in september i began volunteering at the auxiliary library facility (alf) conservation lab (part of iu libraries). i started small, but loved those baby steps. there's something about conservation labs - their neatness and calm - that is very soothing, regardless of what the task is. and i think i have an affinity for the tedious. among other things i worked on a set of letters about a hundred years old. pretty gentle treatment - surface cleaning and tear mending (with japanese tissue and wheat paste).
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| surface cleaning! dirty paper, brush, eraser shavings |
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| cleaner paper |
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| mending station: wheat paste, tweezers, brush, scalpel, tacking iron, weights, remay, blotter |
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| torn paper |
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| mended paper! |
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| nice view, sunny day |
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| back room of the lab - beautifully clean |
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| nasty tear |
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| mended! (almost) good as new |
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