Light of Day Binderies
Printing Services
Why pick this one
Light of Day Bindery, established in 1989 in Asheville, restores books and documents and creates protective boxes and small editions.
Best for
- family Bible restoration
- repairing deteriorated books and documents
- archival paper conservation
- custom protective or clam shell boxes
- new hand-bound books
- small-edition bookbinding
- learning traditional bookbinding techniques
Look elsewhere if
- standard digital printing
- large-volume commercial print runs
- customers seeking only routine photocopying or document printing
Specialties
- new hand book bindings
- book repair and restoration
- book and document conservation
- Bible restoration
- protective boxes and clam shell boxes
- small-edition binding
- custom marbled and decorated papers
- custom paring and lifting knives
Certifications
- Juried member of the Southern Highland Crafts Guild
- Resident Book Artist at the John C. Campbell Folk School
What makes them different
- Established by Dea Sasso as a sole proprietorship hand book bindery in 1989
- Restores books and documents in all stages of deterioration, including damaged joints, pages, endbands, caps, and threads
- Offers Bible restoration with cleaning, repair, reinforcement, and archival rebuilding of missing sections
- Constructs clam shell boxes to protect restored books from light, air, abrasion, and dirt
- Developed and retails the Bindery in a Box professional handbinding equipment set
- Serves
- Asheville
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 117 Morningside Dr, Asheville, NC 28806
- Phone
- +14135372061
- Website
- http://deasasso.com/
Services
- hand bookbinding
- book repair
- book restoration
- paper conservation
- document conservation
- protective box construction
- small editions
- bookbinding classes
- private instruction