Anoxia and plastics

I am curious if anyone has thought about, is looking into or
currently experimenting with anoxic encapsulation of small
contemporary art pieces composed of plastics (in Escal for instance
with Ageless) in order to slow down the rate of deterioration of
certain types of polymers?  We do not have the option of cold
storage here at the RISD Museum of Art and I am trying to think of
other creative and affordable ways to potentially preserve (slow
down the rate of deterioration)of some of our contemporary polymer
art works.

Ingrid Neuman
Museum Conservator
RISD Museum of Art


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