{"id":3073,"date":"2012-10-19T16:37:25","date_gmt":"2012-10-19T16:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/preservation\/?p=3073"},"modified":"2012-11-30T22:54:19","modified_gmt":"2012-11-30T22:54:19","slug":"piecing-together-a-flood-damaged-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/2012\/10\/19\/piecing-together-a-flood-damaged-map\/","title":{"rendered":"Piecing together a flood damaged map"},"content":{"rendered":"

Friday, October 19, 2012<\/p>\n

We are nearing the end of the flood damaged flatwork for the National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library.\u00a0 One of the final pieces was a map that had previously been broken into 32 pieces and lined on a linen cloth.<\/p>\n

\"Czech<\/a>
Czech map before<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We carefully removed each piece of the map from the linen backing.\u00a0 We then washed each piece to remove any mud and debris from the flood and to make sure all residual adhesive was gone.<\/p>\n

\"Mending<\/a>
Mending Gang<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Since the map was in so many pieces we needed to work quickly to puzzle it back together.\u00a0 Bill Voss and Giselle Simon rounded out what has to be the fastest puzzle team this side of the Iowa River.<\/p>\n

\"Czech<\/a>
Czech map mending<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bill and I made some paste and pasted our backing sheet of handmade Japanese paper to the counter top.\u00a0 We then moistened each piece of the map and carefully placed it upon the paper.\u00a0 We worked quickly to add all the tiny pieces of the map and then placed blotters on it to help it dry.<\/p>\n

Once the map was completely dry it was removed from the counter and encapsulated.\u00a0 Only a few more pieces of flatwork to go and the NCSML will have all their pieces back!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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