Posts Tagged ‘bookbinding’

A day in the life of the bindery

When asked, I usually tell people I come to work to do craft every day. It’s true; I wear a glue smeared apron, cut paper with scalpel knives and play with glue. The week really starts on a Wednesday; that’s the day of the  trolley run around the various collection points in the library. Nellie, our new binder [...]

On a bookbinding journey thanks to the Kenneth Binns Travelling Scholarship

The Kenneth Binns Travelling Fellowship is an internal Library grant awarded to a staff member in the first seven years of  their career. I was lucky enough to win the scholarship to further my training as a bookbinder and visit conservation laboratories in the United Kingdom. As recently as three months ago I  travelled to the London Rare Books [...]

Paper making in Buenos Aires

Not only am I a bookbinder but I am also a tanguera. I travel every March to Buenos Aires looking for those great dancers, taking classes, doing very little tourism.Last year however,  I took time off from dancing to visit the Biblioteca Nacional de Argentina, in Palermo. This year, I thought I’d take a more [...]