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Services

​I specialise in the conservation of flat works of art on paper and archives. I have a purpose built, dedicated studio housing specialist equipment including a suction table, which enables me to carry out most treatments, inluding fragile objects, pastel drawings and flattening vellum/parchment. I carry out written and photographic documentation of all the objects I work on.

Objects

  • Watercolours

  • Maps

  • Vellum and parchment 

  • Drawings in all media

  • Pastel and chalk 

  • Photographs

  • Prints including engravings, etchings, mezzatints and lithographs, screen prints

  • Tracing paper

  • Book text blocks

  • Posters

  • Archival documents

  • Oriental images: Japanese, Indian minitures

  • Ephemera

Treatments

  • Backing removal

  • Mechanical surface cleaning

  • Washing (various)

  • Flattening and pressing of objects

  • Removal of pressure sensitive tapes, their residues and stains

  • Washing and de-acidification

  • Stain removal, such as foxing, water damage, mould and rust removal 

  • Repairs including: tears, creasing, substrate loss and pulp infill

  • Re-touching and pigment consolidation

  • Lining for fragile and brittle papers

  • Condition and treatment reports

  • Mounting of large paper objects for display purposes, such as maps and posters

Consultancy Services

  • Collection surveys

  • Advice on housing, storage and environmental suitability

  • Illustrated lectures

  • Immediate response for collections damaged by flood or fire

  • Devising conservation programmes

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