Module 3 – (Fall semester) Nov. 18 – Dec. 20,  2024

Handmade Paper - Restoration and Treatments of Text, Block I

Module 3

Workshop, 100 hours

Restoration of Handmade Paper

Instructor: Konstantinos Choulis, 2 Weeks

1) Evaluation and analysis of materials

Identification of materials, paper, sizing, inks

  • Paper damage

  • Condition report

  • Conservation plans

2) Types of document

  • Book leaves

  • Flat (free) documents

3) Treatments

  • Dry cleaning

  • Wet cleaning

  • Solvents

  • Washing (different methods)

  • Deacidification - methods and materials

  • Consolidation - methods, lining, and sizing

 

Field trips

Visit to Amalfi’s  paper museum

 

Module 3

Theory class 1, 24 hours

Handmade Papers: Conservation Methods and Issues

Instructor:

1)     Nature and features of materials used in paper restoration

  • Chemistry in restoration (basic elements for treatments: pH measurements, viscosity, solubility, indicators etc)

  • Application methods

  • Features

  • Results

  • Options

  • Evaluation of the treatments (good and bad results)

2) Consolidation

  • Patching

  • Infills

  •  Lining

  • Sizing

3) Cleaning

  • Dry cleaning

  • Wet cleaning

4) Deacidification

Module 3

Theory class 2, 24 hours

Planning and Managing a  Book Restoration

Instructor:

1)     Ethics and good practices for restoration of books and archival material

2)     Analyzing the object being restored

3)     Archaeology of books and restoration

4)    Choosing approaches and material

5)     Restoration plans for a book or document

  • Documentation of existing conditions

  • Identifying all the components

  • Researching best approaches to restoration

  • Setting a restoration plan

  • Keeping removed materials

  • Documenting the restoration process

  • Writing a restoration report

  • Making report  and removed materials available to user of book

6)     Institutional preservation plans (libraries, archives)

  • Climate controls

  • Dusting, pest control management (IPM)

  • Disinfection / Disinfestation

  • Documenting state of conservation

Small scale

Large scale