Comments on: How do they do that! http://crookedtimber.org/2003/07/23/how-do-they-do-that/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Thu, 24 May 2012 04:30:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: JRoth http://crookedtimber.org/2003/07/23/how-do-they-do-that/comment-page-1/#comment-1154 JRoth Fri, 25 Jul 2003 21:04:44 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=71#comment-1154 What's amazing about it? I'm currently in the process of carefully lifting the entirety of my porch's old paint and relocating it to the inside of a vacuum. Given the size (and thickness) of the chunks, I'm pretty sure you could rebuild the entire thing with only a minimal loss of structural integrity.... What’s amazing about it? I’m currently in the process of carefully lifting the entirety of my porch’s old paint and relocating it to the inside of a vacuum. Given the size (and thickness) of the chunks, I’m pretty sure you could rebuild the entire thing with only a minimal loss of structural integrity….

]]> By: Timothy http://crookedtimber.org/2003/07/23/how-do-they-do-that/comment-page-1/#comment-1153 Timothy Wed, 23 Jul 2003 23:13:05 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=71#comment-1153 It's amazing what can be done in painting conservation today. I'm not an expert on conservation, but have friends who work in museums. They tell me that the conservation lab at the National Gallery is one of the best in the world. The transfer of a painting from panel to another support is often done with <a href="http://www.buffalostate.edu/depts/artconservation/05_paint.html">vacuum tables</a>. It’s amazing what can be done in painting conservation today. I’m not an expert on conservation, but have friends who work in museums. They tell me that the conservation lab at the National Gallery is one of the best in the world. The transfer of a painting from panel to another support is often done with vacuum tables.

]]> By: PG http://crookedtimber.org/2003/07/23/how-do-they-do-that/comment-page-1/#comment-1152 PG Wed, 23 Jul 2003 22:32:21 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=71#comment-1152 <a href="http://collections.ic.gc.ca/bulletin/num5/ruggles1.html">Method from 1960s</a> <a href="http://www.bartleby.com/65/ar/artconse.html">Support restoration</a> <a href="http://www.artnet.com/library/06/0650/T065037.asp">Panel</a> (skip down to transfer) Method from 1960s Support restoration Panel (skip down to transfer)

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