Announcing the First Potomac Chapter Workshop of 2010!
Tips and Tricks for Book and Paper Conservation
February 13th and 14th 2010
This workshop will be taught by Renate Mesmer, Assistant Head of Conservation, Folger Shakespeare Library
The class will be taught at the Werner Gundersheimer Conservation lab, Folger Shakespeare Library, from 9am until 5:00pm. Some conservation experience is necessary.
The cost for this two day workshop will be $200.00 for Guild of Book Workers members and $250.00 for non members. Space will be limited to 10 people. Depending on the response a student/intern position maybe offered.
Tips and Tricks for Book and Paper Conservation
Participants will learn and practice numerous useful techniques for book and paper conservation, all of which will involve hands-on practice and are meant for every day work. The book conservation techniques that will be covered include reattaching boards, joint repairs, binding repairs in general, primary endband and a baggy-back.
Paper conservation tips will include staining of paper, the use of cellulose powder, the use of Gossamer tissue, capillary washing, friction flattening, etc. As time permits many other book and paper conservation tips will be demonstrated. After registering for the class, participants will get a list of things to bring and prepare for the workshop.
Renate Mesmer is the Assistant Head of Conservation at the Folger Shakespeare Library and the former Director of the Book and Paper Conservation Program at the Centro del bel Libro in Ascona, Switzerland. She has a Masters in bookbinding from the Chamber of Crafts of Palatinate in Germany and gained experience in conservation during ten years of work as head of the conservation department at the Speyer’s State Archives in Germany.
Potomac Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers 