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ABOUT
ME
  
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.
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