Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Testing for Mold
We had a very busy day at the Cultural Recovery Center in Brooklyn. The volunteer paintings conservator examined a couple of paintings that an artist brought in during the morning, just before noon she removed an artwork from a frame and examined the piece for mold and damage, in the afternoon she examined art on canvas and tested for mold.
Cleaning a Wooden Object
The volunteer object conservator spent most of the day cleaning a wooden object with a vacuum cleaner, brush and soot sponge.
Vacuuming a Canvas
An artist’s daughter-in-law spent several hours vacuuming his artwork on canvas.
I spent the day assisting the paintings conservator photodocumenting each piece that she examined and spent a couple hours inspecting art on paper for mold.