Basic Book Repair Demonstration with Tom Hutcheson
Basic Book Repair Demonstration with Tom Hutcheson In-Person
Celebrate National Library Week and William Shakespeare's birthday by learning to repair books!
Participants will learn the basic forms of book construction (printing, signatures versus perfect bound; text blocks; boards/covers; spines, etc.) and how to address common problems (ripped pages, detached spines, detached covers, etc.). Basic tools and materials will be discussed (leather dressing, glue, bone folders, papers (including washi), boards, rulers, microspatulas, weights/clamps, scalpels, etc.) and their use demonstrated.
Hutcheson comes from a bookish family and has recently retired after careers in municipal management and non-profit policy work. He now has time to attend to some of the books he inherited that need work and is happy to share what he has learned with others.
Registration is required with a limit of 6 participants.