Saying Goodbye
I have learnt a lot over the course of my one-year internship and I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at Canterbury Cathedral. As well as conserving The Attributes of Christ, I have completed several different conservation projects in the studio and around the Cathedral. read more...
Finishing the Attributes of Christ
After months of work, the end of treatment of The Attributes of Christ was in sight: the next step was to put new leather on the book. The new leather is archival-quality brown repair calf from J. Hewit & Sons, dyed with Sellaset Leather Dyes from the Leather Conservation Centre. read more...
The complexities of endbands
In her latest blog post, Cathedral intern Lucy Cokes shares a fascinating insight into her world of book conservation. read more...
The stitching begins
Lucy updates on the latest stage in the conservation of The Attributes of Christ. read more...
Solving Paper Problems – Part 2
Paper repairs are a common conservation treatment and in the case of The Attributes of Christ several varieties of paper repair methods were used. First, if there is any ‘scarfing’ on the tears – where the tear has formed an overlap between paper layers – the scarfing is joined back together with wheat starch paste. read more...
Solving paper problems – Part 1
In a continuation of Lucy's blog, she attempts to rescue pages from a severely water damaged book. read more...
Extreme measures needed
Lucy details the next stage of her work on the 17th century Attributes of Christ. read more...
A mouldy muddle
Intern Lucy Cokes writes about the challenges presented by a mouldy 17th century book. read more...