Definitely not a binding I’m familiar with!
Categories
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!
Categories
Earrings made from parchment. Yeah, real parchment, like the stuff medieval books were written on!
Categories
From “Leather for Libraries”, 1905. Read it online!
Categories
Original collage by me. This was a page that was cut out of a library book by a patron, which was replaced by us.
Categories
From Reverend O’Conor’s “Facts About Bookworms”. New York, 1898.
“If you’ve cracked the spine, don’t make a fuss, no need to whine, just give it to us. Burma Shave.” “When you’re in Preservation, just take a look, it might be quite broken, but we’ve got your book. Burma shave”
conservethis: Roses are red Copy-pencil is blue If you wash without testing, A naughty conservator is you! Just in case you missed it yesterday…
Roses are red,Violets are blue,We pray the brown stain on this book,Was just chocolate fondue! Roses are red,Violets are blue,There’s a white stain on this page:We sure hope it was just a roux!
Roses are red, Violets are blue, If you put tape on your books, I’ll never EVER love you.
Roses are red Copy-pencil is blue If you wash without testing, A naughty conservator is you!