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.
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, […]
AICCM Symposium 2006, Conservation of Paper, Books and Photographic Materials. Post-prints and Posters. 19-21 April 2006, Wellington, New Zealand. p294-305 Abstract Otto Brunfels’ 1532 Herbarum vivae eicones is of importance not only because of its beautiful botanical woodcuts by Hans Weiditz, but also as the first printed herbal with illustrations drawn from live specimens. The […]
AICCM Symposium 2006, Conservation of Paper, Books and Photographic Materials. Post-prints and Posters. 19-21 April 2006, Wellington, New Zealand. p278-293 Abstract From 2004 to 2005 the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Conservation Unit undertook a conservation needs survey of the Rare Book and Special Collections Library’s backlog of uncatalogued rare book materials. The survey evaluated […]
AICCM Symposium 2006, Conservation of Paper, Books and Photographic Materials. Post-prints and Posters. 19-21 April 2006, Wellington, New Zealand. p265-277 Abstract Lieutenant William Bligh’s two Bounty logbooks were conserved at Artlab Australia in April 2005. Famous for the mutiny that occurred on His Majesty’s Ship in 1789, Lt. Bligh’s logbooks chronicle his relationship with mutineer […]
AICCM Symposium 2006, Conservation of Paper, Books and Photographic Materials. Post-prints and Posters. 19-21 April 2006, Wellington, New Zealand. p97-116 Abstract Works of art on paper come in many shapes and sizes and routinely cross the boundaries of other conservation disciplines. The National Gallery of Australia (NGA) has numerous examples of unconventional works of art […]
AICCM Symposium 2006, Conservation of Paper, Books and Photographic Materials. Post-prints and Posters. 19-21 April 2006, Wellington, New Zealand. p117-136 Abstract For many years the technique of ‘reforming’ has been employed in the field of painting conservation as an effective method of regenerating aged and degraded varnish layers. The theory of adapting this process to […]
AICCM Symposium 2006, Conservation of Paper, Books and Photographic Materials. Post-prints and Posters. 19-21 April 2006, Wellington, New Zealand. p137-146 Abstract In late 2004 the Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation, the University of Melbourne, began remounting approximately 2,000 prints and drawings held in the Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne. Conservator Louise Wilson and technical […]
AICCM Symposium 2006, Conservation of Paper, Books and Photographic Materials. Post-prints and Posters. 19-21 April 2006, Wellington, New Zealand. p147-158 Abstract After 96 years, Kodak Australia, which began in 1908 after it merged with the Melbourne photographic firm Baker and Rouse, closed its manufacturing plant in Melbourne. This was the end of silver-halide-based photographic production […]
AICCM Symposium 2006, Conservation of Paper, Books and Photographic Materials. Post-prints and Posters. 19-21 April 2006, Wellington, New Zealand. p159-173 Abstract The First Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia: The Ministry and the House of Representatives is a large framed composite object consisting of 71 individual platinum prints and associated text panels adhered to a […]
AICCM Symposium 2006, Conservation of Paper, Books and Photographic Materials. Post-prints and Posters. 19-21 April 2006, Wellington, New Zealand. p174-193 Abstract There is a diverse range of views regarding body fluids (including saliva) among community groups. This range of opinion is reflected within the field of photographs conservation regarding the use of saliva to clean […]