Category: ConserveThis! Archive

This is an archive of posts from both my old blogs (Digital Cellulose, Chartex project) and my current Tumblr blog, Conserve This!

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Post author By digitalcellulose
Post date January 30, 2014

A fresh batch of paste!

Tags adhesive, art conservation, art materials, book arts, bookbinding, books, conservation, glue, library, original content, paste, preservation, wheat paste

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Post author By digitalcellulose
Post date January 30, 2014

Making paste in our coveted Cook & Stir.

Tags adhesive, art conservation, arts and crafts, book arts, bookbinding, conservation, cook & stir, cook and stir, cooking, glue, hot glue, library, make, making, original content, paste, preservation, restoration, restore

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Post author By digitalcellulose
Post date January 29, 2014

The works of Francis Bacon. Edge marbling, hand-tied endbands (only half of which remain), a nifty facsimile of a handwritten letter, and some interesting text layouts.

Tags 1825, 19th century, antique, bacon, book, book arts, books, foxing, francis bacon, librarian, library, old, oldschool, original content, paper, philosopher, philosophy

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Post author By digitalcellulose
Post date January 29, 2014

Stuff in my office.

Tags bookbinding, books, gian carlo menotti, library, menotti, myoffice, office, original content, paper, papercraft

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Post author By digitalcellulose
Post date January 29, 2014

A rather adorable homemade binding for a paperback. They used wood-patterned contact paper and gold tape to fill in the gaps between the different coverings.