Mitch GundrumBookbinding ’21
Hometown: West Bend, WI
What's your dream job or project?
I’m starting at my dream job immediately after graduation, working full time as a conservation technician at the National Archives in Washington DC, repairing and stabilizing Civil War era documents in preparation for digitization.
What's the most important thing you've learned at NBSS?
Mistakes are inevitable and the most effective means of progress. Also, the secret of bookbinding is board attachment.
What is your favorite NBSS experience?
Feeling a sense of purpose and belonging, surrounded by dozens of diverse, talented, and manually-minded crafts- and tradespeople.
What's something about you that surprises people?
If I’m careful, everything.
