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Deep industry experience.
Identify it.
The most important step in undertaking a conservation project is understanding the materials and technology used to make an object. Establishing authorship, and the fundamental chemical materials something is made from, give the best preservation outcomes.
Display it
Micro-environments are often the key to how an objects survives. The archival materials around it on display and in storage often govern how chemical deterioration impacts longevity. High end oxygen free environments may even be suitable.
Protect it.
Not everything needs to be made new again, and the essence of conservation is to preserve for the future what has been handed down to us through time. Often the best answer is not restoration, but a preservation strategy that accepts and protects what is left . The marks and texture of time have their own value.
A new home for it.
Not all owners are museums, and objects can need to be moved on to a new custodian. Attributing an object, having a condition assessment, and even undertaking documented aesthetic improvements may help your object find the best new home.
Restore it.
Sometimes an artists intent is obscured by unintended damage, the materials have not stood the test of time, or it can no longer be used they way it was intended. Conservation hand skills and the practice of “reversibility” enable remarkable aesthetic improvements that wont compromise future significance.
Assess it.
Strategic plans for collections or individual high value objects can often greatly impact the cost of long term maintenance and ownership. Superannuation and corporate investors, as well as museums, may need written assessments of options for asset protection.
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