Three years ago, 550 conservators, curators and technicians began packing 2,000 boxes using 7km of bubble wrap. |
The exhibition illustrates some of the damage suffered by the pots and the methods conservators have used to repair them. |
In removing the uppermost layer of painted plaster from the cut-out chunk of wall, conservators discovered an underlying sinopia or underdrawing. |
For several months, conservators and curators carefully wrapped books in acid-free tissue before nestling them in Ziploc bags. |
This accessible, inexpensive technique forms part of the basic repertoire for curators and conservators examining works of art. |
We need first of all a fact finding mission and then we need to put together a coalition of conservators, a cultural coalition. |