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On the plane ride to Tacoma, I read The New Bookbinder. Micheline de Bellefroid's work blows me away!
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Field trip to University of Washington: Caxton and Aldus (next photo)'s names over the doors show we're at the right place. This is Suzzallo Library.
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Aldvs
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Magical stairway
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Lobby of Suzzallo Library
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The brand new Conservation Center in the main library is very spacious, with lots of that rare commodity for conservation labs: natural light!
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Typical conservation worker's bench
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Rolls of Arrestox book cloth custom cut to use for narrow coverage on a spine
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Photodocumentation setup
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Nice combination press from the '80s
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I am working on another example of a ledger book just like this right now. I was amazed to see they had one, too!
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Nice mechanism to enable work to be done on a leaf of a book in situ
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Artwork on the wall in the lab. I noticed that the Tacoma Art Museum had had a big show of First Nations printmakers that had just ended in August, before our trip. Sad to miss that!
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Grove(?) grommet setter... Lots of good use was made of old card catalog drawers
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Bindery tickets!
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Special box for unusually shaped item
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Another unusually shaped item with a special box to ensure the frame isn't damaged. The frame-around-the-frame is elevated off the base of the box so one can easily lift the picture frame out without damaging it.
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Another unusually-shaped item with a special box.
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Lots of us were amazed by the use of protective folders for large flat items combining archival folder stock and archival polyester, sewn together on a sewing machine!
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Detail of zig-zag sewing. This type of enclosure combines the best of both the archival folder stock and the archival polyester: the folder stock provides support, while the polyester enables easy viewing.
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They also attached tyvek tags to each folder to show necessary information about each item, so while searching through a stack of them, they don't need to be opened.
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Judith Johnson of the Conservation Center showing a panorama photograph in a sewn mylar envelope suspended from a steel hanger. The mylar also has an acrylic rod running the length of the enclosure to prevent sagging.
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The "Panorama Shoe Horn" to enable easy removal from and replacement into the mylar envelopes
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Another panorama, this one in a folder stock-mylar folder
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Head of Conservation Kate Leonard shows us special requirements of storing glass negatives
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The lighting system in the lab is highly specialized to accomodate the LEED standard of the building overall.
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Beautiful views of campus from the hallway
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Brand new!
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This was in the second part of the UW tour; a book showing the Korean movable types that predate Gutenberg.
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I thought this plough was interesting. It uses a plane blade, for one thing.
