About
Deborah Vingerhoet Thompson is a bookbinder and paper marbler. She's been making and selling books since 1996 - first starting as a vendor at the Portland Saturday Market. She went on to selling wholesale to places like the stationery giant Papyrus, and then to working exclusively with wedding photographers. After she had her kids she designed and manufactured a baby memory book that sells on Etsy. Deborah is the 11th graduate of the fine binding diploma program at the American Academy of Bookbinding - where she studied with Don Glaister, Peter Geraty and Monique Lallier.
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“I have a B.S. in Environmental Science with a concentration in plant ecology. I read in one of my books that you could make paper from plants. I tried it and I was hooked! I made paper all the time, continuously experimenting. In 1997 I decided to be a vendor at the Portland Saturday Market. When I was thinking about what I’d sell I just thought, “I’ll make books”. In 1999 I had the privilege of working at Oblation Papers and Press, making paper for their bindings and wedding invitations. My beginning years were hybrid years where I made books out of the paper I made, that evolved into wedding albums and that into fine bindings. Along the way I’ve taken many classes all over the country, taught some classes along the way, became the 11th graduate of the fine binding program at AAB, had 2 amazing kids and started a business designing and installing butterfly gardens.” - Deborah
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