We are living in a time of increasing dependence on and encounters with synthetic materials, such as plastics, in our day-to-day life. The Plastics Heritage Congress 2019, whose general theme is...
FUTURE TALKS 017 will be yet another extensive three day congress on international research projects and case studies both on active conservation treatments of modern materials in design and modern...
THIS ARTICLE IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. PLEASE COME BACK SOON TO READ MORE! Welcome to R2R - From Research to Restoration. This website provides insight into the process of preserving a...
We are very pleased to inform you about the international conference "PLASTICS HERITAGE Forum Kunststoffgeschichte 2016" taking place from 27 - 29 October 2016 in Berlin at HTW Berlin University of...
Publication: Polymers in Art and History. Special issue of Degradation and Stabilization Journal, September 2014
"Polymers in Art and History - Degradation and Stabilization" - a special issue of the journal Polymer Degradation and Stability - is available online: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal...
Conservation Perspectives. The GCI Newsletter. Conservation of Plastics Issue, Spring 2014
Volume 29.1, Spring 2014 Available in PDF (4.6MB, 32pp) (HTML version available soon) This issue contains the following articles: A Note from the Director Preserving Plastics: An Evolving Material, a...
Project: Art in L.A. - Getty Conservation Institute
Art in L.A. is a study of materials and fabrication processes used by Los Angeles-based artists since the 1950s and the implications these materials and processes have for conservation. This research...
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SYNTHETIC POLYMERS IS ONE OF THE MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY DURING THE 20TH CENTURY. PLASTICS HAVE BEEN WIDELY USED TO PRODUCE DAILY LIFE OBJECTS AND ART ARTEFACTS...
This long-term project from the Getty Conservation Institute aims to rapidly gather information on the properties of a wide range of plastics in order for conservators to understand why certain...
Publication: PLASTICS: Looking at the Future, Learning from the Past (2009)
PLASTICS: Looking at the Future, Learning from the Past Edited by Brenda Keneghan and Louise Egan Archetype Publications, 2009 http://www.archetype.co.uk/ ISBN: 9781904982432 Paperback, 184 Pages. 96...