Proceedings of the Objects, joint Architecture + Objects, and joint Objects + Wooden Artifacts Specialty Group Sessions
44th Annual Meeting in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Emergency! Preparing for Disasters and Confronting the Unexpected in Conservation
May 13-17, 2016
Edited by Emily Hamilton and Kari Dodson, with Laura Lipcsei, Christine Storti, and Leslie Friedman, Program Chairs
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Postprints abstracts and articles
- Program Chair’s Foreword
Laura Lipcsei
- A methodology for documenting preservation issues affecting cultural heritage in Syria and Iraq
LeeAnn Barnes Gordon, Bijan Rouhani, Susan Penacho, and Allison Cuneo
- The effect of an unexpected spring thaw in Montreal: Natural disaster as ‘Fifth Business’
Brittany Webster, Ann MacKay, and Alexander Gabov
- The rescue and conservation of the Lost Shul Mural
Richard L. Kerschner and Constance S. Silver
- Red flames, silver linings
Mimi Leveque and Eric Wolin
- Issues and challenges in conservation of living monastic heritage in the trans-Himalayan region of Ladakh, India
Satish C. Pandey, Joyoti Roy, and Noor Jahan
- The treatment and installation of a monumental cedar sculpture by Ursula von Rydingsvard
Emily Hamilton
- The study of boxwood prayer beads and miniature altars from the Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Lisa Ellis and Pete Dandridge
- Decoys x-rayed: What VolumeRAD tomosynthesis and computed tomography contribute to technical study
Nancie Ravenel
- The aftermath of mends: Removing historic fabric tape from Tlingit basketry
Caitlin Mahony and Teri Rofkar
- Encountering the unexpected in Southeast Asian lacquer: Treating the Doris Duke Collection at the Walters Art Museum
Stephanie Hulman, Meg Loew Craft, Glenn Gates, Herant P. Khanjian, and Michael R. Schilling
- Looking at guilloché in conservation
Brittany Nicole Cox and David Lindow
- When in Rome, do as the Romans do? The conservation of an Italian marble and micromosaic tabletop
Elizabeth La Duc
- An unexpected surface: Research and treatment of a 19th century mounted oyster shell by Froment-Meurice
Emily Brown
- Resin and lac adhesives in Southwest archaeology and microchemical tests for their identification
Christina Bisulca, Marilen Pool, and Nancy Odegaard
- Conservation of Joan Miró’s bronze sculptures at the Museum of Modern Art
Megan Randall, Lynda Zycherman, and Roger Griffith
- Conservation and investigation of an ancient human burial at Abydos, Egypt
Lucy Skinner, Corina Rogge, Islam Shaheen, and Salima Ikram
Tips Session
- No more holidays: A tip for metal coating
Tina Gessler and Steven Pine
- Desiccant tubes for storage of unstable materials, or confessions of a microclimate denier
Dennis Piechota
- Tips for feather fills
Fran Ritchie and Julia Sybalsky
- Core-drill sampling with the Sherline milling machine
Anthony Sigel
- Avoiding mistakes: How not to lose things
- Anthony Sigel
Unpublished Presentation Abstracts
- The outdoor sculpture project at the Getty Conservation Institute
Rachel Rivenc, Julia Langenbacher, Catherine Defeyt, and Tom Learner
- Reverse engineering ancient Greek ceramics: An interdisciplinary collaboration
Sanchita Balachandran, Matthew Hyleck, and Patricia McGuiggan
- Acne gel for green ear syndrome? A study on copper corrosion stain removal from poly(vinyl chloride)
Dawn MP Wallace, Aaron N. Shugar, Jonathan Thornton, and Rebecca Ploeger
- Using heat and cold in the treatment of a Lakota winter count
Nancy Odegaard, Madeleine Neiman, and Dave Smith
Tips Session
- The rescue, remediation and recovery of Sargent Claude Johnson’s last sculpture: Surface cleaning methods utilizing CO2 dry ice micro-dusting after CO2 anoxia encapsulation
Elise Yvonne Rousseau