Tomorrow's Past is a small, international group of bookbinders who make modern conservation bindings for antiquarian books. From 2003 to 2008 they exhibited their work at the annual, international Antiquarian Booksellers Association Fair at Olympia in London. Exhibitions have been presented at the Salon du Livre Ancien, Grand Palais, Paris (2007–2011) and at The Society of Bookbinders biennial con
ferences at Warwick University (UK) in 2009 and 2011. The group recently had an exhibition: Beautiful Readable Objects at The Aram Gallery, London. The number of bookbinders involved with Tomorrow's Past has remained fairly constant – between ten and twelve binders from UK, Italy, France, The Netherlands and others as invited. All of them work professionally as bookbinders, some as teachers, and most handle work of many different types and periods in their everyday work. This fusion of experience and historical awareness with modern conservation materials, techniques and skill has produced work which is radical in its simplicity, ingenuity and truth to materials. The most regular core of bookbinders has been: Kathy Abbott (UK); Carmencho Arregui (Italy); Cristina Balbiano d'Aramengo (Italy); Sün Evrard (France); Charles Gledhill (UK); Peter Jones (UK); Katinka Keus (Netherlands); Jen Lindsay (UK); Tracey Rowledge (UK). A selection of Tomorrow’s Past work can be seen at: http://www.outofbinding.com/tp_binders.htm
