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Rosalind Whitehouse
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Profile of Rosalind Whitehouse
Consolidation of flaking paint
Removal of grime, varnish, overpaint
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East Anglia, United Kingdom Studio of Rosalind Whitehouse, Accredited Paintings Conservator - Restorer Conservation and restoration of European oil paintings from 1500 to the present day, offering in addition a specialist knowledge and experience of the work of many twentieth century painters. Repair of tears by reweaving and/or by lining A tear in a canvas painting is one of the most dramatic forms of damage. Fortunately they are repairable, and with restoration can become invisible.
Conservators prefer to make repairs which interfere as slightly as possible with the art object. For this reason, techniques have been developed for mending tears by weaving the threads back together, and joining them with carefully chosen adhesive. This work is necessarily laborious, and is performed under a microscope.
When complete, the torn area of canvas
should be flat again, and the areas where paint particles have been lost
are filled and retouched to match the surrounding paint. Sometimes the painting must be lined. A selection of adhesive is made, and the canvas is 'backed' with new linen or polyester fabric to give a transparent lining where there are important features on the back of the painting. Photographs and written records will provide full information for any future conservators so that their treatments may be as safe and as efficient as possible. |
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