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3D Scanning and Printing
3D Scanning and Printing
Surface Dirt and dust was removed using dry cleaning methods such as soft brushes and a museum vacuum on low suction with a net guard covering the nozzle.
This was followed by wet cleaning the surface of the pediment with Tri-Ammonium Citrate 2% in distilled water as it was the most affective in removing the engrained dirt and did not affect the state of the oil gilding. Acetone was used to treat the water gilding.
Surface Dirt and dust was removed using dry cleaning methods such as soft brushes and a museum vacuum on low suction with a net guard covering the nozzle.
This was followed by wet cleaning the surface of the pediment with Tri-Ammonium Citrate 2% in distilled water as it was the most affective in removing the engrained dirt and did not affect the state of the oil gilding. Acetone was used to treat the water gilding.
Once the gesso had dried it was then sanded down to make it smooth, level and matched the original appearance of the corner
Conservation of Ceramic Plate
Disassembling
When the plate had been pieced back together again, some of the pieces had not been aligned correctly. Due to this the plate had to be disassemble.
-Cotton wool rolls were lightly soaked in Acetone before they were placed on the break lines of the plate, this would hopefully dissolve the adhesive that joined the two pieces of ceramic together.
- The plate was wrapped in clingfilm to the cotton wool before being placed in the fume cupboard.
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Assembling and Creating fills
The pieces of ceramic were pieced back together again using B72. The B72 was applied thinly to the breaks of each ceramic and could easily be removed when heated.
Gold rim was retouched with paint due to it wearing away
-Polyfilla was used to create fills of the missing pieces of ceramic. The Polyfilla was mixed with acrylic paints to tint its colour and match the original colour of the ceramic body or decoration.
-A glaze was then applied to the surfaces of the fills to portray it as having a shiny appearance like the rest of the ceramic plate.
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