Paper conservation

Surface cleaning, tear repair with Japanese tissue and wheat starch paste, leaf casting for losses, guarding, re-sewing and rebinding where the original structure cannot be retained.

We treat iron gall ink corrosion by calcium phytate and gelatine where appropriate, and we will tell you when it is not appropriate.

Every treatment is photographed before and after and recorded in the studio ledger on the day it happens. You receive the record whether or not you ask for it.