Workshop on preparation of lake pigments

"Back to the Roots: Workshop on the Preparation of Historical Lake
    Pigments"

CHARISMA
(Cultural Heritage Advanced Research Infrastructures: Synergy for a
    Multidisciplinary Approach to Conservation/Restoration)
Doerner Institut
Bayerische Staatsgemaldesammlungen
Munchen,Germany
Mar 23-25, 2011

First announcement: The workshop is aimed to promote a better
understanding of the nature, preparation and use of historical lake
pigments, which were relevant for painting and polychromy. The
training will be targeted at conservator-restorers, scientists and
art historians who have a special interest in artist materials, and
who wish to deepen their theoretical and practical knowledge of the
traditional preparation of pigments made from natural dyestuffs.

Audience: conservators, scientists, art-historians

Participants: 10

To apply, please send a request for the application form to
stege<-at->doernerinstitut<.>de

Deadline for application: January 31, 2011

During the 3-day workshop the participants will learn to prepare
lake pigments from selected red and yellow dyestuffs (madder,
brazilwood, cochineal, lac dye, weld and Persian berries) according
to historical recipes. The dyestuffs will be derived from plant and
insect source materials and dyed textile clippings; some lakes will
be prepared following different base recipes to demonstrate the
effect of varying parameters. Participants in the workshop will also
prepare paint trials of some lake pigments in different binding
media in order to get a better understanding of their properties
when used in glazes. The practical experiments will be accompanied
by theoretical presentations on the historical background of lake
pigments, case studies as well as their chemistry and analytical
identification.

The final programme will be soon available on the websites of

    CHARISMA
    <URL:http://www.charismaproject.eu>

and the Doerner Institut

    <URL:http://www.doernerinstitut.de/
        de/projekte/charisma/charisma_1.html>

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The workshop is free. Participants are required to cover their
travel expenses.


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