When your book isn’t square. #conservationISpy #bookbinding #bookconservation #bigsigh

Usually #endbands are sewn directly onto a book at the head and tail. The book on my bench is mostly single plates- there’s no fold to sew through and anchor the thread. I’m sewing a “dummy” band on linen around a hemp core. I’ll glue the linen to the spine #bookconservation #conservationispy

How to operate a Scrap Book. #scrapbooking #bookconservation #conservationispy

Going right to the edge of the hide. #bookarts #offcuts #nowaste #conservationIspy

Time to replicate this! #headbandsarefascinating #leatherbinding #18thcentury #rumphius #headband #endband #conservationIspy

Using a historic tool from the city where the book was printed! #goldtooling #finishingtool #phillyhistory #conservationispy

So many days of tape removal! #bookconservation #tapeisevil #conservationispy

My toned tissue & paste mend on the corner and an original mend top center. I can tell the original mend is contemporary with the binding because the tooling lines go across the break in the leather. #conservationispy #bookconservation #bookbinding #blindtooling

A recipe for iron gall ink. Written in the back of a commonplace book sometime between 1695-1720. #bookconservation #limpvellumbinding #conservationispy #irongallink

Going to see if he’ll share his paste recipe🤣#conservationispy