Guest teachers 2011

Bandow Cornelia

Professional Training, career
1976 – 1983 Apprenticeship in bookbinding and training as industry master in Leipzig
1983 – 1991 Bookbinder and restorer for the research and State Library in Gotha, Germany
1985 – 1989 Correspondence course (FH) book and paper restoration in Leipzig (Dr. Wächter)

Current Position
Since 1991 paper conservator at the National Archives Baden-Württemberg,
head of the department paper restoration. Responsible for the implementation of the Landesrestaurierungs-progamms
 for about 20 archives and scientific libraries in Baden-Württemberg.

Area of Speciality
– Oversized Maps and Graphics
– Conservation & Prevention

 

Basset Myriam

Professional training, career
Since 1985 Myriam Basset has been teaching the traditional craft of bookbinding in Lyon in France where she was born.
She was a student of Paul Carret, and later deepened her bibliophile knowledge at Arts Appliqués in Vésinet and managed an old bookstore from 1990 to 1995.
She was the winner of the national competition “Métiers d’art en bibliothèque”, organised by the Minister of Culture in 1996. Thanks to this competition she made the rediscovery of “reliure de Lyon”, possible.

She organised the following exhibits:
– 2005, in collaboration with the City Museum of Lyon: “Innover Conserver”
– 2010, in collaboration with Museum of Printing Lyon: “Minuscules des livres de petites tailles au fil des siècles”.

Area of Speciality
Creating bookbindings for her own pleasure as well as the customer’s, and never forgetting the welfare of the book.

 

Biggs Julie

Professional training, career
1987 Study of biology at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland
1990 Diploma as conservator for books and graphics at the Istituto per l’Arte e iI Restauro, Italy.
Study and work stays at the Historic Archives, Montepulciano, Italy. Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Public Record Office, London.
1994–2000 Paper conservator at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington D.C.
2000–2003 Research on iron-gall ink and ink corrosion to publish a book

Current position
Paper conservator at the Library of Congress, Washington D.C. and free-lance conservator

Area of speciality
Art on paper and manuscripts, iron-gall ink

 

Corazzini Nadia

Professional training, career
Training at the “Ecole de Recherche Graphique” in Brussels, Belgium.
Special field: graphic design for publishers and presses.

Current position
Employee at the “Atelier du Livre de Mariemont”.
Lecturer at the “Institut Saint-Luc” (Art College).

Area of speciality
Specialist for synthetic materials used for books. Collaboration with
publishing houses in the field of pop-up and animated books.
 

Dierick Ingela

Professional training, career
1989 – 1992 Apprenticeship in Bookbinding, Jacob Kohnert Bookbindery, Berlin in Germany.
1993 – 1994 Guildford College, England, “Diploma of Fine Binding and Paper Conservation”.
1993 – 1994 Bookbinder at the “Atelier fuer Einbandkunst und Restaurierung Tiemeyer”, Berlin in Germany.
1996 Stipend for further education at the centro del bel libro ascona.
1997 – 1999 Journeyman and employment in twenty different binderies in Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands, France and Switzerland
2000 Master in Bookbinding

Current position
Since 2004, own workshop for bookbinding and fine binding in Plombières, Belgium.
Lecturer in various schools and institutions, i.e. until 2009 at the “Buchbinder Colleg Stuttgart”
Germany and at the Academy for Design/Ecodesign in Cologne,
Germany. Private courses in her own workshop.
Miscellaneous
Successful participation at international bookbinding competitions.
2007 and 2009, participation at the “éphémère” in Mainz, Germany.
2008 participation at the “éphémère” in Brussels.
Since 2008, member of the external jury with the Academy in Genk.
Since 2009, active member and board member with “Meister der Einbandkunst”
2010, Exhibit with the MET6 group in Antwerp, Paris and Mainz.
 

Evrard Sün

Professional training, career
1972–1976 Training at the “Ecole de l’Union des Arts Décoratifs”, Paris, faculty of bookbinding – gilding –book decoration
Since then, creative bookbinder

Current position
Bookbinder.
Since 1973, Lecturer at the Atelier d’Arts Appliqués du Vésinet

Area of speciality
Flexible bookbindings, temporary binding techniques on old books (la Belle Reliure de conservation).

Miscellaneous
– Lecturer in England
– Conferences
Exhibits in libraries and museums in France and Belgium

 

Forstmeyer Kerstin

Professional Training, career
1986 –1987 internship in the restoration workshop, Gutenberg Museum in Mainz Germany
1987 –1990 bookbinder in the restoration workshop at the Schiller National Museum (German Literature Archive) Marbach, Germany
1990 –1994 University of Cologne, diploma in preservation and Restoration of art and cultural heritage.
1994 Senior Conservator at the Institute for the Preservation of Archives and Library materials, Ludwigsburg Germany

Current position
since 1996 head of department conservation of books, parchment and wax seals

Area of Speciality
Restoration and preservation of historical bindings, book illuminations, parchment documents and wax seals.

Teaching
Regular teaching: Buchbinder Colleg/Stuttgart, Archives School Marburg
Irregular: College of Arts, Berne
 

Goy Anne

Professional Training, career
– Apprenticeship in actual bookbinding in Geneva.
– 1991 – Diploma in bookbinding at the National High school of visual arts Cambre in Brussels
– Several further professional improvements in bookbinding, book and paper in general (calligraphic designs, engraving, conservation, pop-up, …).
– Since 1991 freelancer in bookbinding, book and paper design.
– Teacher in bookbinding and book and paper design at the National High school of visual arts Cambre, at the Atelier du livre in Mariemont and at the Library Wittockiana.

Current position
Timesharing between creating of book and paper for special orders or institutions and teaching.

Area of speciality
Bookbinding, technical innovation, pop-up.

Miscellaneous
2010/2011, scholarship at Atelier du livre, Mariemont (B) for researches in the creative bookbinding.

 

Graf Susan

Professional training, career
Commercial training
Training in calligraphy and miniature painting, experimental calligraphy, Gilding and painting
Bookbinding in training

Current position
Calligraphy: experimental and classical with ornaments and miniatures
Teaching courses in calligraphy

Area of speciality
– Calligraphy combined with painting and experimental calligraphy
– Writing of books
– Writing of calligraphic text and illustrate it, then binds to a book

 

Haney David

Professional Training, career
1976 – 1981 Apprenticeship in Carpentry and Instrument building in Seattle, Washington, USA
1987 – 1991 Training in furniture restoration in NYC and Wash. D.C. International teaching experience in the field of wooden objects and furniture restoration

Current Position
Freelance restorer and woodworker in Italy and Switzerland.

Area of Speciality
– Conservation & Restoration of wooden objects and Fine Furniture
– Experimental Instruments
– Energy Efficient Wooden Houses

 

Hassel Barbara

Professional training, career
1983–1986 Apprenticeship in hand bookbinding in Heidelberg, Germany
Courses at the “Fachhochschule für handwerkliche Bindetechnik” and the “School for Book Conservation centro del bel libro ascona”, Switzerland.
Bookbinder in Hamburg “Master school” for bookbinding at the “Akademie für das graphische Gewerbe” Munich, Germany
1986–1994 Book and paper conservator at the “Regional Library Baden”
1994–1998 Head of the workshop of the department for book and paper conservation at the “State Academy of Art and Design Stuttgart”
1999–2001 Master study at the “Konservatorskolen” at the Royal Danish Academy of fine Arts in Copenhagen with Diploma

Current position
Since 1998 free-lance conservator with own workshop in book and paper conservation

Area of speciality
Wooden board bindings, parchment manuscripts and seals, history of bookbinding Techniques. Teaching assignments in “history of the book and bookbinding techniques”
 

Heim Edwin

Professional training, career
1961 – 1964 Training in hand bookbinding with diploma
1965 – 1969 Further professional improvement in Zurich, Aarau, Ascona, Kopenhagen
1970 – 1971 Studies at the Ecole Superieure Estienne, Paris
1972 – 1983 Head of the Legatoria Artistica + Atelier Peller, Ascona
1984 – 2010 Head of the department “Bookbinding and Design” at the centro del bel libro ascona

Current activity
Creative bookbinding and design

Miscellaneous
Since 1974, active member of the International Federation MdE, Master in artistic bookbinding
Winner of several national and international contests
Member of the SFB jury, since 2000 recipient of the award of the SFB
 

Kranz Ireen

Professional training, career
1995 – 1998 Apprenticeship in bookbinding in Hamburg, Germany
1998 – 2001 Bookbinding Journeyman
2001 – 2008 Studies at the University for Art and Design, Burg Giebichenstein in Halle, Germany. Special field: conceptional book art with Prof. M. Lobisch
2002 – 2004 Master in Bookbinding in Hamburg and Ulm, Germany

Current position
Bookbinder in private practise
Mother of two children

Area of speciality
Traditional bookbinding techniques

 

Kramer Klaus

Professional Training, career
Press photographer for various newspapers, Frankfurt / Main, Germany School for Photography (Marta Hoepffner), Hofheim/Taunus, Germany
Supervisor Photo lab, U.S. Army, Frankfurt / Main, Germany

Current Position
Self-employed since the late 1960s. Since my co-operation with the German Film Museum (Frankfurt / Main, Germany) in 1972, I am working in the field of photo preservation and restoration, at this time in Germany a very exotic field. In the early 80s, I compiled the “General Guidelines for the conservation and storage of Photographic material (preservation) in museums and archives”, which helped to create more awareness of the transience of photographic images and how to preserve them correctly. My company is now working in Germany for many museums and historical Archives as a consultant.

Area of Speciality
Mainly the digital and analogue safeguarding of historical photographs. For this we developed and use specialised and innovative processes.
Another speciality is the analogue and digital restoration of faded or damaged images, as well as various other conservation treatments, such as the cleaning and embedding of historic negatives and positives. We also restore old daguerreotypes, tintypes, ecc. An important task is to safeguard combustible nitrate film material on archival safety film.
I provide advice and consulting for archives, museums and libraries who want to create their own photo archive. In addition, we help our customers with all small or large disasters that might occur in their collections.

Teaching and publications
various publications and lectures about photo preservation and restoration
Author and writer
 

Mesmer Renate

Professional training, career
1980–1983 Apprenticeship in Bookbinding with Diploma, Ludwigshafen Germany
1983–1985 Bookbinder at bindery Heene, Ludwigshafen Germany
1885–1988 Bookbinder at the University Library Mannheim, Germany
1986–1989 School for Master bookbinding, with Diploma
1988–1998 Bookbinder at the conservation workshop at the Speyer State Archives, Germany. From 1991 on, Head of Conservation at the Speyer State Archives
1992–1998 Own workshop in Speyer for book and paper conservation
1998–2003 Director of the book and paper conservation department at the centro del bel libro ascona

Current position
Assistant head conservator of the book and paper conservation department at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C.

Area of speciality
Book conservation, Seal conservation, conservation bindings

Miscellaneous
Since 2009, president of Potomac Chapters of the Guild of Bookworkers.
Teacher for several institutions in the USA, s.a. The American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, The Campbell Centre for Historic Preservation Studies and the Guild of Bookworkers

 

Moore Pamela

Professional training, career
– Binding Apprenticeship at V. Sobota Studio, Dallas, Texas
– BFA, Photography, University of Arizona
– Fine Binding at Conservatorio de Las Artes del Libro, Barcelona, Spain

Current position
Book artist, binder, book restoration, teacher

Area of speciality
– Sculptural bookbinding
– Artistic books
– Visual poetry
– Non-adhesive bindings

Miscellaneous
Recipient of NEA Grant & IAPN Grant

 

Scriba Ulrike

Professional training, career
1958 – 1961 First applied works in her father’s workshop (wood and metal)
1961 – 1964 Art and craft school Darmstadt, Germany (class of sculptor)
1964 – 1969 Participation in the restoration of the “Wuerzburg Residence”
Since 1976 Own workshop.
1990 – 1996 Jury member of the “German association of arts and crafts”
Since 2002 Regular participations at the silversmith workshops of the gold and silversmith foundation Schwaebisch Gmuend

Current position
Wood designer

Miscellaneous
Member of the “German association of Arts and Crafts”, Bavarian association of arts and crafts, GEDOK Cologne and Karlsruhe and VESSELS-Forum internationale Gefässkunst.
From 1987 to 2010 various awards.
Public collections in various museums in Germany.
2009 and 2010, Exhibits in Italy, Unites States of America and various cities in Germany.

 

Ulbricht Gangolf

Professional Training, career
1980 – 1983 Apprenticeship as a papermaker
1983 – 1988 Studies of paper techniques at the Technical University Dresden
1989 Research engineer
1992 Moulin du Verger, France
1998 12 month scholarship in Japan
since 1992 Own workshop in Berlin

Current position
Handmade papers on demand for printers, conservators, artists, designers

Area of speciality
Specialised in making big formats up to 1,5 x 4,5 m, Gossamer tissue,
Japanese papers, coloured papers
Industrial papermaking, coloured papers

Miscellaneous
Since 1994 teacher at the Art school Berlin-Weissensee, department of design
1997, 1999, Teacher at the Art Academy in Munich
2001, 2003, 2005 Several lectures, publications
2002 Scholarship of the foundation “Kulturfonds”
2009 University Urbino, Albertina Vienna


 

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