BIO
Ann Thornton attended adult education courses at Bolt Court under the tuition of Sally Lou Smith over a period of years. As a bookbinder she worked with traditional materials and methods.
Ann was elected a Licentiate of Designer Bookbinders in 1992 and a Fellow in 1995. Ann’s work is held in many public collections including the British Library; Royal Library of Copenhagen; Royal Library of the Hague as well and private collections in the UK.
Ann resigned from being a Fellow in 2021, becoming a Former Fellow of Designer Bookbinders.
Antigone by Sophocles
The Allen Press, 1978
315 x 220 x 20mm
Bound in 2004
Crimson and beige goatskin scarf-jointed with beige and crimson onlays. Gold tooled. Top edge rough gilt. Japanese paper doublures.
A Classical Friendship
The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde
The Journey of Thomas the Rhymer
Twenty-Five Shakespeare Sonnets
England England by Julian Barnes
