Proceedings of Objects Specialty Group and Tips Sessions
52nd Annual Meeting – Salt Lake City; May 20-24, 2024
Expect the Unexpected: Embracing and Managing Change, Uncertainty, and Surprise
Edited by Raina Chao, Aliza Taft, and Julie Unruh, with Fran Baas, Program Chair
Download the complete Volume 31 PDF here
Program Chair’s Foreword
Fran Baas
Individual article PDFs are available by following the links below
Postprints Abstracts
Resource for Understanding Conservation Coatings for Outdoor Iron Cannons
Liatte Dotan, Fran Ritchie, and Nicole Peters
The Lion, the Saint, and the Red Robe: Technical Study and Treatment of a 17th Century Wax Diorama by Caterina de Julianis
Adrienne Gendron, Georgina Rayner, Katherine Eremin, and Angela Chang
Behind the Scenes with Joe Kubert: Comic Book Legend (and Tape Enthusiast)
Leah Humenuck
The Surrealist and the Saint: A Two Sculpture Journey into Marisol and the 1960s
Ruthie Rolfsmeyer, Emily Hamilton, Jiuan Jiuan Chen, Rebecca Ploeger, and Aaron Shugar
The (Inherent) Vices and Virtues of A Dreamscape Parchment Paravent By Mohamed Zouzaf
Kathryn Boodle and Terra Huber
Bones, Epoxy, and Cotton Balls, Oh My!: The Treatment of Two Thornton Dial Artworks
Kaela Nurmi
Adventures In (Re)Constructing and Conserving A Thai Thammat
Angela Elliott, Gregory Bailey, Stephanie Hulman, Jennifer Mikes, and Katharine Shulman
Steel Yourself: Addressing Internal Secrets of A Beverly Pepper
Claire Taggart, Nicole Berastequi, and Nick Petronzio
Huh…That’s Weird: Reflections on the Treatment of a Heavily Restored Ceramic Tankard
Allison Kelley
Cleaning Lacquer Surfaces Using PVOH Gel
Bac-Vu Do
Two Tips — Fort Builder for Temporary Object Enclosures and a Low-Cost Variable Speed Control for the Nilfisk GM80
Laura Kubick
Tip—New Tools and Techniques
Tony Sigel
Tip—Vacuum Splints: Adapting Medical Vacuum Splints for Object Support and Transport Needs
Colleen Snyder
Unpublished Presentations – Abstracts Only
Navigating The Changing Course: The Evolving Treatment Protocol for the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s 1896 Lilienthal Glider
Debbie Duerbeck Parr, Maggie Bearden, Malcolm Collum, Jay Flanagan, and Daniel Ravizza
Tropical Treatment: Testing the Efficacy of Pineapple, Papaya, and Kiwi Juices in the Removal of Adhesives
Mariana Di Giacomo, Anna-Colette Haynes, and Jasmine Keegan
On with Her Head: The Treatment and Technical Study of a Queen Elizabeth II Doll from the 1950s
Alyssa Rina and Catherine Matsen
Preservation Efforts along Totem Trail at Sitka National Historical Park: Navigating Climate Change, Tourism, and the Global Pandemic
Nicole Peters, Curtis Sullivan, Al Levitan, and Casey Oehler
Hubris or Humility? My Treatment Approaches to Working with a Yoruba Orisa Figure of Esu
Celine Wachsmuth
Art in the Swamp: Outdoor Sculpture Conservation at the New Orleans Museum of Art
Ingrid Seyb
Undoing an epoxy join with pineapple juice
Alexis North
Tips for dealing with rodents
Fran Ritchie
Recent Research on Vibration from Events
Arne Johnson
How to make bespoke head wound bandages
Stephanie Guidera
Bulked B72 Fills for Stone
Carolyn Riccardelli
The Magic of Composites
George Wheeler
A very specific case for internal clamping
Daisy Greenwell