Let’s talk about it!

During the year, the various departments of the CICRP organise events related to their respective areas of activity.

Contents:

Discovery days
Presentations organised by the Research and Studies Department
- in 2006
- in 2007
- in 2008 (in french only)

CICRP Discovery Day

Use of synthetic adhesives in the 20^th century
and their conservation: Restoration in the 21^st century
(Marseille, Friday, 14 December 2007)

The most recent CICRP Discovery Day was held on Friday, 14 December 2007 and was presented by Aurélia Chevalier, heritage restorer and doctoral candidate at the ENSAM (LCPI) on the topic of synthetic adhesives.

Painting restorers currently make use of restoration techniques that have long been applied in the profession. Relining techniques using paste or white lead were in standard use for many years before undergoing radical change in the 20^th with the advent of synthetic adhesives. Ancient or recent works restored in the past need now to be de-restored before being restored again. Consequently, the reversibility of adhesives has become a genuine technological challenge.

In order to address the lack of applied research in the restoration of canvas supports, work in progress at the LCPI takes as its main objective the optimisation of the restoration process, through the transfer of innovative technologies such as lasers and nanotechnology.

Presentations organised by the Research and Studies Department

In 2006

Lead: Alteration of minium and its retransformation
Presentation by Sébastien Aze (Tuesday, 24 October 2006).

Conservation of stones on ancient Mediterranean sites
Presentation by Philippe Bromblet and Jean-Marc Vallet (Tuesday, 5 December 2006).

In 2007

Role of soluble salt crystallisation in the alteration of porous materials: Theory and experimentation
Presentation by Julie Désarnaud, dissertation in preparation CICRP/Centre de Recherche en Matière Condensée et Nanosciences (Tuesday, 16 January 2007).

"Anonymous Roman, 17^th century, Pièta": Imaging and scientific study
Presentation by Odile Guillon and Christine Benoît (Tuesday, 13 February 2007).

Research programme on contemporary art
Presentation by Alain Colombini (Tuesday, 15 May 2007).

Tuesday, 12 June 2007:

Presentation of a internship report by Morgane Lusteau: "Stone alterations on the facades of the Nouvelle Major: Identification, mapping, characterisation".
Presentation of the work of Delphine Kaïfas: "Characterisation of organic pigments using a Raman microscope".
Report by Alain Colombini on the international seminar "Plastics: Looking at the future and learning from the past", which was held in London from 23 to 25 May.

Characterisation of inorganic constituents in red pigment preparations used in easel paintings
Presentation of the work of Bertrand Nouet of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier (Wednesday, 18 July 2007).

Development of a laser technique for the treatment of
minium darkening
Presentation by Sébastien Aze (Tuesday, 16 October 2007).

Page last updated on 4 July 2008.

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