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Wirth's Circus Scrapbook
In 2023 I conserved this incredible object at Arts Centre Melbourne which involved treating nearly 300 pages. Catch a glimpse in this video of the amazing photos inside the Scrapbook. Such an important object that tells many stories of the period 1900-1950
Retouching
These photographs show a retouching treatment on a small watercolour c.1840s. Neither the sitter, nor the artist are known, so she is quite mysterious. The work had a substantial amount of surface loss, most likely caused by silverfish.
Before treatment
After treatment
Conserving the Blaeu Map
This video showcases a conservation project I was involved in at the Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation in 2017. The treatment was on a highly significant map, Joan Blaeu's Archipelagus Orientalis, sive Asiaticus, 1663, owned by the National Library of Australia. Layers of varnish and grime were removed and the fragile paper was stabilized.
Video: Paul Burston and Sarah Fisher
University of Melbourne
Briony Pemberton, Paper Conservator
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