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Ceramic Restoration Studio: More Chambers Tiles

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Various things going on in an established ceramic restoration studio which treats heritage and contemporary art objects. Friday, 19 September 2014. More Chambers tiles have fallen from the plywood backing in Grimsby. This is an excellent opportunity to remove the various types of adhesives on these and get m into shape to re-mount. Here I am removing contact cement from a tile. Contact cement, asphalt and tile adhesive! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Books on Collection Care.

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Ceramic Restoration Studio: March 2009

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Various things going on in an established ceramic restoration studio which treats heritage and contemporary art objects. Monday, 30 March 2009. Help Me Find a Restorer! So you want to find a restorer. A good restorer. The best way to do this is to ask a museum near you. Period. First of all - there are not a lot of restorers. They don't have enormous advertising budgets, or luxury-rental studios. A good word-of-mouth reputation is their best billboard. Building Rooster Tail Feathers. Instead of using a m...

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Ceramic Restoration Studio: Fireplace Surrounds

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Various things going on in an established ceramic restoration studio which treats heritage and contemporary art objects. Monday, 7 April 2014. A few years back I was asked to help with the production of two new fireplace surrounds for a home renovation. A box of assorted Victorian tiles landed on my doorstep and I was to clean and mend scorched tiles that were prised off an old fireplace. It was quite the assortment. They tended to be geometric rather than realistic. So,. It was EBay to the rescue! Black...

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Ceramic Restoration Studio: Merton Chambers Mural Tiles

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Various things going on in an established ceramic restoration studio which treats heritage and contemporary art objects. Monday, 17 February 2014. Merton Chambers Mural Tiles. The work progresses on the Merton Chambers tiles for the Grimsby library. There was a considerable ammount missing from these two tiles as I posted earlier. Here they are a little too clean and with preliminary in-fills. I also upped the contrast of this picture under led light to study the text. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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Ceramic Restoration Studio: Huaco Jaguar Vessel

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Various things going on in an established ceramic restoration studio which treats heritage and contemporary art objects. Tuesday, 1 April 2014. Disaster struck recently when a workman blundered into a beautiful Peruvian jaguar vessel at the home of a collector. When an object is in so many pieces it is always difficult to get a perfect fit again. You can see from the bottom that there was considerable material loss on one side. The same view with the in-fill toned to be less obvious. From an Amsterdam Ex...

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Ceramic Restoration Studio: From an Amsterdam 'Excavation'

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Various things going on in an established ceramic restoration studio which treats heritage and contemporary art objects. Tuesday, 8 April 2014. From an Amsterdam Excavation. What happens when an old restoration breaks? Sometimes you want to save it as part of the history of the object. Here is an interesting blue-glazed buff earthenware charger bought in Holland which is almost 35% plaster restoration. So, what do you do now? The change of vibrancy of colour is perhaps not as marked in real life. The...

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Ceramic Restoration Studio: Restoration of ‘Atalanta’ by Susan Shantz

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Various things going on in an established ceramic restoration studio which treats heritage and contemporary art objects. Thursday, 6 February 2014. Restoration of ‘Atalanta’ by Susan Shantz. Last summer I also worked on a large installation at the Burlington Art Centre. 'Atalanta' is a multi-part installation of plaster panels on wooden doors. Susan Shantz used found materials for the doors and made the plaster panels incorporating vermiculite to be able to work thicker. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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Ceramic Restoration Studio: April 2014

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Various things going on in an established ceramic restoration studio which treats heritage and contemporary art objects. Tuesday, 8 April 2014. From an Amsterdam Excavation. What happens when an old restoration breaks? Sometimes you want to save it as part of the history of the object. Here is an interesting blue-glazed buff earthenware charger bought in Holland which is almost 35% plaster restoration. So, what do you do now? The change of vibrancy of colour is perhaps not as marked in real life. The...

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Ceramic Restoration Studio: April 2009

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Various things going on in an established ceramic restoration studio which treats heritage and contemporary art objects. Tuesday, 28 April 2009. The box of egg shards contained sheets of what looked like cigarette rolling paper. This sort of paper takes up moisture very easily but resists tearing. Oddly enough, it's inclusion in the box of shells inspired me to figure out this way of holding the shells together without filling them entirely with a backing material. . Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). JAIC Onli...