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
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: Conference Book Conservation: One Philosophy, Many Interpretations. Organization: ERC (European Research Centre for Book and Paper Conservation-Restoration) and the University for Continuing Education, Krems (Austria). Donau-Universität Krems, Die Universität für Weiterbildung. Lecture: Sew it, rather than paste it! Sew … 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
Owner: Jean Cocteau Museum (Menton, France). Object: Adami sketches, three oversized drawings on Canson-type paper and caseine media. Measures: 200 x 150 cm. Author: Valerio Adami. Date: 1992. Damages: Cockling and stains due to a flood. Conservation treatment: Wet cleaning … 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: Sant Cugat Council (Barcelona, Spain). Object: Preliminary drawing for a carpet, an oversized gouache on paper. Measures: 190 x 55 cm. Date: 20th century. Damages: Cockling, big tears, tapes on the back side, glue remnants on the recto, powdery … Continue reading
Owner: Sant Cugat Council (Barcelona, Spain). Object: Preliminary drawing for a tapestry, gouache, charcoal and pastel on impregnated tracing paper. Date: 20th century. Damages: Cockling, big tears, dirt. Conservation treatment: Dry cleaning, consolidation, backing with japanese tissue (washi). Flattening. Conservators: … Continue reading
Owner: Alcon-Cusí Museum (Royal Academy of Pharmacy of Catalonia). Object: Choir book, an oversized manuscript on parchment. The bookbinding is full leather on wooden boards with brass edges, as well as clasps, also in brass. There was a contemporary bookmark … Continue reading
Event: Cores Symposium. Dilemmas: Between cherishing damage and cleaning up this mess. Restorers, collection managers and researchers on conservation and restoration. Lecture: Reversible vs Irreversible. Organization: Syntrawest, Vlaanderen Departement Cultuur, Jeugd en media Venue: State Archives, Brugge (Belgium). Audience: Paper conservators, curators, historians, librarians, archivists. … Continue reading
Owner: Private collection. Object: “Gran Pastoral”, gouache on paper, 83 x 112 cm. Author: Joan Ponç, 1948. Damages: The artwork was lined on a Kraft paper with tapes and synthetic adhesives. It had losses and tears, and remarkable oxidation damage. The … Continue reading
Owner: Museum of History of Barcelona (MUHBA). Object: Romantic album (reference MHCB 42054 from the Museum), from the 3rd quarter of 19th century. It contains drawings, paintings (among which some attributed to Fortuny, one by Pérez Villaamil, one Gustave Doré, … Continue reading
Owner: Alcon-Cusí Museum (Royal Academy of Pharmacy of Catalonia). Object: Graduation photograph of the first Pharmacy students in Catalonia (University of Barcelona, 1901). Treatment: Edition of a facsimile (reproduction, or identical copy). The Royal Academy of Pharmacy of Catalonia owned … Continue reading
Owner: Sant Martí Sarroca council (Barcelona, Spain). Object: Manuscripted codex, with parchment sheets and wooden boards covered with leather. 16th century score with gregorian songs from the chapel Sant Pere ad Vincula of the Vernet tower. Damages: Mold, woodworm and rat losses, mutilation, … Continue reading
Owner: Alcon-Cusí Museum (Royal Academy of Pharmacy of Catalonia). Object: Disocorides Anazarbus by Dr. Laguna (1555). Spanish leather bound book. Marbled endpapers and painted edges. Gilded spine with leather label.