00:13 - How come paintings can be sitting on the hot table during treatments? Won’t it damage them?
01:01 - Couldn't the “punch” for removing the dowels be made of something more readily available like wood?
01:36 - “Patina” here we go again… ;)
03:14 - Talk about why you ...
2023-10-06 16:35:34 +0000 UTC View PostHey gang,
If perchance someone were to take a film crew and you into a museum with an all access pass, what would you find interesting, what questions would you ask and what would you just have to see?
Asking for a friend.
2023-09-26 16:54:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Inherited from a relative, this painting of Venice's Grand Canal arrived worse for wear with some glaringly obvious problems. There were however, a few surprises in store for us along the way to the Grand Reveal.
2023-09-24 05:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
00:56 - Did the owner know just how bad the old work was?
03:09 - Would x-ray or infrared imaging been useful to see through the overpaint to the original paint layer?
05:20 - Did the paintings not have a varnish layer, and isolation layer or anything separating the original work from the new work?&nbs...
2023-09-15 14:33:01 +0000 UTC View PostHey gang,
I know that I have epilogues due for the screen and the about face video and they’re coming, but I’m thinking about recording one for the fail video first and getting that out- there are so many good questions already that I don’t think I need to wait.
Here’s the question for y’all...
2023-09-13 13:08:32 +0000 UTC View Post
We've all seen it time and time again; the best of intentions gone horribly wrong. But what happens after the gawking and attention wanes, the painting is still in need of care and attention and someone brave or foolish enough to tackle it.
2023-09-10 05:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
The ability to stand in front of an object composed of wood, fabric and paint and become lost, to transcend time and space and lose one's self is something that no medium other than painting can achieve. Yet when the image is disrupted by tears, old varnish and grime, that illusion, the magic is compromised. Ender...
2023-08-20 05:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
00:33 - Talk about different lining canvas weights and how you choose one
02:13 - How come the paint doesn't detach form the canvas when the old adhesive is removed?
04:33 - What do you think those dark smudges on her face were and why did you leave them?
06:09 - Explain why you didn’t or...
2023-08-14 12:54:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Paintings are meant to be on the wall, viewed from a distance and certainly never touched. Until they're not. Such is the case with a standing screen painted by the owner's father desperately in need of some cosmetic repairs, structural considerations and if possible, an aesthetic improvement.
2023-08-06 05:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
01:07 - Why was the animal glue so tenacious this time?
02:17 - Talk about the research that Cameron did and who is actually pictured…
06:02 - Why don’t you feature more abstract or modern paintings in your videos?
07:04 - Why are stretchers so commonly discarded, are they not important...
2023-07-31 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Like every collector of artwork, every painting lives a life whether the artist envisions it or not, and throughout that time a piece can be subject to any number of factors that can undermine its longevity. We labor to keep our minds and bodies sharp and healthy and that is precisely the role of the conservator for the...
2023-07-16 05:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Like every collector of artwork, every painting lives a life whether the artist envisions it or not, and throughout that time a piece can be subject to any number of factors that can undermine its longevity. We labor to keep our minds and bodies sharp and healthy and that is precisely the role of the conservator for the...
2023-07-09 05:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
03:18 - Were there any reference photos of the painting and do you ever use photos?
06:26 - Wait Julian, this paper is almost what?!?! What was that cliffhanger?
07:16 - How do you clean or treat your equipment and materials to prevent mold contamination across projects?
08:37 - Explain how the kozo is...
2023-07-03 05:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Of all the tens of thousands of paintings I've seen and worked on, there's one type that has the ability to consistently capture my attention and heart and that's portraiture. Even though this painting has no title, belongs to no artist and has been all but lost to history, one look tells us that there's something magic...
2023-06-18 05:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Sometimes, despite our best attempts and hopes, a confluence of events come together to threaten a painting on an existential level. For Brian Dean a climate change advocate and expert and the Great Great Grandnephew of Walter Lofhouse Dean, one of America's foremost maritime painters, the irony was not lost when Hurric...
2023-06-04 05:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Sometimes, despite our best attempts and hopes, a confluence of events come together to threaten a painting on an existential level. For Brian Dean a climate change advocate and expert and the Great Great Grandnephew of Walter Lofhouse Dean, one of America's foremost maritime painters, the irony was not lost when Hurric...
2023-05-28 05:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
00:30 - Did you discover that you’ve been saying Washi Kozo wrong all along?!
01:24 - Why are you still using sheetrock and cinder blocks to press paintings instead of a high-tech tool!?
02:06 - Why do you use Kozo paper specifically?
04:02 - When and why would you take care to protect th...
2023-05-14 05:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
A Painting of a woman carrying water, the artist doing the heavy lifting of telling her story and the conservator carrying the weight of preserving the story and the artistry.
2023-05-07 05:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
It is not uncommon to look at a painting and right from the outset know that the scope of work will be broad and demanding. The hope is that despite all of the problems and challenges, the piece will respond well to the treatments and reveal itself as worthy of care and attention. Nevertheless, that first glance o...
2023-04-16 05:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
It is not uncommon to look at a painting and right from the outset know that the scope of work will be broad and demanding. The hope is that despite all of the problems and challenges, the piece will respond well to the treatments and reveal itself as worthy of care and attention. Nevertheless, that first glance o...
2023-04-09 05:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
00:52 - ABSTRACTION!!! Also, talk about the possibility of reversing the repair you did.
04:43 - Is the paper pulp patch thick enough to prevent bleed through from the back?
05:09 - Did the client have the missing piece?
05:48 - Is there any acute reason the paper pulp needs to be smo...
2023-03-22 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Things are disposable. We'll be happier if we don't become attached to objects. Everything can be replaced.
Or, maybe not...
Sorry about the late post... my error in scheduling.
2023-03-20 17:31:04 +0000 UTC View Post
00:14 - Do you listen to music and do you keep the studio at a set temperature/humidity?
01:17 - Talk about the motion you use to scrape and how it’s not confined to just your wrist but through your whole body
02:44 - Did the hot table get new hoses, why?
04:11 - Talk about quoting a proj...
2023-03-17 15:21:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Damage can disrupt the way we look at a painting; it can break the illusion, flatten the space or interrupt the flow of the composition. This diminutive painting by the African American painter Leroy Turner can hardly be enjoyed with a gaping hole in the board. But through careful conservation and a slightly uniqu...
2023-03-05 06:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
00:58 - A sartorial question…
01:22 - A comment about the state of the finished frame.
01:57 - Would you ever work on a frame within the same ethical confines as a painting?
03:29 - A discussion about 3D scanning & printing
08:21 - Let’s talk about new toy… err… tools.
09:19 - Is it e...
2023-02-22 06:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
We finally wrap up the work on the stubborn painting that will not go quietly into the night.
Apologies for the late post… Simone forgot to do his job 😜
2023-02-12 12:43:43 +0000 UTC View Post
It may seem like damage to a painting is purely accidental and just part of the life of a given object. But the conspiracy of poor materials, neglectful care and downright bad past conservation shouldn't be dismissed as normal, rather they are arrows shot to the heart of the painting. Yet occasionally a painting j...
2023-02-05 06:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
A shorter one this time around but still great questions!
2023-01-26 18:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
While conservation is often described as a non-creative field, there are moments of intense creativity; in the selection of materials, in the solving of a unique problem with technology and sometimes, in the choice of the aesthetic as well. Join along for the restoration of a severely damaged frame and see how technolog...
2023-01-22 06:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Sometimes the smallest distractions can add up to destroy to ability of the viewer from appreciating the scene writ large. But if those distractions can be addressed then we may just be able to view the forest for the trees.
2023-01-08 06:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
