I had the most awesome college job ever. I worked in the library repairing books. An elderly gentleman named Chuck taught me how to reinforce spines, replace covers, and repair torn pages (with a tiny iron and special fabric – never scotch tape!). I even learned some binding techniques. I loved that job.
For Muse’s latest issue on dreams, I wrote an activity that teaches kids how to make their own dream journal. Yep, those are my hands in the article sewing the binding. Unfortunately, photos and text fall pretty short when it comes to teaching this kind of thing. Hopefully the kids go online and watch a video on YouTube (like I did when I started this project — I hadn’t sewn a coptic binding in 10 years).
