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The University of Utah’s J. Willard Marriott Library<\/a> is hosting an exhibition<\/a> from September 7th – November 4th showcasing bindings of the set book\u00a0Fantasy and Nonsense<\/em> printed by Tryst Press; my binding<\/a> will be included in this show. If you happen to be in the area during the second weekend in October, head over to the Utah Museum of Fine Arts to see the Horizon<\/a> exhibition, where my binding of Flatland<\/a><\/em> will be on display. Both of these exhibitions coincide with the Standards of Excellence Seminar held by the Guild of Book Workers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The University of Utah’s J. Willard Marriott Library is hosting an exhibition from September 7th – November 4th showcasing bindings of the set book\u00a0Fantasy and Nonsense printed by Tryst Press; my binding will be included in this show. If you happen to be in the area during the second weekend in October, head over to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[68,8],"tags":[1867,117,286,289,288,287],"class_list":["post-1515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bookbinding","category-my-hand","tag-bookbinding","tag-exhibition","tag-fantasy-nonsense","tag-guild-of-bookworkers","tag-j-willard-marriott-library","tag-university-of-utah"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Btis-or","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6251,"url":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/21\/bookbinder-of-the-month-coleen-curry-3\/","url_meta":{"origin":1515,"position":0},"title":"Bookbinder of the Month: Coleen Curry","author":"Erin Fletcher","date":"July 21, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"In 2012, the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers put on a juried set-book exhibition which was held in conjunction with the Standards of Excellence conference at the J. 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