Ashferry journalhttps://www.ashferry.com/journal/Bookbinding, repair and conservation. When a box is better than a bindinghttps://www.ashferry.com/journal/clamshell-boxes.htmlhttps://www.ashferry.com/journal/clamshell-boxes.htmlWed, 12 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000Some books are too fragile or too valuable to rebind. Rebinding changes the object; a box protects it without altering anything. A family bible, reboundhttps://www.ashferry.com/journal/family-bible.htmlhttps://www.ashferry.com/journal/family-bible.htmlMon, 11 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000The bible arrived in a plastic bag, boards detached and the first gathering loose. It had the family's births and marriages written inside the front cover. Thesis seasonhttps://www.ashferry.com/journal/thesis-season.htmlhttps://www.ashferry.com/journal/thesis-season.htmlSat, 21 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000From May to July we bind a lot of theses. Bring your printed pages at least a week before your deadline. Learning gold toolinghttps://www.ashferry.com/journal/gold-tooling.htmlhttps://www.ashferry.com/journal/gold-tooling.htmlTue, 18 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000Hand tooling a title in gold leaf takes years to do well. The tool has to be the right temperature, pressed for the right time, with the leaf laid on perfectly.