Colloquium on wet wood conservation

Registration open:

Wet Wood Conservation Colloquium
Bad Schussenried (D)
May 12-14, 2016

The program of this international conference includes the following
lectures:

    Session I:          Wet wood in Baden-Wurttemberg: archaeology
                        and conservation

                        Dirk Krausse, Esslingen (D)
                        "Archaeological Heritage Sites in
                        Baden-Wurttemberg"

                        Helmut Schlichtherle, Gaienhofen (D)
                        "Archaeological pile-dwelling sites in
                        Baden-Wurttemberg"

                        Sebastian Million and
                        Jorg Stelzner, Gaienhofen (D)
                        "X-ray CT for the Anatomical and
                        Dendrochronological Analysis of
                        Archaeological Wood"

                        Ingrid Stelzner, Esslingen (D)
                        "Freeze-drying archaeological wood: A
                        protocol for testing conservation materials"

    Session II:         New materials for the conservation of wet
                        organic archaeological materials

                        Zarah Walsh-Korb, Strasbourg (F):
                        "New consolidants for the preservation of
                        waterlogged archaeological wooden objects:
                        current research and future possibilities"

                        Hartmut Kutzke, Oslo (N):
                        "Take a lesson from nature: bio-inspired
                        materials for conservation of archaeological
                        wood"

    Session III:        Problems in conservation

                        Vicki Richards, Fremantle (AU)
                        "Preservation of the Batavia Shipwreck Past,
                        Present and Future"

                        Charlotte Kuhn-Wawrzinek and
                        Gerhard Eggert, Stuttgart (D)
                        Bad luck with Brimstone: The formation of
                        Cu-S-Efflorescences

                        Karin Petersen, Hildesheim (D)
                        "Microbial problems in wet wood
                        conservation"

    Session IV:         Long term behavior

                        Kha'i Tran, Grenoble (F)
                        "Long term behavior of some composite
                        archaeological artefacts conserved by the
                        radiation-curing polyester resin"

                        Friederike Leibe, Riggisberg (CH)
                        "Investigation and conservation of an oil
                        immersed and severely damaged Neolithic rope
                        with a braided section from Wauwilermoos
                        (LU)"

                        Markus Wittkapper, Mainz (D)
                        "Let's have a sandwich! Salvage and
                        conservation of a Swiss Neolithic door"

                        Emily Williams, Williamsburg (USA)
                        "Reflections on Reversibility and Reality"

    Poster Session:

                        Kati Bott, Esslingen (D)
                        "Good dog! Getting a puppy skeleton into the
                        exhibition"

                        Alexander Dittus, Erwin Hildbrand, and
                        Elsa Sangouard, Affoltern (CH)
                        "Impact of UV-C on high molecular weight
                        polyethylene glycol"

                        Jarg Hagele-Masnick, Weimar (D)
                        "Two (sword) handles: two methods of
                        preservation"

                        Friederike Moll-Dau and
                        Johanna Klu 1/4gl (CH)
                        "Analyzing Approaches of the Residual Oxygen
                        Content in "Oxygen Free" Long-Term Packing"

Included in the program are also visits to the major exhibition
"4.000 years of pile dwellings" current wetland excavations, and the
library and chapel of the baroque monastery where the conference
takes place.

All information (including how to register) can be found on the
conference pages

    <URL:http://objektrestaurierung.abk-stuttgart.de/wet-wood/>

Gerhard Eggert
Chair, Objects' Conservation
State Academy of Art and Design Stuttgart (D)


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