Tag: fyeahbookbinding

Post author By digitalcellulose
Post date March 25, 2014

Cleaning a book spine, to prepare it for a new lining. Printed binder’s waste was used for the original spine lining. The book is “From grave to gay; being essays and studies concerned with certain subjects of serious interest, with the Puritans, with literature, and with the humours of life” by J. St. Loe Strachey.

Tags art conservation, book conservation, bookbinding, creative reuse, found in a book, fyeahbookbinding, original content, spine

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Post author By digitalcellulose
Post date February 12, 2014

A book bound in burlap! It’s as scratchy as it looks. The title and cover image were printed directly on the burlap. Saraswati, Baidyanath. Pottery-making cultures and Indian civilization. New Delhi: Abhinav Publications, 1979, c1978.

Tags anthropology, book, book arts, bookbinding, books, burlap, conservation, fyeahbookbinding, india, indian, libraries, library, original content, pottery