Eleanor Joachim
Mary Eleanor Joachim (* 1874 ; † 1957 ) was a New Zealand bookbinder . She made artistic book covers , inspired by the Arts and Crafts Movement founded by William Morris .
After attending Otago Girls' High School in Dunedin , Otago and studying art, she learned bookbinding, gilding and toolmaking in London. She made her first binding in 1903 for a volume of the Arts and Crafts Essays by William Morris . In 1907 she exhibited a cover at the Wommen's Work exhibition in Melbourne , for which she received awards.
literature
- Ann Calhoun: The arts & crafts movement in New Zealand 1870 - 1940: women make their mark . Auckland: Auckland Univ. Press, 2000. ISBN 1-86940-229-4 , pp. 139 f. Google Books (with an example)
- Southern people: a dictionary of Otago Southland biography , edited by Jane Thomson. - Dunedin, NZ: Longacre Press in association with the Dunedin City Council, 1998. ISBN 1-87713-511-9 .
- Margery Blackman: Leaves and Flowers of Gold: The Art and Craft of Eleanor Joachim 1903-1914 , in: A Book in the Hand: Essays in the History of the Book in New Zealand ed. By Penny Griffith, Aukland University Press, 2000. ISBN 978-1-86940-231-0 , pp. 68-77. Google Books (with examples)
- Eleanor Joachim in the National Library of New Zealand Catalog
Web links
- Example: The Psalms, M. Blackman collection ( from: Margery Blackman - Textile Curator and Tapestry Weaver )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Joachim, Eleanor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Joachim, Mary Eleanor (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | New Zealand bookbinder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1874 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1957 |