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The sea inside | Olaya Balcells

 

‘I’m a bookbinder, so the book is the main support of my work and of me. So is writing -I write since I was very young-. But also is the sea: maybe because I was born very close, though more likely by my father, whose love for it led him to cross the Pacific Ocean on a long journey of months, and whose ashes now rest under it.

This book, the first I write in (my still scarce) English, is part of all that: a look at my father’s ocean, but also a trace of some of the things for which I am who I am: books, writing and the sea.’

Olaya Balcells

 

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Weight 0.3 kg
Dimensions 18 × 13.5 × 3 cm
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About the author

About the author

Olaya Balcells began her studies in Book and Paper Conservation at the Istituto per l’Arte e il Restauro Palazzo Spinelli, in Florence, Italy, in 1992. In Chile she has worked for the National Archives, the Library of Congress and the Fundación Pablo Neruda as book conservator; abroad she has made internships at the North East Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) in Boston, USA, and at the Bibliothèque de France (former National Library), en Paris. In 2003 she founded the Taller de Oficios del Libro (Book Crafts Studio) to promote bookbinding and book arts in Chile.

At present she works mainly in book restoration for private clients and her own artist books.

‘I’m a bookbinder, so the book is the main support of my work and of me. So is writing -I write since I was very young-. But also is the sea: maybe because I was born very close, though more likely by my father, whose love for it led him to cross the Pacific Ocean on a long journey of months, and whose ashes now rest under it.

This book, the first I write in (my still scarce) English, is part of all that: a look at my father’s ocean, but also a trace of some of the things for which I am who I am: books, writing and the sea.’

Olaya Balcells

Technical Specifications

Author: Olaya Balcells

Format: Hardcover book, binding and die-cut by hand

Publisher: self publication

Dimensions: 18 x 13,5 x 3 cm (closed)

Print run: one of a kind

Language: English

Collections: –

Year of publication: 2019

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