Biography

The Berlin born bookbinder Sabina U. Nies was trained, among others, by British bookbinder Dominic Riley and the German Master Bookbinder Tini Miura. Sabina graduated from the American Academy of Bookbinding in Telluride, CO. She taught classes at the San Francisco Center for the Book and most recently private classes at her studio. She entertains her own bindery "SUN Book Arts" for more than 10 years and is living in Ashland, OR. Her books and boxes are made using traditional techniques and tools. The materials are carefully chosen to accomodate special different purposes. Her works are unique pieces of hand crafted treasures to outlast our fast flying time.

Sabina's leather fine design bindings and artist books/boxes can be found in private and public collections in America, Japan, and Europe.

Sabina's work was shown at:

The Columbia College, Chicago Center for the Book and Paper Arts, Ill
The San Francisco Center for the Book, CA
The Public Library in San Francisco, CA
The Triton Museum of Art in Santa Clara, CA
The Eddie Rhodes Gallery, San Pablo, CA
The Public Library, San Ramon, CA
The Society of Bookbinders, Bath, UK
The Mezzanine Style Gallery, Forbes, Australia
The Gleeson Library, San Francisco, CA
The Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan
The Bibliotheque Carnegie, Rheims, France
The Harold Washington Library Center, Chicago, Ill
The Espace Jean Racine, St-Remy-les-Chevreuse, France, 2007, 2009

The Abcedarian Gallery, 910 Santa Fe Drive, unit #101, Denver, CO