Thursday, May 28, 2015

A magnet is only as strong as . . .

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. . . . its receiving side will allow it to be.  Yes, that is right, a magnet on its own has no power. But in the company of another magnet,...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015

Magnet use in art conservation: charts, tables, references & further reading

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Magnets are fascinating, but greatly under appreciated because they are so common in our everyday life, therefore it is assumed that they ar...
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Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Preservation week and the importance of preserving artifacts

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A week devoted to the preservation of cultural heritage is a wonderful week indeed! We get many phone calls and email messages asking for ad...
Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Lincoln Presidency and Assassination bring a world of memorabilia to be conserved

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April 14th marks the 150 anniversary of the fateful day when President Abraham Lincoln was shot at Ford's Theater, dying of his wounds e...
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Friday, April 3, 2015

Treatment of a 100 year-old textile and a magnetic mount for display

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Fredonia Grange is the first grange in the United States and is therefore designated appropriately as Grange #1. But what is a grange?  Mos...
Wednesday, March 18, 2015

The conservation of an unusual Civil War Battle Record textile

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This past autumn, an unusual artifact was delivered to the studio. It is simple in construction, basically a long width of cotton fabric, an...
Thursday, March 5, 2015

Women want to vote! Conservation of artifacts from the Women's Suffrage Movement.

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The most important way I can think of to celebrate International Women's Day on Sunday, March 8th is to honor the women who fought tirel...
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