Books have more uses than might be obvious. Sure, you can press flowers in a heavy one and set out the pretty ones as decoration. You can read the darn things. But have you tried turning a book ...

A signature is a folded sheet of paper that contains multiple pages of a book. Workers fold and bind signatures together to create the final product. In the conservation lab, books can also be washed.

Martin has a quick comeback for those who think book folding is an act of destruction. “Let’s be realistic here. Sometimes old books are better suited for a new purpose,” Martin says.

Books have more uses than might be obvious. Sure, you can press flowers in a heavy one and set out the pretty ones as decoration. You can read the darn ...