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REVIEWS FREE CONSERVATION “Inscriptions, filing and polishing marks on the bronze weapons from the Qin Terracotta Army in China”, by Xiuzhen Janice Li. RESOURCES SEM 2010, a synopsis and a look to future directions, by Chris Jones from Hitachi. During the two days conference the high standard on the selection of communications and posters was clear and it was possible to understand how broad the application of SEM and microanalysis techniques can be. The limitations of these techniques were addressed as well as the progresses and the more recent applications and innovations in analysis and equipments. Art Conservation Research conservationresearch.blogspot.com Archetype Publications, in association with the British Museum, will be publishing the conference proceedings. ANA BIDARRA Conservator-restorer Contact: anabidarra@portugalmail.com Ana Bidarra has a Degree in Conservation-Restoration and a Master Degree in GeoSciences on white structured pigments for restoration. Currently she is a PhD candidate researching the compositional and technological aspects of gold leaf from Portuguese baroque altarpieces. She works as conservator-restorer in private practice since 1999. 12 e-conservation
REVIEWS WESTERN ASSOCIATION FOR ART CONSERVATION (WAAC) ANNUAL MEETING Review by Daniel Cull September 15 - 18, 2010 Portland, Oregon http://cool.conservation-us.org/waac/ The Western Association for Art Conservation (WAAC) recently held our annual meeting in the city of Portland, Oregon. The meeting was sponsored by the University of Oregon (UO), and hosted by the UO White Stag Block, and the AIA/Center for Architecture. The conference was jam packed with events including: three days of lectures, an angels project with the Oregon Nikkei legacy Center, a workshop on Digital Imaging Techniques for Conservation and Education, presented by Cultural Heritage Imaging, a silent auction to benefit the Metropolitan Youth Symphony, a tour of the Gamblin paint factory, and several receptions. There was barely time to see the sights of the city, or the Portland Art Museum which had graciously extended free entry to participants, and of course Powell's - possibly the world’s largest bookshop. I came away from Portland with a couple of new books, an awesome notebook from the silent auction, and a few new ideas and techniques to apply professionally. After opening addresses and announcements, Dr. Tami Lasseter-Clare gave the first lecture entitled 'Uncovering Mysteries of a Chinese Burial Relic', demonstrating the use of a variety of analytical techniques (X-radiography, XRF, FTIR) to investigate the originality, and potential dates, of various parts of a presumed Han dynasty bronze Money Tree, from the collections of the Portland Art Museum. Marie Svoboda gave the second lecture entitled 'Exploring 19 th Century Restorations: the study of Four Apulian Vases from Berlin', this was one of my favourite lectures, covering an important topic in the conservation field; our own history. The lecture described a collaborative project between Berlin's Antikensammlung and LA's J. Paul Getty Museum to study and treat a group of ceramic artefacts. Part of this study shed light on the original conservator, and it was fun to see the research and experiments that went into discovering the methods and extent of his work; most intriguing was the use of fired clay blanks as a filling method. The presentation finished with the dilemma now faced by the conservators; to reveal the historical artefact or to retain the conservation work. I would argue that the conservation evidence should be retained in at least some cases. After the break, Chris White gave an excellent talk on 'Brass and Wood Screws in American Furniture'. It was interesting to learn about the chronology of screw production as they changed from all handmade screws prior to 1780 to modern style screws post 1845, into the standardization of screw in the late 19 th and early 20 th centuries. Chris also announced that Arlen Heginbotham at the Getty is developing an online database of screws and is looking for beta testers. In the next lecture William Hoffman presented 'Silver Tarnishing Properties of Gloves Used in Conservation', e-conservation 13
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