Workshop on conservation of transparent paper

The Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation of
Historic and Artistic Works in Partnership with Smithsonian
Institution Archives and Iowa State University Library presents a
"Master Studies" Workshop:

"Conservation of Transparent Papers"
Two day workshop, 9 am - 5 pm

Four sessions:

    July 17-18, 2012, Washington, DC
    July 19-20, 2012, Washington, DC
    July 23-24, 2012, Ames, Iowa
    July 25-26, 2012, Ames, Iowa

Instructor: Hildegard Homburger Conservator in Private Practice,
Berlin, Germany

At the Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, DC and at Iowa
State University Library, Ames, Iowa

Course Fee: $350 AIC members; $500 non-members
Enrollment Limit: 6 per session
Registration Deadline: June 15, 2012 (or until course is filled)

Selection of participants will be based on the following criteria:
order of receipt of registration; extent of professional experience
and training; balance of institutional and private practice
conservators; number of registrants from a single organization;
preference will be given to current Fellow and Professional
Associate members of AIC. Early registration is advised.

To apply:  Send resume and statement of interest, including full
contact information and which sessions you prefer, to:
courses<-at->conservation-us<.>org

Scholarships are available. Guidelines and forms available at

    <URL:http://www.conservation-us.org/grants>

Scholarship deadline for NEH scholarships is May 15, 2012.

This two-day workshop offers an intensive and personalized
introduction to the historic manufacturing processes for tracing
papers and hands-on practice with mending of tears and losses,
flattening, removal of tapes, dyeing of mending paper, and lining
techniques.  Two presentations of the workshop will be offered in
the same week in order to preserve the personal attention possible
with small-group instruction.

Objectives: Participants will understand the material properties of
tracing paper and how these affect conservation decisions and
treatments.  Participants will learn methods of mending, filling,
flattening of tracing papers and removal of adhesive tapes.

Why you should take this course: Prior to the development of
plastics and computers, tracing paper was a primary tool for
architects, designers, artists, and craftsmen in a wide variety of
fields. Scene and lighting designs for theatre and film, newspaper
layouts, sketches and color separations for advertising, interior,
exterior, and landscape designs, patterns for felt hats, dress
designs, and architectural patterns are found on tracing paper.
Tears, losses, tape and distortions are common. Paper can be made
transparent by chemical or mechanical processing of the fibers, by
additives, or a combination of these methods; the three types react
differently to solvents and other conservation treatments. The
understanding of their expansion and shrinking behavior is important
to find the appropriate conservation measures. Proper identification
and choice of treatment method is extremely important in preserving
these often-fragile documents.

Instructor

    Hildegard Homburger has been paper conservator in private
    practice in Berlin since 1986.  She is a guest lecturer at
    Technical-University-Berlin, Fachbereich Kunstwissenschaften and
    at Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Kunste Stuttgart,
    Studiengang Restaurierung und Konservierung von Grafik-, Archiv-
    und Bibliotheksgut.  She also teaches IADA seminars and was a
    trainer for the EU-Projekt Leonardo da Vinci program, "Water and
    Paper."  She trained as a paper conservator at Grafische
    Sammlung, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart and Grafischen Sammlung der
    Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Kassel and was a J. P. Getty
    Foundation intern at Williamstown Art Conservation Center.

This program is funded in part by a grant from the National
Endowment for the Humanities

Additional funding from the FAIC Endowment for Professional
Development, which is supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
and by contributions from members and friends of the American
Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works. Without
this support, the registration fee would be $1,020.

Special Thanks to Martha Lincoln, Hilary T. Seo, Nora Lockshin, and
Sarah Stauderman

For more information, contact:

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

    <URL:http://www.conservation-us.org/courses>


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