[GBW] Friday Forum - Standards 2003 in Denver, CO

["Peter D. Verheyen" <verheyen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

As Standards nears, it's time to think about the Friday Forum which is a
chance for all of those attending Standards to show off a special
technique, project, or lead a discussion on a topic of interest to them.
This year's theme is enclosures/boxes, but presentations and posters on any
topic are welcome.

A report of last years smash event from the Newsletter is below, and the
Friday Forum webpage at
<http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/byorg/gbw/standards/forum.shtml> has been
updated with some pictures. Also at the site are some tips on creating your
poster.

In order to plan for the event, please let me know at
<FriForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> what the topic of your poster will be. We'll add
it to the website so that attendees can gather a sense of what will be in
store for them. As was the case last year, we're also working on finding an
address to which the posters can be sent to simplify travel...

I look forward to hearing from you,

Peter

Report on the GBW Standards Friday Forum By Peter D. Verheyen, GBW
Newsletter, December 2002.

Friday September 20th saw the Guild's first ever "Friday Forum" at
Standards. While posters and other informal displays have been presented
sporadically in the past, this year marked the first organized effort to
make the event a regular feature. Posters were on display for the duration
of the conference allowing attendees to view them at their leisure during
breaks in the conference. On Friday evening, presenters stood by to answer
questions and discuss the fine points. Posters are a terrific way to
broaden involvement at Standards, offering attendees the opportunity to
demonstrate or depict techniques, tips and tricks, tools, or address issues
of interest or concern to them.

The eleven presenters at Standards in Minneapolis were:

Pamela Barrios - "Incorporating Original Spine Fragments Into Repair
Material" which described a way of debossing the shape of a spine fragment
into new rebacking material. The process encourages flexibility around the
fragment area so that the repaired book spine can be flexed without
stressing the original fragment.

Donia Conn - "The Molded Paper Spine" describing the use of University of
Iowa papercase paper as an alternative to leather in the rebacking and
rebinding of pre-19th century books.

Betsy Eldridge - The "Checkerboard Album Structure," a flexible chain back
album developed in 1865 with many applications now.

Barbara Korbel - "The attachment of 3-dimensional Objects to the Flat
Surface of a Book Cover" which described methods of inclusions.

Monique Lallier - "Chemise and Slipcase" which illustrated the steps she
presented in her demonstration.

William Minter - "Tool Time" showing a variety of ingenious was of
embossing a grain in cloth and making paste among others.

Brenda Parsons -  "Two Tool Jigs" which showed a lifting device for spine
rebacking and a jig for gold tooling lines with foils.

Elaine Schlefer - "Board reattachment for leather-bound books" using a
pleated (zigzag) Japanese paper hinge. It is especially useful for
tight-back books with deteriorated spines, since the spine does not need to
be disturbed in any way.

Priscilla Spitler - "Jurying for Exhibitions" which brought up for
discussion criteria for judging works entered in national traveling
exhibitions, focusing on "In Flight," the Guild's upcoming exhibition.

Peter Verheyen / Donia Conn- "The Springback" which depicted the German
method of binding account and ledger books.

Edna Wright - "Starting Your Own Business" a facilitated discussion of tips
and pitfalls for those in business for themselves or contemplating such a move.


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Peter D. Verheyen
Bookbinder & Conservator
<verheyen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
The Book Arts Web & Book_Arts-L Listserv
<http://www.philobiblon.com>

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