Fixin’ books in the Wild West
Ha ha, get it? Bound by allegiance? Sorry, I inherited my dad’s corny sense of humor.
But, in case you hadn’t heard or seen, Missoula.com just released its November/December issue, complete with a longer article about the bookbinding end of The Vespiary (versus the previous article, which was mainly about the renovated workshop). I had a [...]
If you haven’t heard it from me via Facebook or Twitter yet, The Vespiary is in the news! This past Sunday my little workshop had a photo on the front page of the Missoulian in a multi-article feature about small houses/workspaces. All through the shed remodel process I was an avid reader of a few [...]
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 [...]
I often curse when I have to reverse patch up jobs done on books with poor materials and inept hands, so it’s somewhat comforting to hear that this happens on a much larger scale as well.
The Ambrosiana Library of Milan has announced that they are going to dismantle the Codex Atlanticus, a huge collection of [...]
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