Book conservation involves a tough decision making regarding usability and long term preservation handling.
Sometimes we are dealing with fragmentology, or disjecta membra (fragments of written supports are re-used as part of a binding, with a diverse purpose from the first use) whereas in other cases the purpose is the same, and the whole binding is being recycled to bind a different book.
Incunabula and manuscripts with laced-case and limp vellum bindings are studied. Continue reading →
Practice and theory session in which we’ll see different materials related to housing and framing for the exhibition of paper artwork: adhesives, boards, cardboards, folders, plastics, glasses, sealing foils, passe-partouts…
We’ll speak about reversibility, “acid-free” and “archival” products and much more! Continue reading →
Assessment on preventive conservation, housing, storage, digitization, exhibition and possibilities of conservation of Swamiji’s manuscripts from Vedanta Academy historical archive. Continue reading →
Book conservation involves a tough decision making regarding usability and long term preservation handling.
Sometimes we are dealing with fragmentology, or disjecta membra (fragments of written supports are re-used as part of a binding, with a diverse purpose from the first use) whereas in other cases the purpose is the same, and the whole binding is being recycled to bind a different book.
Incunabula and manuscripts with laced-case and limp vellum bindings with rolled sewing on parchment are studied. Continue reading →
Conservation of a manuscript which was a recycled limp vellum binding with flap. The flap and other missing parts are reconstructed after conservation. Continue reading →
What does a paper conservator do? Whom does she work for? What skills and knowledge does she ought to have?
Preservation and conservation, a field linked to science, history and arts and crafts. A video explains what differenciates us from forgers and shows -among other- how we produce a hand-made suction table to restore paper artifacts, with loads of creativity, a feature most necessary to become book and paper conservator. Continue reading →
Event: INTACH lectures (#52). Organization: INTACH, Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage. Lecture: Reversibility in book and paper conservation. It is in fact a revisiting of the same lecture given at the Cores Symposium, organized by Syntrawest, Vlaanderen Departement … Continue reading →
Organization: Icon Book and Paper Group (London). Webinar series Conservation Together At Home #31. Lecture: Conservation of Impregnated Tracing Paper. This lecture was held first in the Hague (Netherlands), in the Symposium Technical Drawings and Reproductions, organized by Restauratoren Nederland … Continue reading →
A lockdown is kind of stoping any activity, and that is what I have done, a stop-motion video, showing the full conservation treatment of a paper document. Continue reading →
Owner: Association of Architects of Catalonia (CoAC). Commissioned by: Sitges Museums (Sitges, Spain). Object: Impregnated tracing paper architectural drawing. Author: Lluís Domènech i Montaner, catalan architect (1850-1923). Damages: Yellowing, fragmented artwork, wrinkles, tears, pressure sensitive tapes (several types), ball-point pen inscriptions. Conservation treatment: Varnish … Continue reading →
Owner: Regional Archive of Baix Ebre (Tortosa, Tarragona, Spain). Artefact: Two medieval manuscripts on rag paper and limp vellum binding. The sewing thread is made of rolled parchment, sewn with independent knots onto inner parchment stays. One of them onto … Continue reading →
Owner: Regional Archive of Baix Empordà (La Bisbal, Girona, Spain), Government of Catalonia. Object: Two stationery manuscripts on laid paper. They have limp vellum bindings with tacketing onto exterior leather supports (see heading image). Both with flaps, are sewn on … Continue reading →
COURSES > Introduction to paper conservation Workshop: Introduction to paper conservation. Organized by: Sentmenat Muncipal Archive (Barcelona, Spain) Teached by: Rita Udina. Subscriptions: Library Frederic Alfonso i Orfila, Sentmenat (Barcelona, Spain). Venue: Library Frederic Alfonso i Orfila, Sentmenat (Barcelona, Spain). Fee: … Continue reading →
Owner: Can Pedrals Library (Granollers, Spain), Diputació de Barcelona. Object: Over 300 parchment manuscripts from different dates. Damages: Folds, wrinkles, cockling, tears, losses, superficial grim and dirt. Conservation treatment: Dry cleaning, flattening, consolidation of weakened areas, housing. Old sewn repairs … Continue reading →
Owner: Association of Architects of Catalonia (CoAC). Commissioned by: ICO Foundation (Madrid, Spain). Object: Tracing paper and onion-skin plans. Proejct of the Montecarlo Palace and desing for Wütrich house in Papagayo (Canary Islands). Author: Fernando Higueras, Spanish architect. Damages: Fragmented … Continue reading →
