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I'm Sherif Afifi, a conservator and bookbinder. I create easy-to-follow tutorials on manuscripts, books, documents, and maps conservation, as well as historical and modern bookbinding, crafts, and more.

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2 Mending irregular paper tears HD
8:54
2 Mending irregular paper tears HD
3 Mending paper clean cut HD
7:36
3 Mending paper clean cut HD
1 Mending paper Straight tear HD
12:09
1 Mending paper Straight tear HD
برنامج دنيا السياحة - القناة المصرية الثانية - ولقاء عن قسم الصيانة والترميم بمكتبة الإسكندرية
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برنامج دنيا السياحة - القناة المصرية الثانية - ولقاء عن قسم الصيانة والترميم بمكتبة الإسكندرية
A Living Piece of History: The Only Surviving Gelatin-Size Machine
1:34
A Living Piece of History: The Only Surviving Gelatin-Size Machine
Effect of water on gelatine-sized rag paper (18th, 19th century, and modern printing paper)
4:52
Effect of water on gelatine-sized rag paper (18th, 19th century, and modern printing paper)
Pre-wetting with ethanol-water mixture
2:10
Pre-wetting with ethanol-water mixture
Suction table - Movement of liquid water
3:04
Suction table - Movement of liquid water
تقرير قناة TEN عن قسم الصيانة والترميم بمكتبة الإسكندرية
2:27
تقرير قناة TEN عن قسم الصيانة والترميم بمكتبة الإسكندرية
فيديو نادر — الاسكندرية في الثلاثينات بالالوان
1:22
فيديو نادر — الاسكندرية في الثلاثينات بالالوان
Islamic manuscrips workshop - Trainees Results
0:52
Islamic manuscrips workshop - Trainees Results
Rainbow in a rainy day at Bibliotheca Alexandrina
1:19
Rainbow in a rainy day at Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Bibliotheca Alexandrina plaza - Jan 2023
0:56
Bibliotheca Alexandrina plaza - Jan 2023
تقرير عن ترميم وصيانة سجلات قناة السويس بمكتبة الإسكندرية - القناة الاولى المصرية
2:17
تقرير عن ترميم وصيانة سجلات قناة السويس بمكتبة الإسكندرية - القناة الاولى المصرية
The Book
0:32
The Book
Success story
0:35
Success story
Craft and conservation of Islamic and Coptic Ethiopian manuscripts
4:53
Craft and conservation of Islamic and Coptic Ethiopian manuscripts
Japanese paper restoration secrets - full tutorial
49:20
Japanese paper restoration secrets - full tutorial
Japanese paper conservation Tools
1:28
Japanese paper conservation Tools
Paper mending | lnlaying false margin
2:30
Paper mending | lnlaying false margin
Paper rstoration | Flattening art on paper without pressing
2:22
Paper rstoration | Flattening art on paper without pressing
Paper restoration | Applying backing paper to a larg work
5:38
Paper restoration | Applying backing paper to a larg work
Paper restoration | Applying backing paper - paper consolidation
5:01
Paper restoration | Applying backing paper - paper consolidation
Sewing identification and documentation training
0:20
Sewing identification and documentation training
How to make wheat starch paste for paper conservation
1:34
How to make wheat starch paste for paper conservation
Water cut joint
2:47
Water cut joint
Blade cut joint
1:55
Blade cut joint
#6 Coptic Ethiopian binding from the International workshop by Sherif Afifi at Recanati E Restauro
1:46
#6 Coptic Ethiopian binding from the International workshop by Sherif Afifi at Recanati E Restauro
Cutting papers into rectangle
2:08
Cutting papers into rectangle
Metro this way
2:52
Metro this way