Judith Cohen Bookbinder
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In my very early 20's I was living in a rural area with no car and no accessible teaching position. So I took a job I could walk to in the nearby town at a commercial bindery. They needed someone to do hand sewing on certain books that couldn't be entirely bound by machine. In very short order I fell in love. With passion and determination I decided that THIS was what I wanted to be — a bookbinder. Over the next 30 years as I taught and raised a family, I kept this passion alive by apprenticing to a bookbinder in Los Angeles, and taking courses at the Center for Book Arts in New York. I started collecting gorgeous papers from around the world, which complemented my Eastern textile collection. When I was finally able to pursue my dream in a more definitive way, I applied to the bookbinding program at the North Bennet Street School in Boston. After completing their two year full-time program I worked at Harvard's Widener Library and the Harcourt Bindery in Boston. My passion for this craft now finds full expression in my own business. I do repair work on people's cherished books and use my prized papers to make beautiful, one-of-a-kind albums, journals and boxes. And in doing what I love, I've met and collaborated with some amazing people.