Sewing – By the Book

Basic Bookbinding: Pamphlet Sewing

Author By Lindsey
Publication date December 7, 2020
Categories: Binding, Books and Manuscripts, Historical Technique, Material Culture, Sewing, Sustainability

Pamphlet binding is one of the easiest forms of bookbinding and highly accessible for most people who want to make a simple journal or sketch book. The Basics Pamphlet binding involves very few steps, but the pattern of sewing changes depends on the size of the pages being sewn. Ultimately, pamphlet binding can only be…Continue Reading Basic Bookbinding: Pamphlet Sewing

10 Unusual Tools on our Preservation Workbench

Author By Lindsey
Publication date July 10, 2020
Categories: Binding, Books and Manuscripts, Paper Mending, Preventive, Sewing, Tools

I came from a background of archaeology, and there’s a saying that an archaeologist creates their own tool-kit, borrowing tools designed for other fields. Conservation and Preservation tools are essentially the same. As the trade is still developing, there are so few tools designed for our work specifically that we often amass a hodgepodge of…Continue Reading 10 Unusual Tools on our Preservation Workbench