Bursting at the Seams

With text and image pre-eminent in the book arts, bookbinding was almost invisible in Australia. The work in Bursting at the Seams was developed to challenge the status quo and specifically promote the binding of the book. (Sabine Pierard, exhibition catalogue)

Bursting at the Seams

scattered pages from the Bursting at the Seams catalogue

:: Eco Concepts, Sydney 13-30 March 2004 ::
:: Exhibitors from Australia, England and France ::

BEA

Left: Four Pamphlets Inspired by May Case bound in bookcloth with decorative coloured leather and inlaid title. Connie Wozny, USA — exhibited in Inspire by May, North Sydney, 2007-2008

Based in Sydney, Bookbinding Exhibitions Australia Inc. (BEA) is Australia's only national organisation dedicated to promoting bookbinding as an art form.

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