Artist Talk by Barbara Mauriello

Sunday, October 2, 2011, 4pm

If you missed the opening on September 25 of the Upper Gallery exhibit, Unfolding Landscapes: Books and Boxes by Barbara Mauriello, stop by the Museum on Sunday, October 2, at 4 p.m., for a talk by the artist about her craft. “I got hooked on bookbinding the first time a bowl of freshly cooked paste passed under my nose,” Mauriello recalls. “And the lovely, fat paste brushes…then a ‘bonefolder,’ the bookbinder’s essential tool, fell into my hands and that was that. I was in love: with my tools, my materials, paper, cloth, leather, thread, paint.”

She learned the bookbinding trade through an apprenticeship at the Center for Book Arts in New York City, in the tradition of centuries of craftspeople before her. Thirty years later, the Hoboken-based artist is just as passionate about making books, if not more so. She now makes her living creating and repairing books, as well as colorful boxes in innovative shapes. She also teaches bookbinding and has served as a consultant in book conservation to major institutions. The Upper Gallery exhibits are made possible by a block grant from the State/County Partnership program for the Arts administered by the Hudson County Division of Cultural and Heritage Affairs.

Hoboken Historical Museum, 1301 Hudson St.

Free