Anoxia and plastics

Ingrid Neuman <berkart [at] earthlink__net> writes

>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? ...

 I would like to suggest that Ms Tomlinson contacts Thea B. van
Oosten, RCE, Amsterdam, Netherlands who has researched this
thoroughly and teaches workshops on the subject.

Anne Baxter
Paintings conservateur
Castelnau-le-lez
France


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