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\"LaColouerduVent-MoniqueLallier\"<\/a><\/p>\n

La Couleur du Vent<\/em> was bound in 2013 by Monique Lallier<\/a> for the ARA-Canada<\/a> exhibition that I may have mentioned just\u00a0once<\/a>\u00a0or twice<\/a>\u00a0(even thrice<\/a>) in the past. I brought up the window element in Monique’s work during the interview<\/a> on the first of the month with her binding The Drawings of Caravaggio<\/em>. When I saw Monique’s binding of Interpreter of Maladies<\/em> at an exhibition in Chicago, I was awed and intrigued by its construction. With this binding Monique began experimenting with laser cutting technology to create detailed and intricate work.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"IntrepreterOfMaladies1-MoniqueLallier\"<\/a>I want to further the discussion from last week on the progression of the window element in your designs. Except this time I would like to focus on technique. The covers of La Colouer du Vent <\/em>and Interpreter of Maladies<\/em> were laser cut to achieve the intricacies of the design. Do you approach the structure differently on a fine binding when including laser cut elements?
<\/strong>When I choose to use laser cutting I have to do a \u201ccase\u201d binding as I have to finish the inside doublures before the laser cutting and the cover has to be flat on the table of the laser cutter. I still consider it a fine binding.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Did you have to alter anything about the process from your first attempt to the most recent one?
<\/strong>I think I figured it out right on the first time and it worked well, so I repeated the same technique.<\/p>\n

– – – – – – – – – – –<\/p>\n

In addition, during the interview, I included a sneak peek of one of Monique’s recent bindings of\u00a0Les Sonnets\u00a0<\/em>by Shakespeare. The complexity of the design is literally jaw-dropping. Two layers of board have been cut and sandwiched between the covering leather and leather doublures, which have also been laser cut.<\/p>\n

\"LesSonnets-MoniqueLallier\"<\/a> \"LesSonnets2-MoniqueLallier\"<\/a> \"LesSonnets3-MoniqueLallier\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

La Couleur du Vent was bound in 2013 by Monique Lallier for the ARA-Canada exhibition that I may have mentioned just\u00a0once\u00a0or twice\u00a0(even thrice) in the past. I brought up the window element in Monique’s work during the interview on the first of the month with her binding The Drawings of Caravaggio. 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