After a 35-year career in the preservation field, conserving rare library materials at prestigious educational institutions in the mid-Atlantic region, Martha Edgerton made the transition from book and paper conservation to book art.  She is the creator of the traveling exhibition entitled “The Amazing Race: The Atlantic Slave Trade through the Pages of Book Art” (TARBAE). 

Exhibit production had been a major part of Edgerton’s duties throughout her preservation career. She uses… more