* Collins Gallery
* 3rd Floor, Central Library
* 801 S.W. 10th Avenue
* Portland, OR
* October 4-November 20
* Mon. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
* Tue.-Wed. 10 a.m.-8 p.m.
* Thu.-Sat. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
* Sun. noon-5 p.m.
About the exhibit
Book bindings can be simple utilitarian structures that we handle
everyday and take for granted. Or, they can be breathtakingly elaborate,
stunning vehicles for skillful artists who have mastered the handling of
leather and other materials to produce unforgettable objects.
Join us for this exhibition, which features highlights from the
wonderful collection of Cynthia Sears and Frank Buxton. It includes
sculptural book-walls by Philip Smith; gorgeous designer bindings on
books about binding that were commissioned from some of the world's best
binders and authors on the topic (including Douglas Cockerell and Tini
Miura); and the complete set of 25 remarkable, gold-tooled bindings
produced in the late 1990s to honor one of the book arts' most respected
practitioners, Bernard C. Middleton.
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