey Rowledge: A Shared Practice
Venue: The Bridewell Hall, St Bride Foundation, 14 Bride Lane, London EC4Y 8EQ
Tel: 020 7353 3331
www.sbf.org.uk
Admission: £5 DB members; £7 non-members; £2.50 students
Kathy Abbott and Tracey Rowledge have had a studio together for thirteen years. They will talk about how working together has been hugely beneficial to each other’s working and thinking: be it fine binding, book conservation, Tomorrow’s Past or teaching.
I've finally got around to creating a site to showcase some of my work.
So, hello and welcome and do please get in touch if you have any questions.
Kathy