CONSERVAtion & RESToration

Areas of conservation and restoration intervention:

  • Book and Paper - documentation, works of art with paper support

  • Photography - prints, negatives, transparencies, and direct positives

  • Painting - different binders and supports

  • Synthetic polymeric materials - plastics, rubbers, films and fibres

Through our network of contacts, we also provide solutions to other types of media and materials.

See below examples of the types of interventions that we perform:

FLATTENING

Flattening of a deformed wooden profile, before (left image) and after (right image).

Flattening of small paint deformations with neodymium magnets, from the front (left image) and back (right image).

Flattening of two posters using a costum-made humidity chamber.

Small humidity bridge.

Before (top) and after (bottom) flattening of masonite and paint deformations resulting from water exposure.

 

CLEANING

Reduction of a tide line using costum-made gel-based cleaning methods.

Aqueous cleaning of accretions on a painting.

Attenuation of a yellow stain using a costum-made gel, before (left), during gel application (centre) and after (right).

Surface cleaning with soft-bristle brushes and controlled suction, before (top) and after (bottom).

Surface cleaning of a fracture on a silicone artwork using a cotton swab.

 

CONSOLIDATION

Application of the consolidant with a fine brush.

Use of a heated spatula during the consolidation of circular cracks caused by impact.

 

TEAR MENDING

Before Tear Mending

After Tear Mending with thread-by-thread method.

Before (above) and after (bellow) tear mending of the area between the book block and binder.

Consolidation of a tear of the hinge of a book, using Japanese paper and a cellulose-based adhesive: before (left), during (center), and after (right).

 

REINTEGRATIONS (Infills and chromatic reintegrations)

Before (left) and after (right) textured infill and reintegration of small paint losses.

During textured infill (left) and after inpainting (right) of paint loss.

Before (left), during textured infill (center) and after inpainting (right) of an impasto paint loss.

Before (left) and after (right) tear mending, infill and reintegration of small tear.

Before (left) and after (right) reintegration of small paint losses.

Consolidation of tears and filling of losses with dyed Japanese paper and a cellulose-based adhesive, before (left) and after (right).

Consolidation and filling of losses with dyed leather (spine) of a bookbinding, before (left) and after (right).

Consolidation and filling of losses with dyed leather (spine), archival-quality board and dyed Japanese paper (loss in the wooden board) of a bookbinding, before (left) and after (right).

AND SO MUCH MORE…

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