The Potomac Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers invites members [ETA: and their guests !] to a Reception and Happy Hour Lecture with Luigi Castiglione at the Folger Library on Friday, October 28th. Details are found to the left in the Google calendar (and can be added to your own Google or ics calendar!). Your RSVP as requested in the members’ email announcement to gbwpotomacchapter at gmail dot com will help our planning.
Luigi Castiglioni will share with participants the process of binding an important “livre de peinture” in the French tradition.
Using images from his recent project creating a binding for a copy of Jaime Sabartès’ Dans l’Atelier de Picasso, with 6 original lithographs of Pablo Picasso and 30 reproductions, the presentation will cover the full process from the design stage through the final finishing techniques.
This talk is not a tutorial. The intent, rather, is to let the audience witness and enjoy the making of an original creation. It is only by knowing every aspect of the work that one can fully take pleasure in a binding from the great French tradition.
Castiglioni began bookbinding at the age of 19 and hasn’t stopped since. He completed the program in 2006 at Centro del Bel Libro in Switzerland under the Master Bookbinder Edwin Heim. Later he studied with Jean-Luc Honegger, where he perfected binding in box calf. He returned to Italy to study gold tooling at the Atelier of Hélène Jolis, and later traveled to England to master edge gilding working under Julian Thomas. Since 1999 Castiglioni has lived in Rimini, working out of his atelier, Anonima Amanvensis. In 2005 he exhibited 30 bindings at the Antiquarian bookseller Fata Libelli in Paris. For the past ten years he has worked exclusively for collectors, while continuing to research and develop innovative techniques. Castiglioni is considered one of the premier fine binders working in Europe. His bindings are characterized by a fusion of traditional crafts with contemporary technologies and electronic media. His process blends the pure spirit of an artisan-craftsman, with the working habits of an efficient binder. Castiglioni’s recent work includes non-traditional bindings, sculptural books, and collaborative projects with engravers and painters. His website: http://www.luigicastiglioni.it/index.html
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