Selected conservation projects demonstrating the treatment of paintings, works on paper, historic photographs, and three-dimensional objects. All treatments are guided by principles of minimal intervention, material compatibility, and long-term reversibility.
Specialized conservation of rare convex photographs, including structural reconstruction and custom glazing.
Before: Early 20th century American convex photograph with stuctural failure, discoloration, and loss of image support.
After: Cleaned, stabilized, losses filled and retouched; structure rebuilt and re-glazed with custom convex glass and period-approptiate frame.
Before: 19th century painting with prior severe overcleaning, loss of original glazes, and sureface degradation.
After: Colors and tonal balance carefully reconstructed based on remaining original material and visual references.
Before: 19th century Burbon advertising print with discoloration, staining, and structural weakness.
After: Image stabilized, cleaned, and re-glazed with restored original frame.
Before: Late 18th century American portrait with extensive paint loss, grime and damaged frame.
After: Paint layer consolidated, losses filled and retouched, and original frame restored and gilded.
Before: 19th century ceramic figure broken into multiple fragments with losses.
After: Fragments reassembled, losses filled, and surface reintegrated to resotre stractural and visual integrity.
Before: 19th century American landscape with discolored varnish and surface grime.
After: Surface leaned and new conservation varnish applied, restoring depth and clarity.
Before: 19th century European painting with yellowed varnish, punctures, lifting paint, and losses.
After: Canvas stabilized, paint layers consolidated, damages repaired, and surface cleaned and revarnished.
Before: 19th century Austrian painting with punctures, paint loss, lifting, heavy craquelure, degraded varnish and surface grime.
After: Structurally stabilized, lined, cleaned, and visually reintegrated.
Before: WWI German death notice on paper with extensive punctures, losses, discoloration, and brittleness due to age and acidification.
After: Stabilized, deacidified, losses repaired, image and lettering carefully reintegrated. Preserved and reframed using archival materials.
Before: 19th century Chinese silk embroidery with painted elements, water damage tread loss, and discoloration.
After: Silk stabilized, losses repaired, paint layer restored, and missing elements reintegrated. Mounted on archival support and reframed.
For evaluation, please email clear photographs of your artwork along with a short description (condition, dimensions, and location).
