Alain Taral
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Alain Taral and 'Bound For Success' in NYC
Thanks to my friends at Paper Dragon Books I can give you the promised update from my February 2010 post: Alain Taral and the 'Bound For Success' International Bookbinding Exhibition
Thursday, May 20, 2010
The Marquetry and bindings of Alain Taral
From a recent post by Gavin Dovey at Paper Dragon Books:
"It was my good fortune recently at the Grolier club in town, to meet among others the winner of the 2009 International Bookbinding competition, Alain Taral.It was my further good fortune to arrange a meeting at the bindery today through his student and interpreter Laurence Fayard, who now is living and working in Brooklyn, and I am very glad I did.It was a great opportunity to see a completely different style and approach to binding, and its always nice to meet other binders anyway.
Alain started binding in Toulon in 1989.A client had asked for a binding using wood, and so began his career, perfecting his solid wood, and veneer bindings, complete with the most exquisite inlaying and marquetry.
Its all about the hinge...a kind of piano hinge built around metal rods, or pins."
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