Book Damage and Treatment Options: Is Restoration Worth It?
Fri, Apr 19
|The Hive
With so many ways to treat book damage and many considerations to make, a wise choice can spare you the agony of a destroyed book. Learn to assess your books and decide who should do the treatment.
Time & Location
Apr 19, 2024, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
The Hive, 2904 E Sprague Ave, Spokane, WA 99202, USA
About the event
With so many ways to treat book damage and many considerations to make, a wise choice can spare you the agony of a destroyed book. Learn to assess your books and decide who should do the treatment.
Students need to bring the following:
1/2” flat brush
Pointy brush
12” long (or so) bamboo skewers or long knitting needles
White polymer eraser
Books: Cloth-bound and (optional) paperback books that need to be repaired with the following kinds of damage:
- Loose inner hinges
- Loose outer joints
- Broken outer joints
- Unwanted marks on pages
- Loose pages
- Tears in pages (wide variety) This can be part of the others.
- Any books you have questions about.
Sophia S.W. Bogle has a diploma in Book Conservation from the American Academy of Bookbinding and has been restoring books professionally for over 30 years. Her website, www.SaveYourBooks.com, offers step-by-step video courses for book lovers and book collectors. She was recently featured in WIRED's Obsessed series, and can be found through Save Your Books on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube, where she does live book restorations nearly every Thursday. Sophia resides in Oregon.