The Vespiary Book Binding & Book Conservation

Fixin’ books in the Wild West

Archive for December, 2008

lunellarium, n. - semi-circular knife used to scrape skins in the preparation of vellum

I admit, I watch a fair piece of TV, but a recent episode of “Dirty Jobs” on the Discovery Channel called “Vellum Maker” was helpfully brought to my attention.  I’m still looking for a copy of the full episode, but in the meantime, these clips will have to suffice.
I came face to face with the [...]

conglomerate, v. - to collect (separate particles or elements) into a coherent mass

The blogs have been a hoppin’ lately with book and conservation related goodies.  Here are some gems from a few of my favorites.
MAKE magazine recently posted a fun set of links about an art installation called “Breathing Books.” It appears that the Arduino mechanism that powers the breathing action caused a bit of a stir [...]