The Picture Restorer invites contributions from BAPCR members and non-members alike.
If you have an interesting treatment or have conducted research that you would like to share with your paintings conservation colleagues then please contact the Editor with a 200 word abstract. If you have attended a conference or read a book that you would like to review, please also contact us with your ideas.
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Editor
Jacek Olender
Jacek Olender is a heritage scientist and a conservator who works at the Image Permanence Institute, Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY, where he moved from the Kelvin Centre for Conservation and Heritage Research, University of Glasgow. Jacek trained as a conservator of easel paintings, wall paintings, and polychrome sculpture at the Department of Fine Arts at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland. He got his PhD in conservation from The Courtauld Institute of Art in London in 2019. Prior to that he worked as a conservator in private studios and interned in conservation and research projects in Poland, as well as other European countries. Currently his work revolves around understanding physical properties of heritage objects, properties of conservation materials and on designing new conservation tools. He is primarily interested in mechanical properties of adhesives, adhesive phenomena, and morphology of surfaces found in conservation practice. He also holds a separate degree in philosophy and occasionally delves into conservation theory, ethics, and aesthetics.
email: jacek.olender@gmail.com
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