Proceedings of Objects Specialty Group and Tips Sessions
52nd Annual Meeting – Salt Lake City; May 22-24, 2024
Expect the Unexpected: Embracing and Managing Change, Uncertainty, and Surprise
Edited by Raina Chao, Aliza Taft, Julie Unruh, and Sarah Waddell, with Fran Baas, Program Chair
*This volume is currently being edited – articles and full volume downloads will be available soon*
Postprints Abstracts
Cannon Care: Resource for understanding Iron Cannon Coatings and their Preservation
Liatte Dotan, Nichole Peters, and Fran Ritchie
The Lion, the Saint, and the Red Robe: Technical Study and Treatment of a 17th-Century Wax Diorama by Caterina de Julianis
Adrienne Gendron, Angela Chang, Katherine Eremin, and Georgina Rayner
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
The Surrealist and the Saint: A Two Sculpture Journey into Marisol and the 1960s
Ruthie Rolfsmeyer, JJ Chen, Emily Hamilton, Rebecca Ploeger, and Aaron Shugar
The (Inherent) Vices and Virtues of A Dreamscape Parchment Paravent By Mohamed Zouzaf
Katheryn Boodle and Terra L Huber
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
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, Greg Bailey, Stephanie Hulman, Jen Mikes, and Katherine Shulman
Steel Yourself: Addressing Internal Secrets of A Beverly Pepper
Claire Taggart
Hubris or Humility? My Treatment Approaches to Working with a Yoruba Orisa Figure of Esu
Celine Wachsmuth
Huh…That’s Weird: Revelations and Reflections from the Treatment of a Heavily Restored Staffordshire Pearlware Tankard
Allison Kelley
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
Two tips: building object enclosures with children’s fort kits and Nilfisk Rheostat sourcing
Laura Kubick
Cleaning lacquer surfaces using PVOH gel
Vu B. Do
Bulked B72 Fills for Stone
Carolyn Riccardelli
The Magic of Composites
George Wheeler
Tool Tips
Tony Sigel
A very specific case for internal clamping
Daisy Greenwell
Using Medical Air Vac Pillows for Holding Objects
Colleen Snyder