Wonderful news. I have been invited to exhibit two books in the AJU’s latest exhibition, The Thread That Binds, in collaboration with the American Textile Society. The exhibition shows textile religious and cultural artifacts from all over the world, antique and modern textile art.

The books are shown to display their binding and the different sewings that attach books to text. Among the books displayed is my book A Shelter of Stars by Howard Schawrtz in an exposed Japanese sewing with an offset cover. The second book is my about to be released The Guide: Maimonides’ Journey by Michael Castro (announcement forthcoming). The binding is based on the early American binding called the Scaleboard. It is a single-sheet book with the sheets bound together with leather tabs. The binding was often used for books of a religious nature.

The exhibition opens September 21 and runs through December 18. Hope you can visit if you are in Los Angeles.