Masterclass on synthetic resins

Master Class
Synthetic Resins for Varnishing and Retouching
SRAL
Avenue Ceramique 224
Maastricht 6221 KX
1-4 June 2010

Instructors: Jill Whitten, Robert Proctor and Rene de La Rie

Participants: 15
Cost: 625 euros (inclusive lunch and materials)

Registration: info<-at->sral<.>nl
Registration deadline: 1 May 2010

A deposit of 150 euros is required on registration.  Bank details
for transfer will be provided.  Prepayment of remainder 475 euros
before 25th May 2010 to bank account:

Participants are responsible for all evening meals, accommodation
and transportation.  Participants will be selected based on order of
receipt of registration.

Learning objectives: This master class will combine a series of
lectures, demonstrations and workshop sessions spread out over a
four day period, including a museum excursion to discuss the
appearance of varnishes in practice.  Participants will gain
knowledge of a variety of materials used as varnishes and retouching
media.  The workshop will focus on synthetic low molecular weight
resins and how they differ from polymers and dammar.  Participants
will use practical sessions to evaluate the properties of resins
used as varnishes in terms of their application and appearance.
Through these practical sessions and demonstrations, participants
will establish how the choice of resin, solvent or stabilizer will
affect the properties of the varnish not only on application but
subsequently upon ageing.  Participants will leave the master class
with an individual canvas board (60 x 80cm) on which at least 15
varnish recipes have been tested.

Lectures and workshop sessions will cover:

    Low molecular weight resins, natural and synthetic: hydrogenated
    hydrocarbon, urea aldehyde, ketone, reduced ketone, triterpenoid
    (Regalrez 1094, Laropal A81, MS2A, dammar, etc.)

    Polymeric resins: methacrylates, polyvinylacetates (Paraloid
    B72, AYAA, etc.)

    Chemical properties of resins and their degradation

    Physical and aesthetical characteristics of resins

    Different functions of varnishes

    Criteria for choosing appropriate varnishes

    Effects of stabilizers

    Varnish application techniques

    Synthetic retouching media

    Solvent selection: polarity, solvent strength and evaporation
    rates

The master class is designed for mid-career painting and object
conservators seeking to keep their knowledge of resins up to date.
This master class will provide an excellent opportunity for ongoing
learning and development as demanded by the CPD (continuing
professional development) schemes that are integral to maintaining
accredited status.

Schedule: The master class will begin on Tuesday 1 June 2019 10.00
and will conclude on Friday 4 June 2019 at 17.00. A more detailed
programme will be available closer to the date.

Excursion: The final day will combine a half-day excursion to the
Suermondt-Ludwig Museum in Aachen (45 minute drive from Maastricht)
with a round up session in the studio. The cost of the excursion is
included. Participants must indicate on registration if they wish to
partake in the excursion.

Instructor biographies:

    Jill Whitten and Robert Proctor
    Whitten and Proctor Fine Art Conservation

        Jill Whitten and Robert Proctor have been in private
        practice in Houston, Texas since 1998. They work on private
        and institutional collections.

        Jill Whitten studied studio art at the University of Texas
        in Austin and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts. She studied
        conservation at Buffalo State College where she received a
        Master of Fine Arts and Certificate in Conservation. She has
        worked at the Art Institute of Chicago, J. Paul Getty
        Museum, the National Gallery in Washington, DC and Museum of
        Fine Arts, Houston, Texas. She has been involved in resin
        research and leads workshops for conservators in the U.S.
        and Europe on the use of new materials for varnishing and
        retouching since 1993.

        Robert Proctor has a Bachelor of Arts in Art History from
        Tulane University in New Orleans and a Master of Arts and
        Certificate of Conservation from Buffalo State College. He
        trained in Munich at the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, worked
        at the Saint Louis Art Museum, Indianapolis Museum of Art
        and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. In addition to workshops
        on varnishes, Rob is a specialist in the reweaving of tears
        and has taught workshops on reweaving. He has worked as a
        contract conservator and treated a number of public murals.

    Rene de La Rie
    National Gallery of Art, Washington

        Rene de la Rie has been head of scientific research at the
        National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC since 1989, a
        position endowed by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.  He
        holds a doctorate in chemistry from the University of
        Amsterdam, The Netherlands and previously held positions at
        the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and at the
        Training Program for Conservators and the Central Research
        Laboratory for Objects of Art and Science (now ICN), both in
        Amsterdam.  He has also held adjunct positions at the
        University of New York and the University of Amsterdam and
        served as Ph.D. advisor at the latter institution.  He has
        been an editor for Studies in Conservation since 1994.  The
        scientific research department's staff studies the methods
        and materials used by artists and conservators, using
        advanced analytical instrumentation.  The department
        regularly hosts post-doctoral research fellows, several of
        whom have subsequently taken up positions in other
        institutions.

        Address:

            National Gallery of Art
            Washington DC, USA
            (mailing address:
            2000B South Club Drive
            Landover MD 20785, USA)
            r-delarie<-at->nga<.>gov

Workshop Organiser:

    Kate Seymour
    Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg, Maastricht

Kate Seymour MA
Head of Education
SRAL
Postbus 1679
6201 BR Maastricht
The Netherlands
+31 43 321 8444


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