GAYNOR WILLIAMS

ABOUT GAYNOR

Gaynor Williams is a graduate of Southampton University and studied bookbinding at London College of Printing; City Lit, Fleet Street. She has a Diploma in Book and Paper Conservation from West Dean College, West Sussex.

Gaynor:

• Provides the opportunity for you to repair your own books under tuition in The Blue Door Bindery
• Undertakes the repair of books using conservation quality materials
• Under commission makes new unique books, such as albums, guest books, baby books, journals
• Provides the opportunity for you to make unique books in The Blue Door Bindery
• Designs and makes decorative wall panels using leather, vellum and suede under commission and for display in galleries
• Attends and gives demonstrations and workshops at outside venues such as museums and art/craft galleries-
• Soon to be Artist in Residence at The Midhurst Gallery

Selected past work:

• Restoration of Philip Miller, Gardeners Dictionary (1731)
• Production of non-adhesive books using discarded proof pages Eric James Mellon's
  latest publication 'Eric James Mellon - Sixty-five Years of Printmaking (2010)
• Decorative leather wall panels - using pig, goat, sheep and fish skins for a superyacht
• Stabilization of library volumes of Ellen Terry at Smallhythe - for National Trust

Bookbinding Events

Gaynor exhibited a selection of handmade books and demonstrated the sewing of text blocks at:

• Bookbinding and the Creative Spirit: A solo exhibition. Gaynor exhibited and ran workshops at the Flora Twort Gallery, Church Path, Petersfield, Hampshire.
• Dates - Tuesday 1 - Saturday 19 March 2011.