Judging handmade books / sous couverture in St. Antonin Noble Val

This afternoon we were invited to go by the Assoc. Mosaïque En Val and judge which of the books in our opinion was the best of these handmade, artistic books. This is the 13th Festival du livre d'artiste. The subject was on the theme of round / rond
We had made a chart, we had one each to helps us decide which book we personally liked best.
We were judging on book name / nom du livre.
The story / histoire
Readability /  lisabilité
Design/ design
Illustrations/ illustrations
Quality of finish/ qualité de production
Overall aesthetic / Esthetique
Total marks/ score
Rank/ rang
Well those were our criteria, other judges may have different ideas. Interestingly Malc and I both liked the same one and our scores on the other books matched up.
We met another judge whilst there, René Bonetti, a local sculptor. Whilst talking to him we established he had an exhibit on permanent display in the library and also one at the Town Hall. It might be  interesting to pop into La Mediatheque Amelie Galup and look at this sculpture

René Bonetti, in the white gloves needed to look at these treasures

Monsieur Bonetti took me to look at his sculpture and I was so impressed I went and asked Malc [sub editor] to photograph it for TAG.

Songe d'une nuit d'ete by René Bonetti

Back to the books, the prize will be awarded at a vernissage du salon Sat 12th April at 12.h30 in the Salle des Thermes, and it will certainly be worth your while to go and look at these works of art in the Salle des Thermes. And of course give your vote for the public prize.
Art and beauty, so enriches one and we are not short of talented artists here in our region.
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