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Spitler

Title

Subject

bookbinding proposal

Description

Various decorative techniques on tan Hewit's goatskin leather including traditional onlay leather with gold and blind tooling, painted and stenciled acrylic, and colored cut-foil technique. Geological strata of back-pared leather symbolizes layers of history in the region. Stark angular lines contrast the organic animal and bird forms, symbols of nature, disrupted by man's so-called progress. Title gold tooled, text edge colored at head, sewn headbands and blue paste paper endsheets decorated by binder. Winner: 2009 DeGolyer Award for American Bookbinding

Creator

Spitler, Priscilla

Publisher

Bridwell Library Special Collections

Date

Rights

This work is protected by copyright law. No commercial reproduction or distribution is permitted. This file may be used for educational uses only, provided it is not altered in any way, and the copyright line is cited. (Bridwell Library Special Collections, SMU).

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

Type

Book

Collection

The 5th DeGolyer Competition

Citation

Spitler, Priscilla, “Spitler,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed January 17, 2026, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/2168.