Kate Holland exhibits her rare books and designer bookbinders at Collect: the international Art Fair for Contemporary Objects, at the stunning Saatchi Gallery on King’s Road, London.
Presented by the Craft Council, the Collect offers an unrivalled opportunity to see and buy some of the World’s finest contemporary crafts, from both established and emerging artists and makers.
Nine Dragons
For the first time, Kate Holland will be exhibiting her artist’s book Nine Dragons with Designer Bookbinders. Nine Dragons is the 2nd book in a limited edition of 5, making it truly bespoke and unique. No 1 is a prize winner in the DB International Competition at the Bodleian Library.
Kate is a multi award-winning bookbinder, who specialises in commissioning contemporary fine binding. She uses traditional materials and techniques to produce a modern binding that reflects the text, illustrations and typeface of a book. She has books in the British and Bodleian Libraries as well as many public and private collections worldwide. Kate is a Fellow of the Designer Bookbinders, the ultimate accolade in this field.
Hungry Grass
If you’re looking for that special present for someone then why not commission Kate to create a unique binding of their favourite book, journal, script, lyrics, poems, sketches, or photographs…anything paper based? Kate works with you throughout the process, from sourcing a text, agreeing the design, and selecting the finest leathers and handmade papers. The book is hand sewn and bound in full leather, with the opportunity to add inlays or onlays, gilt or painted edges and hand sewn silk headbands. It is then hand tooled in 22 carat gold leaf and finally a custom-made drop-back box is created to house this unique and precious object.
If you’d like your words put into print, Kate has access to some of the country’s finest letterpress and digital printers. If you’d like your family, house and gardens captured, she works with some of the best portrait, interiors and landscape photographers.
In the age of the Kindle and the keyboard this is truly an opportunity to own the ultimate, one-off copy of a book.
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