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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
Stained Glass
BA Dissertation
Conserving Stained Glass From Different Eras, the Influence of History, Technology, Art and Culture
Deans Eye Window, Lincoln Cathedral
Sunburst Skylight, Buffalo Town Hall
Please click on document to view the whole dissertation
A paper based on my dissertation has recently been published in The American Association of Stained Glass, Quarterly Magazine (Winter 2020/21).
Stained Glass Conservation: Lessons from History
Preserving windows from opposite ends of the last millennia
A copy of this is available here:
Stoke-On-Trent Civic Centre
The cleaning of the stained glass windows in the civic centre's main meeting room.
The windows had been installed in the early 1920s and had been subject to nearly 100 years worth of grime and tobacco smoke clinging to the inside of the glass.
The glass was cleaned panel by panel with deionised water. The solvent was applied to the glass in small quantities using Q tip cocktail sticks. The processes on each piece of glass had to be repeated several times as the dirt, grime and tobacco was very engrained on the surface.
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Stoke-on-Trent Civic Centre
The three stained glass windows (inside)
Comparison image of section before and after cleaning (Orange glass)
Panel of stained glass post cleaning
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