Eleanore Ramsey

Eleanore Edwards Ramsey is an American design bookbinder. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree and began studies in American and English bookbinding with Dr. Harry Green in 1975.  She continued her studies in fine binding in the French tradition with Barbara Hiller from 1975 to 1980.  She has been exhibiting her work, teaching fine binding, and accepting commissions privately since 1980.

’I seek to create bindings that are beautiful works of art, while being mechanically and structurally as perfect as I can make them. I like to think design and technical skill are inseparable to the whole; if a work is to be beautiful we should not have an conscious awareness of the execution. When viewed, the focus should be on the design and not the craftsmanship, good or bad.’