It’s the 100th episode of From the Bench/Shelter in Studio and we are honoring the occasion with a very special guest: design bookbinder Eleanore Edwards Ramsey.
Eleanore Edwards Ramsey is an American design bookbinder. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree and began studies in America and English bookbinding with Dr. Harry Green in 1975. She continued her studies in fine binding in the French tradition with Barbara Hiller from 1975 to 1980. She has been exhibiting her work, teaching fine binding and accepting commissions, privately, since 1980.
Eleanore’s artist statement reads, in part:
“I seek to create bindings that are beautiful works of art, while being mechanically and structurally as perfect as I can make them. I like to think design and technical skill are inseparable to the whole; if a work is to be beautiful we should not have an conscious awareness of the execution. When viewed, the focus should be on the design and not the craftsmanship, good or bad.”
Join us for a conversation about her life and work as a bookbinder, as well as a tour of her studio, a veritable museum of esoteric tools and intriguing objects.
Please visit our Vimeo page to see our past tours, previously known as Shelter in Studio.
Thursday, June 5, 2025
12:30 PM (Pacific Time)
This is a free online event.
Registration will close at noon on the day of the event. The zoom link will be emailed at 10:30am Pacific time (two hours before the start time).