During the summer of 2020, the staff of the Preservation Unit was working from home. Being home did limit our access to collections material and force us to create a make-shift studio in a spare room, but thankfully we weren’t the only ones around the world having to adjust to this temporary stage. Many Conservation…Continue Reading Summer Webinar Series Recap
This is the last part! If you’ve followed the adventure since the start of “Fish Leather” till now, you’ll have seen the entire progression from raw fish to finished book! How exciting! Catch up with Part 1 and Part 2 first, and let’s dive right in, shall we? 7. Leather Prep Now that my book…Continue Reading Assembling A Fishy Book: Part 3
This is Part 2 of 3 in my adventures of creating a book using fish leather. In Part 1, we divulged the hidden sewn skeleton of the book, showcased the importance of end sheets, and created a mock gilt edging of the bookblock. In this part, more attention will be on shaping the bookblock and…Continue Reading Assembling A Fishy Book: Part 2