RECH Biennial Meeting is one of the largest educational and scientific events in Retouching field, an ideal venue for conservators and scientists to present their research results about retouching.
The main focus will be ...
Rocha Pires, Catarina; Carlyle, Leslie; Seymour, Kate; França de Sá, Susana(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2023-01-11)
[EN] A new pigmented wax-resin formulation introduced and tested for its suitability as a material to infill and reintegrate losses in paintings. This formulation contains Cosmoloid H80 microcrystalline wax and Regalrez® ...
Noohi, Sahar; Hadian-Dehkordi, Manijeh(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2023-01-11)
[EN] This study presents a part of a research project on retouching wet Collodion and dry gelatine glass plate negatives from Golestan Palace photo archive in Tehran, Iran, dating from the mid-19th century. The collection ...
Szmit-Naud, Elzbieta(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2023-01-11)
[EN] The materials used by restorers have to fulfil the criteria of stability and reversibility. For retouching we use artistic materials adopted for this purpose (for example watercolors) and paints specially produced or ...
[EN] The Suermondt-Ludwig Museum (Aachen) holds five Spanish fifteenth-century panel paintings in their collection. The five panels are all fragments, likely removed from their original settings at the turn of the nineteenth ...
Menon, Sara(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2023-01-11)
[EN] In this paper I would like to focus the attention on the problems of integration in polychrome wooden sculptures, proposing some examples of repairing losses on large-sized, very incomplete artworks. The artifacts ...
[EN] The present study is focused on the revision of the work clothing of the conservator-restorer, specifically in the lab coat, analysing its colour and the interference it can create regarding the perception of the ...