{"id":4638,"date":"2013-03-03T01:00:45","date_gmt":"2013-03-03T06:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/?p=4638"},"modified":"2025-09-15T16:28:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T20:28:32","slug":"bookbinder-of-the-month-lori-sauer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/03\/bookbinder-of-the-month-lori-sauer\/","title":{"rendered":"Bookbinder of the Month: Lori Sauer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kyffin: A Celebration<\/em><\/a> is a collection of essays about the Welsh artist Kyffin Williams. This book was published and letterpress printed by Gwas Gregynog Press (2007) in a limited edition containing linocut prints from the artist. Production began with the artist’s collaboration, but Kyffin died before its completion. In 2008, Lori Sauer<\/a> bound a copy of this book as a modified sewn-board binding.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The boards are covered in embossed vellum that is drummed on and the spine is shaped from black African hardwood. Doublures and flyleaves are Fabriano Roma in black and blue\/grey, the colours of the linocuts.<\/p>\n

Lori wrote me a few words regarding her concept for the cover design.<\/strong>
Illustrated books present the challenge of how to design the cover, especially this one with such strong images. I never want to imitate the artist or transfer their work to the outside. My aim is to be complimentary and pick up on ideas of tone and intent. In this case the binding uses the colours of the text and the texture of author\u2019s medium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kyffin: A Celebration is a collection of essays about the Welsh artist Kyffin Williams. This book was published and letterpress printed by Gwas Gregynog Press (2007) in a limited edition containing linocut prints from the artist. Production began with the artist’s collaboration, but Kyffin died before its completion. In 2008, Lori Sauer bound a copy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12,68,13],"tags":[836,1867,757,758,744,759,76],"class_list":["post-4638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-binder-of-the-month","category-bookbinding","category-feature-book-of-the-week","tag-beechingstoke","tag-bookbinding","tag-kyffin-williams","tag-kyffin-a-celebration","tag-lori-sauer","tag-sewn-board-binding","tag-vellum"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Btis-1cO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4891,"url":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/17\/bookbinder-of-the-month-lori-sauer-3\/","url_meta":{"origin":4638,"position":0},"title":"Bookbinder of the Month: Lori Sauer","author":"Erin Fletcher","date":"March 17, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"This book was bound in 2009 by Lori Sauer as a modified sewn-board binding with a wooden spine. 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