Month: July 2018
Finally, all the books that came to our lab have been restored and given a kind of new life. They are going back to the library tomorrow morning. Following is a re-sharing of a summary of all the conservation processes…
Posted by namitajaspal Posted on July 6, 2018 0 Comments on Team working towards final steps of an intense task of books’ conservation
Team Heritage Preservation Atelier had a challenging task of conservation of a set of books that could not be digitized by a library because of the extremely brittle pages and stuck up and deteriorated condition. We started with making a…
Posted by namitajaspal Posted on July 5, 2018 0 Comments on Studying Paper for presence of watermark and bluish tinge: Case of 150 years old drawing
The drawing under study is made in 1868 (as evident from the signature) and the watermark mentions the paper manufacturing year to be 1866. ‘Watermarks’ are markings put into paper during its production, by making thinner or thicker layer of…