The 2024 John Willis Annual Memorial Competition
John Willis was a life member of the VBG, and our last meeting of each year is when set a challenge to our members. The topic is selected, and members make their entries around that theme. The works are judged according to a liberal mix of creative design, techniques, both traditional and creative, and difficulty of implementation. This years topic was accidental, on suggesting clam boxes, a typo made it Glam boxes. So make a box, or a few, using techniques and materials of bookbinding and book making, with an element of zing or glamour.
Debra Parry
Three different boxes, all traditional clamshell designs, with various different decorations. Used for storage of various book projects (see image above).
Lyn Randolf
Gail Stiffe
This year's challenge resulted from a typo in one of the newsletters where a clam shell box became a glam shell box!
This was my interpretation. A shell box containing a set of coasters decorated with drypoint prints of shells.
Liz Forbes
A book house for storing 3 books. A creative design, with the spine of a book on houses showing through the rear window, and the front of three books viewed from the open side. An unusual storage method . A 'house' box for 3 books about houses.
Made from book board, book cloth and coloured papers. The 'metal' decoration on the roof is old lace stiffened with glue and gold paint.
Debra Parry
Three different boxes, all traditional clamshell designs, with various different decorations. Used for storage of various book projects (see image above).
Lyn Randolf
A box designed to protect a rare book bound in python skin. The traditional clam shell , cloth covered and lined with marbled paper. The cover glam is the gold, hand embossed using the hot pen technique shown in a previous meeting, showing the scales of the python across the corner. A clear reference to the contents, high level of technique in the pen work.
Gail Stiffe
This year's challenge resulted from a typo in one of the newsletters where a clam shell box became a glam shell box!
This was my interpretation. A shell box containing a set of coasters decorated with drypoint prints of shells.
Liz Forbes
A book house for storing 3 books. A creative design, with the spine of a book on houses showing through the rear window, and the front of three books viewed from the open side. An unusual storage method . A 'house' box for 3 books about houses.
Made from book board, book cloth and coloured papers. The 'metal' decoration on the roof is old lace stiffened with glue and gold paint.
