4th Book, Paper & Photographs Symposium, 2006

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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

Paper Author:

Vicki-Anne Heikell

Year:

2006
AICCM Symposium 2006 Conservation of Paper, Books and Photographic Materials, 19-21 April 2006, Wellington, New Zealand

A method of consolidating delaminated autochrome plates from the photograph collection of the Albertina Museum in Vienna

Paper Author:

Ulrike Muller

Year:

2006
AICCM Symposium 2006, Conservation of Paper, Books and Photographic Materials. Post-prints and Posters. 19-21 April 2006, Wellington, New Zealand. p194-208 Abstract A collection of about 2,100 autochromes belonging to the Albertina Museum was surveyed. This collection was formerly part of the Collection Eder at the Hhere Graphische Bundeslehr- und Versuchsanstalt (Training and Research Institute for […]

Reducing the exposure levels of highly light-responsive objects without turning down the light level

Paper Author:

Christopher Cuttle

Year:

2006
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 […]

Baxter prints

Paper Author:

Alice Cannon

Year:

2006
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 […]

Margaret Preston A material girl explained

Paper Author:

Rose Peel

Year:

2006
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 […]

Map overlays from the First World War A treatment option

Paper Author:

Bernard Kertesz

Year:

2006
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 […]

Discoveries beyond a smoky haze The resurrection of collage components from The Caf̩ Balzac Mural

Paper Author:

Samantha Shellard

Year:

2006
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 […]

Alternative method of mounting posters at the Australian War Memorial

Paper Author:

Gajendra Rawat, Dara Rome

Year:

2006
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 […]

Study on the light fading of iron gall inks on parchment

Paper Author:

Alana Lee, Caroline Whitley, Dudley Creagh

Year:

2006
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 […]

The exhibition life of a book Challenges of space and material

Paper Author:

Jean Holland, Catherine McFarlane

Year:

2006
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, […]
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