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Conservation of reused bindings (Part two)

meetings of conservators and restorers of archival and library materials and art on paper

Book conservation involves a tough decision making regarding usability and long term preservation handling.
Sometimes we are dealing with fragmentology, or disjecta membra (fragments of written supports are re-used as part of a binding, with a diverse purpose from the first use) whereas in other cases the purpose is the same, and the whole binding is being recycled to bind a different book.
Incunabula and manuscripts with laced-case and limp vellum bindings are studied. Continue reading →

Conservation of re-used bindings (Part one)

Conservation of book with another binding inside the binding's covers

Book conservation involves a tough decision making regarding usability and long term preservation handling.
Sometimes we are dealing with fragmentology, or disjecta membra (fragments of written supports are re-used as part of a binding, with a diverse purpose from the first use) whereas in other cases the purpose is the same, and the whole binding is being recycled to bind a different book.
Incunabula and manuscripts with laced-case and limp vellum bindings with rolled sewing on parchment are studied. Continue reading →

ICON: Impregnated Tracing Paper Conservation

Conservation of a gouache and pastel drawing on impregnated tracing paper

Organization: Icon Book and Paper Group (London). Webinar series Conservation Together At Home #31. Lecture: Conservation of Impregnated Tracing Paper. This lecture was held first in the Hague (Netherlands), in the Symposium Technical Drawings and Reproductions, organized by Restauratoren Nederland … Continue reading →

ICPWH (Sarajevo): A possible solution for paperback bindings

First International Conference on the Preservation of Written Heriatge (Sarajevo, Bosnia & Hercegovina)

Event: First International Conference on Preservation of the Written Heritage. Lecture: A possible solution for paperback bindings. Organization: Gazi Husrev-bey’s Library, Sarajevo (Bosnia i Hercegovina). Venue: National Library of Bosnia (Gazi Husrev-begova Biblioteka). Audience: Book and paper conservators, librarians, historians, … Continue reading →

Lecture: “Diving in wet treatments”

Fugitivity test on paper conservation

Event: Technical conference Re-En-Papelamos (I). The purpose of wet treatments in conservation. Lecture: Diving in wet treatments (“En restauración de papel, nos mojamos”). Organization: Emma Sánchez, equip de l’IPCE (Instituto del Patrimonio Cultural de España). Venue: Institute for Cultural Heritage in Spain (Instituto del Patrimonio … Continue reading →

20th anniversary of the conservation laboratory CRAI-UB

Leafcasting paper pulp preparation

Event: 20th anniversary of the conservation laboratory from CRAI, University of Barcelona. Speech: From the master to the apprentice, an unfinished training. Organization: Centre de Recerca per a l’Aprenentatge i la Investigació de la Universitat de Barcelona (CRAI, UB). Venue: Chemistry and Physics … Continue reading →

Cores Symposium: Reversible vs Irreversible

Event: Cores Symposium. Dilemmas: Between cherishing damage and cleaning up this mess. Restorers, collection managers and researchers on conservation and restoration. Lecture: Reversible vs Irreversible. Organization: Syntrawest, Vlaanderen Departement Cultuur, Jeugd en media Venue: State Archives, Brugge (Belgium). Audience: Paper conservators, curators, historians, librarians, archivists. … Continue reading →

RECH 4 – Retouch in Cultural Heritage

Event: RECH 4 – REtouch in Cultural Heritage Speech: The Suitability of Powdered Micro-Cellulose for its Use in Paper Conservation. RECH4 postprints pp. 55-64. Split, Croatia. October 2017. Authors: Rita Udina & Amparo Escolano. Organization:RECH – Retouch in Cultural Heritage. Venue: University of Split (Croatia). … Continue reading →