Talmoka, a Workshop Notebook for Restoring Paper

Field notes

The notebook uses a ten-part sequence that mirrors a conservation workflow, beginning with support and print-process identification and ending with acid-free storage and passe-partout mounting. Its diagnostic vocabulary is unusually concrete: readers are directed to look for chain lines, laid lines, watermarks, machine-cut edges, plate impressions, and regular offset halftone dots. The text also warns that treatment choices depend on sizing, media stability, and the object’s existing history, rather than following a universal bath or repair formula.