Meet Richard Tuttle. Richard Tuttle has worn many artistic hats over the course of his career. As a painter, writer, graphic designer, carpenter, and (fantastic!) bookbinder, Tuttle possesses a diverse array of skills and interests.
For over two decades now, he has channeled this wide-ranging creativity into singular works of art that blend together the mediums of writing, leatherworking, bookmaking, woodworking, and painting.
Richard describes his work:
“I make literary artifacts. They are designed to pull books down off the shelf and display them in the salon, gallery or home as if they were works of art, which, of course, they are. Whether binding books with leather, paper, paint, wood, and found artifacts or building sculptures to encase the volumes, I seek to find a perspective that shouts out a piece of the essence of the literary work. I try to put myself in the author's or character's mind to say something about the time it was written in; the attitude that is explored and expressed; the magic that makes it a work of art.”
Today, in our Binder Finder series kickoff, we’re sharing some of our favourite bindings by Tuttle.