Connecting to Collections (C2C) meetings on Preservation
July 28th, 2010
Connecting to Collections (C2C) held two meetings in Eugene and Portland to determine pressing preservation needs for Oregon collections. Meetings in Bend, Medford and Pendleton are scheduled for the fall. Funding for the meetings has been generously provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and allocated through the Oregon Museum Association. Please stay tuned for more information on the outcome of the meetings.
For more information, check the Oregon Museum Associations website through the link below.
Arrival of book, Issues in the Conservation of Photographs
July 28th, 2010
The long awaited release of Issues in the Conservation of Photographs has arrived! Order your copy today!
Edited by Debra Hess Norris and Jennifer Jae Gutierrez
Getty Conservation Institute
752 pages, 7 x 10 inches
36 color and 55 b/w illustrations, 111 line drawings
ISBN 978-1-60606-000-1
paper, $70.00
A dry summer after a wet spring
July 28th, 2010
I have been working on several projects this summer. I learned one of many lessons this spring working on a diploma made of parchment. Lesson # 27: Don’t expect to flatten it during a wet spring. More recently, the nice days have allowed time for light bleaching and been great inpainting weather. Light bleaching is an oxidative bleach used to brighten stained artwork. It has been used for centuries–remember when our great grandmothers would hang their white linens out to the sun after washing? It was not only to dry them, but also to bleach them.
Light bleaching a project
Flattening a parchment on the suction table