Ramon Townsend
President
Ramon Townsend studied Traditional Bookbinding and Printing under the Master and Journeymen Bookbinders and Printers at Colonial Williamsburg in the 1970s and 1980s. They also taught him Marbling and Papermaking. After leaving Colonial Williamsburg, he started Colonial Bindery where he repairs used and rare books; conducts workshops; and makes journals/blank books.
Mercedes Weathers
Exhibition Chair
Mercedes Weathers is a native to Philadelphia who grew up immersed in the arts from books to weaving. She studied sculpture at Sarah Lawrence College, and Information Science at Drexel University. While interning at the Franklin Furnace in NYC, she was first introduced to and loved artists’ books and the process of curating art exhibits. She loves creating sculpture and ceramics in her studio especially pieces connected to her poetry. In the engineering world, she enjoys the process of collaboration, which she also uses while working on commissioned sculpture to fully understand and mesh her vision with an art commission.
Jillian M. Rock
Book Paper Scissors Chair