INTRODUCTION Satya Narayana is another name of lord Vishnu or Narayana. Shri Satya Narayana temple discussed in this write-up is in the city Rampur Busharhr, a municipal council in Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh. Rampur town is in a beautiful valley situated at the bank of the Satluj river. It bordered on the north with Spiti, on the east with Tibet, on the south with … Continue reading Thakur Satyanarayan Temple
What is sellotape? Sellotape is basically a brand of transparent, polypropylene-based, pressure-sensitive tape. But, this term is also used for any such pressure sensitive tape of any brand. Sellotape is generally used for joining, sealing, attaching and mending.The older version of sellotape has shown some changes in its physical and chemical properties over a longer period of time due to ageing. Initially such tapes … Continue reading Sellotape: How it deteriorates and changes with time
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This blog post is about the conservation and preservation of a scrapbook/album with extremely important documents, pictures and maps, that was breaking into pieces because of ageing and brittleness. During initial observations it was found that it is extremely difficult to remove the originals from the brittle backing because the adhesive had turned acidic, brown and quite insoluble. We found that the adhesive used to … Continue reading Preservation of a scrapbook of important records
Heritage and its conservation/preservation are both not very well understood by us. This is understandable, because, we lag behind in care and understanding of even more important and basic areas of life, like environment, waste-management, religion etc. In any case, each and every profession has to develop and grow in a positive way irrespective of the situations around in other fields of work. Unlike a … Continue reading Heritage Preservation Atelier conducted a 3 days Workshop/congress in Chandigarh
To understand and master paper conservation, one must understand the composition and manufacturing of paper. The composition of paper and raw material in its making has varied since its invention in 105 AD in China. The timeline of paper manufacturing technique and composition as understood from various sources is as follows: The invention of paper by T’sai Lun, a member of Imperial Guard and Privy … Continue reading Paper and book conservation- Part 1
