Workshop on fills and retouches

Workshop

"Mastering Fills and Retouches"
SRAL
Avenue Ceramique 224, Maastricht
18-22 April 2016

Lecturer:James Bernstein

Jim Bernstein (Conservator of Paintings and Mixed
Media, San Francisco, USA)
<URL:http://www.jamesbernstein.com>

James is a familiar figure in the world of art conservation.  A
graduate of the High School of Music and Art, NYC, he received his
undergraduate degree from Brandeis University, Waltham, MA.He was
awarded a Masters and Advanced Study Degree in Art Conservation (the
Cooperstown Graduate Program, now the Buffalo Graduate Program).
Bernstein served as Co-Director of Conservation and Conservator for
the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art [1975 to 1989].  Guiding the
museum's in-house and regional conservation services, he performed
collection assessments, treatments, and mentored the education and
work of staff conservators, interns and apprentices.  In 1989, James
turned to full-time private conservation practice and developed
master classes for conservators.Bernstein and associates provide
museum-level conservation services and expertise to an distinguished
roster of institutional, association and individual clients.

For two decades, Jim has taught color and compensation technique to
hundreds of conservators through eagerly attended "Mastering Fills
and Inpainting" Workshops, often co-taught with close colleague
Debra Evans, Head of Paper Conservation for the Fine Arts Museums of
San Francisco.  "Mastering Fills and Retouches" has been presented
thirty-five times, tailored to the needs of each audience/specialty
and hosted by associations around the globe.  In 2007, James
Bernstein and Debra Evans were recognised by their peers, receiving
the American Institute for Conservation Sheldon and Caroline Keck
Award, in recognition of their sustained record of excellence in the
education and training of conservation professionals.

Workshop:

"Mastering Fills and Retouches" is a multidisciplinary master class
for conservators of paper, objects and paintings

This four and a half day intensive course is designed for
conservators wishing to improve their mastery of filling and
inpainting skills.

A broad overview of this complicated topic is covered, as well as
considerable attention to details critical for various points of the
compensation process.

Keys to problem solving are offered to help conservators find
appropriate and successful treatment solutions for differing
compensation challenges.

A combination of lectures, discussion, demonstrations and hands-on
studio/laboratory practice sessions will cover the following:

    Filling and Inpainting criteria

    Adaptation of environments for each compensation requirement

    Light, color and optics: theory and practical phenomena

    Survey of pigments and their properties

    Preparation for compensation: structural reconfiguration,
    isolation and fill materials/techniques.

    Inpainting media and toning systems: resins (natural and
    synthetic), watercolour, gums, cellulose fiber, dry pigments,
    pencils, pastels and other colouring agents

    Formulation of inpainting palettes and diluents and media

    Inpainting modifiers: bulking, matting, polishing, and glossing
    agents

    Color palettes, brushes, application instruments, methods, and
    tips

    Medium/pigment/diluent variations for adjusting surface sheen:
    high gloss, lean/matte, transparent, opaque, stained, and other
    structures

    Simulation of patina and age effects

    Philosophical dialogue: degrees and appropriateness of
    compensation; discernibility, longevity and reversibility of
    restorations

Workshop fees:

Standard: EUR 875,00

Deadline for registration 1 March 2016

Workshop fees will include lunches

Applications are on a first come basis.  A maximum number of 20
participants will be accepted.  Due to the high costs of this
workshop, it will only go ahead if the maximum number of
participants is reached.  Applicants will be informed on 1 March
2016 if the workshop will be held.

Registration forms are available atinfo<-at->sral<.>nl

Discount bookings for accommodation at Townhouse Hotel only through
SRAL.

Organisers: Kate Seymour and Siska Losse


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