Removing yellowed varnish, consolidating the paint layer, sensitive retouching. Drag the slider to see what honest conservation does.
An illustration of the effect: removing yellowed varnish restores the original colour. In your version you add real before-and-after photographs.
We work reversibly and with humility towards the original. Every treatment is documented and materials are chosen so they can be safely removed in the future. The aim is not a new work, but the return of the original one — legible, stable and true.
Everything we add to a work can be safely removed later.
A photographic record of the condition before, during and after treatment.
We keep as much original material as possible. We add only what is necessary.
A selection of typical commissions — oil painting, frame, sculpture and panel painting. Sample content; in your version you add your own works and documentation.
We examine the work in daylight, raking and UV light. We assess its condition, the causes of damage and a treatment plan.
We stabilise the loosened paint layer and support so the work stops losing material.
We remove the yellowed varnish and sensitively retouch only the missing areas, with reversible paints.
Conservation is craft as much as patience. I work by the ethical principles of the field — rather less and reversibly than much and for good. We agree the scope of every work in advance, so you find no surprises in the price.
Tell me what the work is and what troubles it — ideally with a photo. I'll reply with an estimate of the scope and an indicative price. You risk nothing.