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I wo medieval arts will be [ exhibited and demonstrated l in the Rappahannock County t Library October 17 and 18, during the Fall House Tour weekend. The Library will also have a secondhand Book Sale.
Fine Bookbinding
Demonstration
Sally Sharp, a resident of the county, is an expert and a professional in the fine art of bookbinding. A graduate of Stanford University, Calif., she also attended Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., the Sorbdnne in France, University of Lausanne, Switzerland, and schools in Mexico.
“I am looking forward to exhibiting and demonstrating my bookbinding at the Rappahannock County Library,” said Mrs. Sharp. “It is a favorite, lifetime interest of mine. During World War II, I was appointed to the first class of WAVE officer candidates in Washington.
“While working the swing shift in the Office of Communications Intelligence, I was fortunate to be able to sandwich in instruction in bookbinding from a distinguished English illuminator and bookbinder who was then working for the National Cathedral; therefore my training in this medieval art of handbinding and tooling is based on the English tradition. “I do full leather tightback bindings using English goat or American buffalo.
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