The 4th Book & Paper and Photon Symposium was held in Wellington, New Zealand in 2006.
Abstracts of presentations are available below.
Please note that the proceedings from this conference are not yet published; they will be available from our Bookshop as a CD-ROM.
Reducing the exposure levels of highly light-responsive objects without turning down the light level
AICCM Symposium 2006, Conservation of Paper, Books and Photographic Materials. Post-prints and Posters. 19-21 April 2006, Wellington, New Zealand Abstract This paper reports on progress in a series of research investigations aimed at reducing the exposure of museum objects to damaging radiation while maintaining illumination levels. Not all wavelengths of light are equally important for
AICCM Symposium 2006, Conservation of Paper, Books and Photographic Materials. Post-prints and Posters. 19-21 April 2006, Wellington, New Zealand. p209-233 Abstract In 1835 the English printer George Baxter (1804g1869) patented a process for colour printmaking, which he hoped would become a low-cost way to reproduce oil paintings as affordable artworks for the general public. Baxter
AICCM Symposium 2006, Conservation of Paper, Books and Photographic Materials. Post-prints and Posters. 19-21 April 2006, Wellington, New Zealand. p18-35 Abstract Margaret Preston (1875g1963), Australia’s most celebrated early modernist, created innovative woodblock prints from the 1920s which remain amongst the most popular of all Australian artists’ work. She was the first serious artist advocate of
AICCM Symposium 2006, Conservation of Paper, Books and Photographic Materials. Post-prints and Posters. 19-21 April 2006, Wellington, New Zealand. p234-245 Abstract The Australian War Memorial’s Official Records collection consists of archival records of Australia’s armed forces during periods of war and peacekeeping. The ‘War Diaries’ gathered during the First World War amount to 645 archive
AICCM Symposium 2006, Conservation of Paper, Books and Photographic Materials. Post-prints and Posters. 19-21 April 2006, Wellington, New Zealand. p36-54 Abstract The triptych The Caf Balzac Mural is a collaborative artwork by Mike Brown, Colin Lanceley and Ross Crothall, which was acquired by the Queensland Art Gallery in 1988. Although each panel is attributed to
AICCM Symposium 2006, Conservation of Paper, Books and Photographic Materials. Post-prints and Posters. 19-21 April 2006, Wellington, New Zealand. p246-253 Abstract The Australian War Memorial (AWM) has a large collection of posters from a range of periods dating from the Boer War (1899g1902) to recent conflicts in the Middle East. For exhibitions in the past
AICCM Symposium 2006, Conservation of Paper, Books and Photographic Materials. Post-prints and Posters. 19-21 April 2006, Wellington, New Zealand. p55-68 Abstract This ongoing study looks at the effect of a specific display lighting system on the fading of iron gall inks on parchments. Light-aging equipment incorporating non-UV tungsten halogen and fluorescent lighting has been developed
AICCM Symposium 2006, Conservation of Paper, Books and Photographic Materials. Post-prints and Posters. 19-21 April 2006, Wellington, New Zealand. p254-264 Abstract In March 2005 the State Library of Victoria’s curators presented its conservators with a wish-list of 254 items for display in the new level of the Dome Galleries. The exhibition, Mirror of the World,
AICCM Symposium 2006, Conservation of Paper, Books and Photographic Materials. Post-prints and Posters. 19-21 April 2006, Wellington, New Zealand. p69-79 Abstract This article discusses the development of a test method to measure the dimensional stability of paper. Two papers (one sized, one not sized) were used in this investigation. Simulated washing in distilled water was
AICCM Symposium 2006, Conservation of Paper, Books and Photographic Materials. Post-prints and Posters. 19-21 April 2006, Wellington, New Zealand. p80-96 Abstract In paper conservation chemical bleaching is considered a cosmetic procedure to remove or diminish disfiguring stains present on the object. However, it is difficult to confine the action of the bleach to the stains,