Projects
What passes through our hands
Water damage to a gilded finish, a painting under yellowed varnish, a frame that has lost a piece of its ornament. Here we document what is made in the workshop and what we bring back — with every stage in between.
When water loosens the glue
A carved mirror frame came to us with the finish flaking away over large areas. Why moisture of all things is dangerous to gilding — and how the frame came back.
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Giving the angel his face back
Two carved angel heads with flaking polychromy. Why with sculpture it is the order of the layers that decides the result.
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How much colour a varnish swallows
A cleaning test on a marine painting — and what the edge between cleaned and varnished reveals about the effect of an aged varnish.
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