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Gallery
Looking for Cracks
Detail of fissures in oil paint layers
Checking the Layers
Testing maleability of flattened oil paint
Up Close
Microscopic image of lithographic ink on paper with oil staining
Last Layers
Removing the last layer of board from the back of a print using deionised water and a small spatula.
Outside the Box
Consolidating paint and tar of an Armand Boua painting on corrogated board
Scraping Away
Ashleigh working on a backing removal at the V&A
Cleaning Up
Vinyl eraser crumbs used to clean a biological illustration of a frog at the American Museum of Natural History
Micromonitoring
Angelina monitoring the lead whiting treatment on a botanical illustration from the Royal Botanical Garden Archives
Sucking Out the Dirt
Suction table used to reduce foxing of a 18th century print
Tools of the Trade
Assortment of typical tools for mechanical surface cleaning and tear repair
Act Your Age
Acidic migration causing a dark halo in this print from a political comic illustration portfolio
Extra Support
Detail of the text block support at the bottom of a book shoe
Save the Laughs
Brittle and torn pages of a political comic illustration portfolio c. 1912
Bright and Flat
Post relamination and flattening of Indian miniature painted onto board
Extra Protection
Custom made drop spine box for a book
Colour Match
Test strip of tones in pastels in preparation of an infil
Preserving History
Detail of a family tree from the back of a daguerreotype c. 1835
Solvent Reduction
Heat pen used to reduce pressure sensitive tape adhesive
Brighter Florals
Post treatment images of lead white conservation treatment from the Royal Botanical Garden Archives
Hole Support
Parchment infill in a parchment document c. 1880
Step by Step
Tape removal, solvent cleaning, and adhesive reduction
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