Highlights in this issue
A Study Visit to Japan
Simon Fleury, Conservation Mounter, Paper Conservation
We eventually left the workshop of the Ohsaka family, makers of paulownia wood boxes for scrolls and other art. It was a fascinating introduction to the contrast between traditional and modern Japan.
Review of MA Paper Conservation: Japanese prints
Shiho Sasaki, Japanese Prints Research, Paper Conservation
As part of an MA in Paper Conservation, I studied traditional Japanese prints, known as ukiyo-e prints. These were mainly produced in Edo (central Tokyo today) and Osaka, between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries.
A Chinese Figure in Unfired Clay: Technical Investigation and Conservation Treatment
Metaxia Ventikou, Conservator, Sculpture Conservation
A rare Chinese portrait figure was recently acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum. It depicts a man lounging on a wooden bench and dates from around 1740.
The Resurrection of the Hereford Screen
Diana Heath, Head of Section, Metal Conservation
For years the restoration and display of George Gilbert Scott’ s choir screen from Hereford Cathedral seemed an impossible dream, or nightmare depending upon ones’ view.
Summer 2001 Issue 38
- Editorial - Desperately Seeking Eastern
- A Study Visit to Japan
- Review of MA Paper Conservation: Japanese prints
- A Chinese Figure in Unfired Clay: Technical Investigation and Conservation Treatment
- SIMS Analysis in Conservation Surface Studies
- Introduction to Chinese Traditional Book Making
- The Train stops at Gloucester Road - Futures and Values in Conservation
- The Resurrection of the Hereford Screen
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