This book went to get library bound in 1984, according to its original check-out card. And guess what? It gets to go get library bound AGAIN, which is why it’s on my bench. I’m taking off the old & worn library binding, cleaning the spine, putting a nice reversibility layer of Japanese tissue on it, […]
Various books in art, as seen at the Phoenix Art Museum. 1) “The Old Philosopher”, 1645-1650 by Salomon Koninck (Dutch, 1609 – 1656) 2) “Still Life: Vanitas”, c. 1665 by Jan van Dalen (Dutch, Flemish, 1611 – 1677) 3) “St. Margaret of Antioch”, 1520 by Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen (Netherlandish, 1478 – 1533) 4) “Madonna and Child“, 1636 […]
My reaction when our special collections and archives department FINALLY announced they are switching over from white cotton gloves (about which I have MANY feels) to nitrile gloves: So now when you go into our reading room to look at photographs or fragile things, they’re going to give you some nice blue gloves, with which […]
I had to leave these photographs in the humidification chamber (aka our paper washing sink) overnight because they were so curled. As a result, I had several nightmares about what I would find today when I returned to work this morning. Here they are: 1) Someone came in and stole all 30 of the photographs […]
Good advice, for bookbinders and non-bookbinders enough. However, sometimes you have to learn when it’s more advantageous to be “good enough” rather than perfect. (Photo by conservethis )
Detail from “The Annunciation” by Girolamo Da Santa Croce, c 1540-1550 An oil on wood panel painting in the collection of the Columbia Museum of Art, in Columbia, South Carolina. Photo by conservethis
In today’s gross-out corner (aka the fume hood), I examine a book for evidence of mold. Spoiler alert: it is VERY moldy.
Virgin Annunciate, 14th Century Polychrome Wood Sculpture. An Italian sculpture in the collection of the Columbia Museum of Art, in Columbia, South Carolina. Part of a pair, along with Archangel Gabriel. Photo by conservethis.
Found this tiny doodle of this book’s cover inside of the book, used as a bookmark.
Circulation just sent me this book, which apparently is actually the halves of TWO different books bound together accidentally by our commercial binder. As far as I can tell, the first half of the book is “What we talk about when we talk about love" by Raymond Carver, and the second half is a book by […]