The Vespiary Book Binding & Book Conservation

Fixin’ books in the Wild West

Archive for April, 2009

bassalian, adj. - pertaining to the deep sea

Sue M. (aka itatemyswaeter) mashed up a WWII era poster recently to amusing effect.

Hmmm, I think I’d love a shirt with this on it…

occult, adj. - hidden from sight; concealed.

I love finding waste paper spine liners.  This one from a Japanese book that crossed my desk.

humus, n. - dark-brown substance which serves as a basis to the vegetable kingdom.

If you’ve been following my Twitter feed, you’ll know that I’m in the process of converting my old shed, previously used for pottery, into the new home of The Vespiary workshop.  We gathered all kinds of materials this past week: shingles, flooring, replacement studs, etc.  We’ll hopefully soon be bringing in some locally grown insulation [...]

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