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CASE STUDY Jemma Lewis and Angela Bush

Q: Tell us about your journey into Jemma Lewis Marbling and House of Amitié.

Although I was vaguely aware of marbled papers from a fairly young age it wasn’t until I started working at a bookbinder in Bath, after university, that I came to appreciate them, their variety and vibrancy and the importance they have played within bookbinding. Through the bookbinders I was sent to train with marbling doyenne Ann Muir. Six months later after Ann had sadly passed away and the bookbinders had gone into administration, I found myself setting

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