the european research centre for book and paper conservation-restoration
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This presentation introduces the European Reserarch Centre for Bookand Paper Conservation-Restoration, its projects and further educationcourses. Furthermore the studios for conservation are presented and thepossibilies how archives could cooperate with the Centre are listed.TRANSCRIPT
The European Research Centre for Book and Paper
Conservation-Restoration Background, Aims, Visions - possibilities for
cooperation. Poznan June 2011
Dr. Patricia Engel
Aims
• Preserve our Pan Europen written cultural heritage
• As a basis for development of our societies• Europae´s culture roots in written traditions
Antique, Jewish,Christian,Muslime, Humanism, today´s education
• Material decaysdecay speeds up– Due to use, knowledge about existance of
material….
• Unanswered questions are concerning– Leather, Parchment, Inks; Paper…Bindings etc.
On the basis of
Experience as a conservatorExperience as a university teacherA Europe wide evaluation
The Centre was founded on
22th March 2010
The residence: in a castle, which must be kept in use
The choice of place is justified on the history and tradition in Horn
• Printing presses• Papermills• Bibliophil editing house• Berger Printing Press• Book Art Biennale• Reading festivities• …
a conservation studio• HORNER WERKSTÄTTEN
Booktownfathers asked 3 things
research• EUROPEAN RESEARCH
CENTRE FOR BOOK AND PAPER CONSERVATION-RESTORATION
IndustryMASSDEACIDIFICATION
Books between 1820-1950
Work of the Research CentreResearch
Bringing the results to the practicioners
EUROPEAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR BOOK AND PAPER CONSERVATION-RESTORATION
Own Research in 2010
EUROPEAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR BOOK AND PAPER CONSERVATION-RESTORATION
Own Research in 2011
DIGITISATIONConference in Kos
EUROPEAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR BOOK AND PAPER CONSERVATION-RESTORATION
Cooperations
• BAM Berlin• HI HAWK• Akademia Sztuk Pięknych
Warsaw• Vestigia Manuscript Research
Centre, Graz• Institut für Papier-, Zellstoff- und
Fasertechnik der TU Graz• Centre for Conservation Science
and Restoration TechniquesNational Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo
CONFERENCE„New Approaches to Book and Paper
Conservation“
11th-13th May 2011
150 Experts interdisciplinaryFrom 40 countries
Over 50 contributions
Answered the question: what do we need in terms of research now to keep our written cultural heritage in Europe?
Reseults of the conference:
• Answer to the Green Paper for FP8• 11 Research topics were identified• Whish for conference every second year• Many mails about high quality of contributions,
personal benefit…• Horn was a good place• Preprints available
First further education course
• Parchment assesment
20 Participants form 11 countries
EUROPEAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR BOOK AND PAPER CONSERVATION-RESTORATION
Perspektive 2011
• Poznan• ZadarSummer school on Ink Corrosion• IADA• Bulgaria seminar held by Torino University
• Bosses and clasps I – metal working | 3rd – 7th October 2011 – Lecturer: Prof. Hartwig Ullrich Bosses and clasps II – making copies of clasps and how to install them on the book | 10th – 14th October 2011 – Lecturers: DI Manfred Mayer and Reinhard Erlacher Bosses and clasps III – basics in clasps conservation | 17th – 18th October 2011 – Lecturer: Mag. Elisabeth Krebs Identification of European Paper – you only see what you know | 31st October – 4th November 2011 – Lecturer: Dipl. Ing. Gangolf Ulbricht Identification of Asian Paper – you only see what you know | 7th – 11th November 2011 – Lecturer: Dipl. Ing. Gangolf UlbrichtGlobe-Conservation-Course | 21st – 25th November 2011 – Lecturer: Dr. Patricia EngelThe understanding and analysis of organic materials in art | 5th – 9th March 2012 – Lecturer: Jan Wouters
• 2 Projekts
EUROPEAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR BOOK AND PAPER CONSERVATION-RESTORATION
Courses 2012
• R. Padoan – Hyperspectral Imaging January 2012
• Jan Wouters – Dies• 5th-9th- March 2012
• Jiří Vnouček – Parchment making May 2012
• SimonettaIannuccelli und Silvia Solgiu Gellan Gum treatment of prints and drawings
• Armenian inks – 2weeks Symposionautumn 2012
• Emergency planning?
EUROPEAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR BOOK AND PAPER CONSERVATION-RESTORATION
Research in the fraim of projects
• Culture2007-2013 Ethylenoxide – Protestantism
• FP7
Foto: Dieter Schewig
Rooms for the course participants/lecterers
Kitchen for the course participants
Other activities in the
BUCHSTADTHORN – CITY OF LETTERSHORN
Book Art biennale
Foto: Dieter Schewig
Readings
Foto: Dieter Schewig
Printing with school children
Foto: Dieter Schewig
EXHIBITIONS
Foto: Dieter Schewig
HORNER WERKSTÄTTEN
Conservation-Restoration
HORNER WERKSTÄTTENconservation studios
HORNER WERKSTÄTTENTHE TEAM
• Emma Chan (Copenhagen graduate)
• Letizia Fischer (Vienna graduate)
• Lisa Camilleri (Malta graduate)
• Cleaning
• Consolidation of edges
• Shrinkage temperature measurement of leather fibres
Leafe casting
Besides conservation-restoration we offer:
Digitisation
– of manuscripts and – Fragile Books
we• Renting out devices• Renting out space
HORNER WERKSTÄTTEN
Grammarschool Horn• Learn why we preserve our books• How to make iron gall inks
HAK Hornhelped preparing material for the conference
We have a Library,Donations of Books
are Wellcome
We are also thankful for other donations such as equipment…
Possibilities to cooperate
ProjectsFurther educationStudent exchange ERASMUSEquipment sharingBibliography network
Conservators
Other ideas wellcome!
We would be hounoured to have you as our guets!
EUROPEAN RESEARCH CENTER FOR BOOK AND PAPER CONSERVATION - RESTORATION
3580 Horn, Wiener Straße 2, Kunsthaus
0043 (0) 650 58 71 [email protected]
www.european-research-center.buchstadt.at