Lecture on fiber identification Workshop on fiber identification

East Asian Paper Fiber Identification Lecture and Workshop

East Asian Paper Fiber Identification
Lecture and Workshop, November 7-9, 2005
Department of Conservation and Scientific Research
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Smithsonian Institution

Lecture, November 7, 2005
Meyer Auditorium
Freer Gallery of Art
1150 Independence Ave. SW
Washington DC 20560
2-4 pm

    Mr. Akinori Okawa, Adjunct Researcher, Kochi Prefectural Paper
    Technology Center, Japan, will give a public lecture focusing on
    early Japanese papers, their production methods and fiber
    analysis. The lecture will be given in Japanese with English
    translation.

Workshop, November 8-9, 2005

    Mr. Okawa will lead a two day workshop applying microscopy and
    traditional identification methods to Japanese and Chinese
    paper-based artifacts. Modern East Asian papers commonly used in
    Western paper conservation will also be examined. This hands-on
    workshop will familiarize participants with analytical
    techniques and various paper and fiber types in order to more
    accurately characterize and qualify East Asian papers. Workshop
    registration is limited.

For more information, please contact:

    Andrew Hare
    DCSR
    Freer/Sackler Galleries
    Smithsonian Institution
    PO Box 37012, MRC 707
    Washington DC 20013
    202-633-0370
    Fax: 202-633-9474
    dcsr<-a t->asia< . >si< . >edu


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