Conservation: Study days
SIMPLE REPAIRINGS OF PAPER AND CLOTH BINDINGS - CTH0225
Milan, 8-9 November 2025
Cristina Balbiano d'Aramengo
255,0000 EUR materials included
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The study days are dedicated to those who have already attended the basic courses on restoration or have a similar preparation. In fact we take for granted the basic skills related to tools, materials, adhesives, as well as the basic procedures applied in the field of restoration.
 
Each participant must bring the books that need to be mended: we remind you that the topic is little repairing of the cloth covers and not of the pages; hence, the paper must be in good conditions with no tears or gaps.
 
During the day will be analysed and demonstrated the possible techniques available to repair any minor damages that often affects cloth and paper bindings: corners bent, broken, or with the lining worn or incomplete; backs disconnected, incomplete or torn on the joint; endpapers damaged at the hinge. It will not be possible to deal with more serious cases of covers incomplete and / or completely detached from the book (ie, without back or with a board missing).
 
The topics to be covered will include techniques of consolidation and stabilization of the damaged materials and the restoration of small missing parts with paper pulp, starch paste and Japanese paper; the reconstruction of the joints and headcap in fabric or paper; the reassembly of the parts partially detached. It will also be shown retouching with watercolor, used to replenish chromatically the gaps reconstructed.

LOCATION
The course will take place at Professione Libro, Via A. Del Bon, 1 - 20158 MILAN - I
Unfortunately our premises are not accessible to people with motor disabilities or walking difficulties, as they are located in the basement without a lift.

TIME TABLE
Saturday and Sunday 9,30am/6,30pm with about one hour lunch break

REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT
Registration must be made before the closing date.
Participation fee: 270 euro, including coffee breaks, costs of materials and the use of tools provided by the organizers. Early bird offer (enrollment by 4 October) 255 euro.

Membership to the Association for 2025 is required (30 euro).

Registrations will be possible from 1st January 2025. Before then, it is possible to pre-register by sending an email to the secretariat, but without making any payment; it will then be essential to pay the fee starting from January 1st, in order to guarantee the place, as the definitive registration order is determined by the payment order. It is strongly recommended to notify the secretariat by sending a copy of the bank transfer via email.
Closing date for enrolment and payment of the fee: 25 October 2025.
The course is limited in number: upon reaching the maximum number admitted, it is possible to ask to be placed on the waiting list.

CANCELLATION - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY
Enrolment must be cancelled in writing.
If the cancellation letter is posted two weeks or more before the workshop begins, the participation fee will be refunded minus a 15% cancellation charge.
If the cancellation letter is posted less than two weeks but before the closing date of enrollments, then the participation fee will be refunded minus a 50% cancellation charge.
No refund will be given in case of cancellation after the closing date. Yet, if a person on the waiting list could take over, the fee will be refunded in full (to the exclusion of any membership fee paid contextually, covering the administration costs).
No refund will be given if, once registered and without further communication, the student doesn't partecipate.
In case the minimum number of participants should not be reached, the course will be cancelled and the whole fee refunded.
The confirmation of the feasibility of the workshop will be announced to the participants after the closing of entries, or when the minimum number of enrolments will be reached.


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