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Scott Kellar, Chicago, Illinois
The Book of Origins
The book is very elemental and symbolic. A theme that seems
to permeate the stories is an attempt to see order and causality in the
created world. I have taken earth-tone shapes and arranged them in a pattern
overlaying the blue void. Sewn on four cords laced into boards. Covered
in blue goatskin with leather onlays and blind tooling. Edges trimmed,
colored dark blue and burnished. Dark brown silk endbands. Tan Fabriano
endsheets. 8-1/2 x 5-3/4 x 1 inches. Bound 2005
Maureen Morehead, A Sense of Time Left
In designing a binding for this anthology, I tried to get an overall
sense of the author's perspective and style of expression. She often subtly
marks a grid or framework of time and space before deftly splashing it
with images, bright with color. For example, "I could leave tonight,
leave this house to find him… I saw a solitary biplane enter the
warbling sun. I saw yellow in the sky's far corners…" The sun
is a frequent image as is the red spectrum. A poem can be much like a
mosaic of nearly balanced elements as I have depicted on the cover of
this lovely book of poetry. Sewn over four stranded cords with black Bugra
end sheets; laced-in boards. Yellow silk endbands and edges trimmed, colored
black and burnished. Covered in maroon goatskin with leather onlays; blind
and gold tooling. 9-1/2 x 6-1/2 x 1 inches. Bound 2004.
Scott Kellar currently operates Scott K. Kellar Bookbinding and Conservation,
a private studio in Chicago, Illinois, established in 1994, doing bookbinding
and book conservation for private and institutional clients. He began
his career under Master Binder Joseph Zuffant (1974 to 1976) at Monastery
Hill Bindery, Chicago, then furthered his training at the Newberry Library
Conservation Bindery (1977 to 1981). He then became established as a private
conservator in Chicago before accepting the position of Collections Conservator
at Northwestern University Library (1986 to 1993). Scott teaches privately
and the Advanced Bookbinding graduate course at the Center for Book &
Paper Arts, Columbia College in Chicago. Scott's approaches each of his
design bindings from an interpretation of the text or a particular aspect
of it. An idea is developed through multiple drawings before final material
and technique selections. Website at http://www.scottkkellar.com.
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