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Tag: Paper conservation
Looking after and conserving family documents
Demobilization account from 1918
The stories told by a first world war soldiers de-mob paper This interesting piece of paper arrived in the studio in the Autumn of 2020. A soldiers demobilization account belonging to the father of the current owner. A father who …
Creases, folds, dents and seagulls
Can you remove creases from contemporary prints? Something that comes into the studio regularly is modern and contemporary prints that have suffered from creases, bashed corners, dents and handling creases – or what I was taught to call them – …
The Importance of Labels
Framers label pasted onto the backboard of a frame, before treatment
Paper, Paper all around: Finding the perfect paper for the job.
Anonymous, possibly French woodcut with stencilled background, collection of British Museum
It was a busy week last week with work. On Thursday I travelled up to London to do 3 things: view a potential job, visit the British Museum exhibition The Business of prints and most importantly to choose my Japanese …
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Conservation by Design 25th Anniversary Conference – and a sink.
I had a brilliant time last week at the Conservation by Design 25th Anniversary Conference celebrations. There was a good mix of talks and the opportunity to visit the factory and see how the products are made and put together. …
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Antiques Roadshow, the experts and selfies….
Wednesday 6th September I spent most of the day at Cardiff Castle queuing up to meet an expert! I took some of my collection along, even took my ‘A’ level project (shockingly discovering it was 27 years old!)…. which reminded …
At the cutting edge of paper…
Engraving featuring a spiders web