Studying Historic Bindings to Create a 17th Century Facsimile, Part I
‘What is past is prologue’ As part of our project with Shakespeare’s First Folio, there has been some exciting work…
Conservation
Binding the Bard: The Newcomer Prize
Breaking into the designer bookbinder scene isn’t always the easiest path. Training is expensive. Tools and materials are expensive. Hand…
A Book’s Reputation
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving. Othello, Act II Scene…
Durham University launches its first international bookbinding competition: Binding the Bard
The conservation of Bishop Cosin’s Library
Furniture & Wooden Artefacts Conservator Sarah Gerrish writes: As a Furniture Conservator I specialise in preserving significant furniture, wooden artefacts…