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Mrs. Daydí Pastel portrait by Fèlix Mestres
Conservation of pastel drawing on paper and cardboard by Spanish painter Felix Mestres. Portrait of Mrs. Carolina Daydí. Dry cleaning, mould removal with HEPA vacuuming, in-painting of foxing stains.
Lecture: ‘Diving in wet treatments’ 2nd edition (IPCE).
First edition of the confernces cicle Re-Enpapelamos was held solely in-person. This year it is repeated free and on-line. ¿Which are the main benefits of bathing? ¿Do wet treatments justify the potential drawbacks involved in them? Let's see it in four diverese artefacts, washed from least to major degree: a pencil drawing, a gouache and two hand-coloured manuscripts.
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.
Pencil drawing by J.A.D. Ingres
Conservation of pencil drawing by J.A.D. Ingres. Pencil drawing on woven paper with discolouration and foxing stains, tears, insect depositions. Dry cleaning, mechanical removal of depositions, wet cleaning, chemical treatment and reinforcement.
Conservation of varnished map
Conservation of an oversized map, varnished and with a linen backing, dated 1906. Varnish removal with gels, backing removal, capillary washing, tear mending, infilling, lining, flattening, retouch, varnishing and finishing (tapes and slats on edges).
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).
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...
Conservation of oversized Adami drawings from Musée Jean Cocteau
Conservation of oversized casein drawings by Valerio Adami with stains caused by a flood. Slanted capillary washing, flattening, mending and conservation mounting.
Conservation of Salvador Dalí’s “Peerless” suitcase
Suitcase owned by Salvador Dalí, brand "Peerless", made of wood, leather, fabric and metal. There's a boarding label dated 1948. Dry cleaning, stain, rust and fat removal.
Conservation of gouache and watercolour drawing on paper
Conservation of a china ink, pencil, watercolour and gouache drawing with severe discolouration due to light exposure. Dry cleaning, wash cleaning, deacidification, light bleaching, inpainting of light areas and flattening.
Workshop: Wet treatments
of Works on Paper (Köln, 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...
Conservation of cartoon drawing of a packed tram
Conservation of a china ink, pencil, watercolour and gouache drawing with severe discolouration due to light exposure. Dry cleaning, wash cleaning, deacidification, light bleaching and flattening.
Conservation of long-stitched limp binding with rolled sewing
That's the typical case of waste material (a former parchment manuscript) that was recycled for a new purpose (a binding).
Conservation of recycled limp vellum wallet binding
Conservation of a medieval manuscript on laid paper, bound on limp parchment. The binding is recicled, being a former wallet bindinig with a flap. The turnins of the covers have alum tawed leather tackets. Sewn on the binding.
Video about the profession of book and paper conservator
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. The video 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.
Stop-motion video of a paper conservation treatment
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.
Lecture: “Conservation of Impregnated Tracing Paper” (Papers at the balcony, Granada)
Three study cases of conservation treatment of impregnated tracing paper with three diverse approaches.
Light bleaching: Conservation of Picasso print
Owner: Private collector Object: [...]
Impregnated tracing paper with tapes and ball-point pen inscription
Conservation of pencil architectural drawing on impregnated tracing paper, with a ball-point pen inscription, pressure-sensitive tapes and stuck onto a board. Drawing by catalan architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner.
Conservation of medieval manuscripts on rag paper with rolled sewing
Conservation of 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 outer leather tackets as well.
