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2010 TITLE OF BOOK: DESCRIPTION OF BINDING: Is box/enclosure to be considered as part of entry? Yes No VALUE (For Indemnity Purposes) Declaration 1 In submitting the above entry to the National Library of Scotland's Elizabeth Soutar Bookbinding Competition, I declare that no other person has been involved in the production of the binding. 2 The binding was produced exclusively for The Elizabeth Soutar Bookbinding Competition. 3 In the event of my being awarded First Prize or Student Prize, I agree to donate my entry to the National Library of Scotland. 4 I agree to lend my entry to the National Library of Scotland for inclusion in any display which may be organised. 5 I agree to allow my entry to be photographed for publicity and promotional purposes. Signature: Date: Entries should be sent to: Mrs S Todd Conservation Workshop National Library of Scotland George IV Bridge Edinburgh EH1 1EW Closing date 29 September 2010 BOOKBINDING COMPETITION THE ELIZABETH SOUTAR 2010 ELIZABETH ALLAN SOUTAR Elizabeth Soutar (1924-2008) was the only daughter of Magnus and Janet Soutar of Kirkcaldy, Fife. Educated in Glasgow, she spent the Second World War in the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) overseas, before following a varied and rewarding secretarial career in the UK and Canada. Her father introduced her to the Cairngorms, and she became a hillwalker/scrambler on Scottish hills and in the Canadian Rockies. She continued her childhood interest in books, especially travel and exploration, and became fascinated with the craft of bookbinding. Her husband, Ronald W Clark, was a well-known biographer and mountaineering historian. From 1993 to the present, she generously sponsored the bookbinding competition in memory of her father and mother, Magnus and Janet Soutar, and following her death on 18 February 2008, she has enabled the continuance of the competition for which she held such an affection. BOOKBINDING COMPETITION WINNERS Year Overall Winner Student Winner 2009 Silas Schmidt Kateryna Yeroshenkova 2008 Anne Puls Silas Schmidt 2007 Tom McEwan Miguel Perez Fernandez 2006 Annette Friedrich Tom McEwan 2005 Julia van Mechelen Clara Schmidt 2004 Stuart Brockman Anna Linssen 2003 Jan Camps Berdien Van Lieshout 2002 James Thorburn Katerina Smedberg 2001 Mark Ramsden Aya Nishio 2000 David Kerr Vilma Cirimele 1999 Mark Ramsden Julia Van Mechelen 1998 Mark Ramsden Not awarded 1997 David Kerr Veronica Lam 1996 Chris Hicks L Douglas 1995 Steven Orriss Caroline Checkley 1994 Nesta Davis Jane Benham www.nls.uk
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TITLE OF BOOK:
DESCRIPTION OF BINDING:
Is box/enclosure to be considered as part of entry?
Yes No
VALUE (For Indemnity Purposes)
Declaration
1 In submitting the above entry to the National Library of Scotland's Elizabeth Soutar Bookbinding Competition,I declare that no other person has been involved in the production of the binding.
2 The binding was produced exclusively for The Elizabeth Soutar Bookbinding Competition.
3 In the event of my being awarded First Prize or Student Prize, I agree to donate my entry to the National Library of Scotland.
4 I agree to lend my entry to the National Library of Scotland for inclusion in any display which may be organised.
5 I agree to allow my entry to be photographed for publicity and promotional purposes.
Signature:
Date:
Entries should be sent to:
Mrs S ToddConservation WorkshopNational Library of ScotlandGeorge IV BridgeEdinburgh EH1 1EW
Closing date 29 September 2010
BOOKBINDINGCOMPETITION
THE ELIZABETH SOUTAR
2010
ELIZABETH ALLAN SOUTARElizabeth Soutar (1924-2008) was the only daughter of Magnusand Janet Soutar of Kirkcaldy, Fife. Educated in Glasgow, she spentthe Second World War in the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS)overseas, before following a varied and rewarding secretarialcareer in the UK and Canada. Her father introduced her to theCairngorms, and she became a hillwalker/scrambler on Scottishhills and in the Canadian Rockies. She continued her childhoodinterest in books, especially travel and exploration, and becamefascinated with the craft of bookbinding. Her husband, Ronald W Clark, was a well-known biographer and mountaineering historian. From 1993 to the present, she generously sponsoredthe bookbinding competition in memory of her father and mother, Magnus and Janet Soutar, and following her death on 18 February 2008, she has enabled the continuance of the competition for which she held such an affection.
BOOKBINDING COMPETITION WINNERS
Year Overall Winner Student Winner
2009 Silas Schmidt Kateryna Yeroshenkova
2008 Anne Puls Silas Schmidt
2007 Tom McEwan Miguel Perez Fernandez
2006 Annette Friedrich Tom McEwan
2005 Julia van Mechelen Clara Schmidt
2004 Stuart Brockman Anna Linssen
2003 Jan Camps Berdien Van Lieshout
2002 James Thorburn Katerina Smedberg
2001 Mark Ramsden Aya Nishio
2000 David Kerr Vilma Cirimele
1999 Mark Ramsden Julia Van Mechelen
1998 Mark Ramsden Not awarded
1997 David Kerr Veronica Lam
1996 Chris Hicks L Douglas
1995 Steven Orriss Caroline Checkley
1994 Nesta Davis Jane Benham
www.nls.uk
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The National Library of Scotland's Elizabeth Soutar BookbindingCompetition aims to encourage the practice and developmentof craft binding skills which display individual expression andoriginality.This international competition attracts entrants fromall over continental Europe as well as from the UK. The winningentries join the Library's collection of fine bindings.
The competition, which is sponsored by the late Mrs Elizabeth A Clark, is open to any resident of the memberstates of Europe. It offers two prizes:
Best Competition Entrant £1,200Best Student Entrant £600
A student is defined as any person receiving full-time training oreducation in bookbinding.
Competition entrants submit a 'craft binding' using materials oftheir own choice. In addition to assessing the quality of the craftskills applied, the panel of judges look, in particular, for originalityand expression in the cover design. Entrants will be eligible foronly one prize.
BOOKBINDINGCOMPETITION
THE ELIZABETH SOUTAR
ENTRY FORM
Full Name:
Address:
Post Code:
Tel (day):
Tel (evening):
Fax:
E-Mail:
I am in private practice Yes No
Student Entrant Yes No
Institutional attachment (if any)
2010
BOOKBINDINGCOMPETITION
THE ELIZABETH SOUTAR
2010Entries should be a single example of a craft binding, boundexclusively for this competition. Multiple volume entries are permissable where these constitute a single artistic entity andcan therefore be judged as a composite entry.Where multiple entries of a disparate nature are received,competitors will be asked to identify the single binding that theywish to be submitted as the best representative of their skills,and the other entries will be returned.
It is a condition of entry that, in the event of being awarded aprize, the winner will donate the bound volume to the NationalLibrary of Scotland, where it will be placed in the Library's collection of fine bindings. Participants must also be willing to lendtheir entries to the National Library of Scotland for a period ofsix months after the competition ends in order to allow an exhibition of the entries to be held.
The closing date for the receipt of competition entries is 29September 2010.
The result will be announced in late 2010.The decision of the judges is final.
For information about the competition, please contact:
Mr R H JacksonPreservation & Conservation ManagerNational Library of ScotlandGeorge IV BridgeEdinburgh EH1 1EWScotland [email protected] +44 (0)131 623 3858
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