The Vespiary Book Binding & Book Conservation

One of the loveliest summers I ever spent was in the employ of the Oregon State Department of Agriculture. I set and check both gypsy moth and Japanese beetle traps. I worked out of my own home, set my own hours, drove a hilarious beater government K car, drove around the fringes of [...]

Lately, I’ve been reading the Archimedes Codex - How a Medieval Prayer Book is Revealing the True Genius of Antiquity’s Greatest Scientist. I can’t remember how I originally came across it, but if there was ever a Holy Grail of conservation work, this was it. This may be old news to some [...]