Document S.O.S. (good pictures available from Georgine Thorburn at given number)

Alan OsborneContact:Document S.O.S.34, Abbey Business CentreIngate PlaceLondon SW8 3NSTel: 20 7498 8080Website: sos@document-sos.co.ukPrice: subscription £140 a year. One-off jobs ad hoc.Believe it or not. a completely burnt sheet of paper can be reconstituted and all the writing on it made perfectly legible again. It's one of the talents of Ms Georgine (subs, please note spelling with an "e" at the end) Thorburn, founder and owner of the paper and book restorers Document S.O.S. The trick is to consolidate the paper with a synthetic resin and then plasticise ...


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