Workshop on pressure sensitive tape on photographs

"The Treatment of Pressure Sensitive Tapes and Tape Stains on
    Photographs"
Workshop
at the National Conservation Training Center
Shepherdstown, West Virginia
November 28-December 2, 2011
9 am - 5 pm

Presented by the Foundation of the American Institute for
Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works presents a Collaborative
Workshop in Photograph Conservation.

Supported in part by grants from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and
The National Endowment for the Humanities

Instructors

    Elissa O'Loughlin
    The Walters Art Museum

    Linda Stiber Morenus
    Library of Congress

    Barbara Lemmen
    Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts

Course Fee:  $600 AIC members; $800 non-members
Enrollment Limit:  14
Registration Deadline:  October 15, 2011

Workshop Description The course consists of lectures as well as
hands-on sessions presented in a laboratory setting.  The five day
curriculum includes:

    Overview of pressure sensitive tapes, production methods, and
    manufacturing history

    Science overview of adhesion and pressure sensitive adhesive
    characteristics, and the potential interaction of treatment
    methods and materials with photographs

    Methods of tape and adhesive identification: physical, chemical,
    optical

    Removal techniques; use of heat, mechanical means, and organic
    solvents Health and Safety aspects of organic solvent use

    Remediation and stain removal using organic solvents and wash
    methods

    Collections care and decision-making

Experimental treatments of photographic materials with pressure
sensitive tapes will be undertaken

Abigail Choudhury
achoudhury<-a t->conservation-us< . >org
Development and Education Associate
Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic
    and Artistic Works
1156 15th Street, NW
Suite 320
Washington, DC 20005
202-661-8070
202-452-9328


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