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NEWS The
"The
Final Touch: Artists' Varnishes Past and Present" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHOTOGRAPHIC TRIPODS Two small folding Photax photographic light stands, measuring: 71cm when folded, and extending to roughly 173cm. Images available on request. FREE to anyone who can collect from West London For further details please contact Harriet Hunter Smart on 0207 792 8338 or katherineara@paintingsrestoration.co.uk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS In accordance with the BAPCR’s
Constitution two
members of the current Council are standing down at the 2008 AGM.
Nominations are invited from eligible members who wish to stand as
Council members. All Fellows and Associate members of the British
Association for Painting Conservator-Restorers may stand for election.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE PICTURE RESTORER: VOLUNTEERS AND OPINIONS WANTED After over 15 years Simon Padfield, editor of The Picture Restorer, has announced that the Spring 2008 edition will be his last. Because of the importance of this publication to the Association and the wider paintings conservator-restorer sector we would like to get as much feedback from members as we can. For those that can attend we have arranged a meeting to discuss the future development of the journal: Location:
Tate, Millbank, London, SW1P 4RG If you are unable to attend we welcome opinions and suggestions about how you feel the Picture Restorer should develop. Please feel free to contact the Secretary by telephone, post or email. We are also looking for volunteers to take on the roles of Editor and Editorial Committee. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The International Institute of
Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works Registration is now open for IIC's
twenty-second international Congress, which will take place in London
from --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dennis Baltuskonis (DAB.conservation@sbcglobal.net) writes: I am writing both to inform and request information regarding the widely used adhesive "BEVA-371". Last November BASF chemicals of Germany halted production of their resin product "Laropal K-80 (formerly known as Ketone-N resin)". Many of your members will recognize that Laropal K-80 is one of the main ingredients of the commercial conservation adhesive "BEVA-371". Hence, no Laropal K-80 means, at some point in the future and assuming that no other commercial source can be found, no BEVA-371. Laropal K-80, which is described as a "homopolymer of cyclohexanone" or "condensation product of cyclohexanone" according to the MSDS sheet was also used as a final picture varnish for Old Master paintings at one time. The adhesive, BEVA-371, introduced in the 1970's, has since become the most widely used commercial adhesive in the international art conservation community. I believe a survey of its use in the mid 1980's found over 85% of paintings conservators used this product regularly. I am assuming that the unavailability of Laropal K-80 will have a tremendous impact on the profession and therefore I am requesting information from the BAPCR in the following areas: 1. Does anyone know of an alternative
commercial source for Laropal K-80 resin?
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