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ARTEFACT

Find below the portfolio projects related to ARTEFACT:

Calligraphy on onion skin paper by Nankoku Hidai

Onion skin paper is so called because of its resemblance to the skin of an onion. It its lightweight thin and transparent. It is a good quality paper, used for the reproduciton, such as in this case, an calligraphy by Nankoku Hidai. It had folds, oxidation, discolouration, cockling, a pressure sensitive tape at the right bottom corner, stains, tears and tattered edges. Paper hinges have been added to mou it on a conservation board for framing purposes.

Map by Blaeu cartographers

Conservation of 17th c. map by Blaeu dutch cartographers, 1630 Hand coloured print with gouach and golden paint. It had kraft paper patches and discolouration caused mainly by light exposure. The conservation treatment consisted on dry cleaning, old repairs removal, wet cleaning (slanted capillary wash) and flattening.

Tailored workshop: Photographs, carte-de-visite and autographs conservation (Premià, 2022)

Tailored workshop: Conservation of photographs, cdv and autographs. General treatments (dry cleaning, tear repair, flattening). Chemical aspects of conservation (deacidification, chelating agents).

Lecture: ‘Conservation of recycled bindings and fragmentology’ (Parts 1 & 2), SICP Chile

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.

Workshop: Wet treatments of
Works on Paper (Amsterdam, 2021)

Theoretical and practical sessions. When to apply wet treatments on paper, and how. From the basis of handling wet paper to more complex moisturizing, humidification and washing techniques. Fugitivity tests, types of inks and their properties, and many case studies to show conservation treatments on real artwork: manuscripts and documents, drawings, watercolours, pastels, charcoal drawings...

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