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Little black (leather bound) books — find them at the next edition of the Urban Craft Market.
Saturday, September 1 from 10am-2pm @ The GCTC, 1233 Wellington St. West at the corner of Holland Ave.
Just a few of the new mini book pendants you can expect to see for sale May 27th @ Ravenswing DIY Fair and June 9th @ Idle Hands ‘Spring into Summer’ Craft Fair!
Can’t wait until then? Check out Sapling \ Seedling’s Shop.
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Fresh out of the book press! A dozen new mini book pendants.
Have a closer look at a few of these little novelties here. (Pun totally intended!)
Have a book in need of repair and want a ballpark estimate as to what it would cost? Sapling \\ Seedling provides free consultations to do just that! Consultations are best done in person but rough figures can in many cases be determined via e-mail.
Just take a few snaps using all or a combination of these views:
1. Overall, showing the whole book.
2. Spine, to show the way in which the pages are bound / attached.
3. Open, if possible.
and finally…
4. Close-up(s) showing any major damage or areas of concern you’d specifically like addressed.
Then get in touch via saplingseedling@gmail.com!
P.S. In case you were curious about the above pictured book, it is lovely quarter leather and cloth bound album from the National Gallery of Canada containing a collection of photographs of American Indians by Antonio Zeno Shindler between 1852-1869. I had the great privilege of working within the NGCs collection while completing my M.A. You can see more of these incredible portraits here.
Just a little while ago a very good friend of mine (and current Phd. scholar) came to me with a problem. The problem was that his Marx-Engels Reader was a little worse for wear. The covers were completely detached and the original adhesive binding had acidifed and transformed into a flaky powdery mess. This book is an important reference in his academic library and one that he’ll likely source during dissertation-writing, so I agreed to get the reader back in one piece! Here are some photos taken during the process:
Before Treatment 1: The text block had completely detached from the paper cover.
Before Treatment 2: The original adhesive binding had acidified into a flaky mess.
After Treatment 1: I removed all old crumbly glue bits and reattached the text block to the covers using an acid-free adhesive. I Then reinforced the books inner joints with Japanese-tissue paper.
After Treatment 2: The book back in one piece at last!
If you have graduate student friends with manhandled books, or friends and family with well-loved or otherwise injured books, send me an email at saplingseedling@gmail.com and we can get your book back in shape!
