Lester Capon
Working with traditional materials in a contemporary context, my bindings reflect rather than illustrate some aspect of the book within. The designs refer sometimes to the typography or illustrations or page layouts, and sometimes to the text.
Education
2003-2005 President Designer Bookbinders
1986 Elected Fellow of Designer Bookbinders
1975-1977 Camberwell School of Art and Crafts
Exhibitions
2008 Flow Gallery, London
2006 Ashikaga Museum of Art, Japan
Koriyama City Museum of Art, Japan
Chiba City Museum of Art, Japan
2005 Bibliotheca Wittockiana, Brussels
Selected public collections
British Library
John Rylands University Library
Liverpool Library
Exhibitions
Archive
2008
- Current Exhibition
- New Members
- Louise Renae Anderson
- Kyra Cane
- Ian Douglas
- Fenella Elms
- Katja Fox
- Susie Gillespie
- Kevin Grey
- Peter Layton
- Billy Lloyd
- Katie Mawson
- Kate McBride
- Grant McCaig
- Naomi McIntosh
- Myung Nam An
- Claire Partington
- Lina Peterson
- Liam Reeves
- Mariko Sumioka
- Louis Thompson
- Derek Wilson
- Diana Greenwood
- Helen Slater
- Helene Uffren
- Sabrina Cant
- Archive