tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10625475.post-1107715333215029772005-02-06T10:41:00.000-08:002008-04-17T07:54:51.994-07:00<span style="font-weight: bold;">But what about centuries of natural wear and tear or neglect and </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">abuse?</span><br /><br />This is where conservation itself becomes an art form, it doesn't matter what the condition be it fire or water damage, torn or missing leaves, pages taped together, insect or rodent damage,<br />even pag<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_V10ih2CkDDw/SAdjtaYhZfI/AAAAAAAAADs/-sKqEd9t1J4/s1600-h/cook+page1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_V10ih2CkDDw/SAdjtaYhZfI/AAAAAAAAADs/-sKqEd9t1J4/s200/cook+page1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190226727395223026" border="0" /></a>es damaged by ink as this one;<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_V10ih2CkDDw/SAdkg6YhZhI/AAAAAAAAAD8/Ytxr3Pab5fo/s1600-h/cook+page2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_V10ih2CkDDw/SAdkg6YhZhI/AAAAAAAAAD8/Ytxr3Pab5fo/s200/cook+page2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190227612158486034" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">click on pictures to enlarge<br /><br /></span></span>This level of conservation demands a total understanding of all types of damage incurred and most importantly......how to deal with it!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/879/830/1600/fig%206.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/879/830/200/fig%206.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/879/830/1600/fig%207.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/879/830/200/fig%207.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Invisible mending of torn pages involves knitting the fibres back together.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/879/830/1600/fig10.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/879/830/200/fig10.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/879/830/1600/fig%2011.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/879/830/200/fig%2011.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Insect damage will mean matching and blending in paper fibres<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/879/830/1600/josephus%204.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/879/830/200/josephus%204.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/879/830/1600/josephus%205.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/879/830/200/josephus%205.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Water stains (tidemarks) will need to be removed first before any other stain. Any provenance such as ink or pencil writing will need to be "fixed" to the paper or they may be lost.<a href="http://periodfinebindings.typepad.com/about.html"><br /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10625475-110771533321502977?l=bookbinding.blogspot.com'/></div>Paulnoreply@blogger.com