Title Plastics : looking at the future and learning from the past : papers from the conference held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 23-25 May 2007 / edited by Brenda Keneghan and Louise Egan
Publication Info London : Archetype, 2008
Location Call Number Status
 Watson Library Stacks  N8554.5 P63 2008    REQUESTABLE
 Objects Conservation  N8554.5 P63 2008    IN USE
 Paper Conservation  N8554.5 P63 2008    REQUESTABLE
Description vii, 184 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 30 cm
Notes Published in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Contents Conservation of Plastics -- Early cellulose nitrate coatings on furniture of the Company of Modern Craftsmen / Angela Meincke, Daniel Hausdorf, Nonie Gadsden, Mechthild Baumeister, Michele Derrick, Richard Newman and Adriana Rizzo -- Conservation of plastics: is it possible today? / Yvonne Shashoua -- Conservation: restoration of 20th-century collections at The Homewood (Esher) and 2 Willow Road (Hampstead) / Fiona Macalister, Caroline Cliffe, Sally Johnson, Ann Katrin Koster and Christine Lachelin -- Houston - we have a problem: when flying saucers become brittle / Tim Bechthold -- The conservation of polymers used in horology since the end of the 19th century: a multidisciplinary approach / Agnes Gelbert Miermon and Annick Vuissoz -- Go with the flow: conservation of a floating sculpture from 1961 made from glass fibre-reinforced polyester resin / Lydia Beerkens, Sanneke Stigter, Thea van Oosten and Henk van Keulen -- Educating conservation of modern materials: case studies / Friederike Waentig -- Matthew Barney's Stadium: a treatment of replacement / Margo Delidow, Roger Griffith and Scott Gerson -- Innovative conservation: scenarios for future collaborations / Louise Cone -- Exploring photogrammetry and laser scanning of plastic sculptures / Lyndsey Morgan, Jackie Heuman, Derek Pullen and Stuart Robson -- Scientific Investigation -- Naum Gabo's Construction in Space: Two Cones: history and materials / Beth A. Price, Sally Malenka, Ken Sutherland, Andrew Lins and Janice H. Carlson -- Preventive conservation research for plastics on open display / David Thickett and Emma Richardson -- Lights out! The conservation of polypropylene wall tapestries / Thea B. van Oosten, Irina Fundeanu, Clementine Bollard, Cristina de Castro and Anna Lagana -- Testing treatments to slow down the degradation of cellulose acetate / Susan Mossman and Marie-Laure Abel -- Collecting Plastics -- You collected what?! The risks and rewards of acquiring cellulose nitrate / Mary Coughlin and Ann M. Seeger -- Challenge of materials? A new approach to collecting modern materials at the Science Museum, London / Fran Coles -- Taking a risk: collecting for the future / Sue Prichard and Suzanne Smith -- You can have a new one - it'll be better anyway! Plastic challenging art insurance / Thomas Wessel -- Aspects of Design -- Plastics in everyday life: polymorphous (in)authenticity / Tom Fisher -- Hazards at home? / Erin Leary and Chris Youssef -- Design and sustainability / Steve Akhurst -- Utilising waste plastic in design practice / Rosie Hornbuckle -- Artist's Intent -- Site-specific polyethylene: experiments in durability / Pamela Wells -- A plastic story: an intimate look at the artist-material relationship / Emma Neuberg
Subjects Plastics as art material -- Congresses
Art -- Conservation and restoration -- Congresses
Additional Authors Keneghan, Brenda.
Betts, Louise.
Victoria and Albert Museum.
ISBN 9781904982432 (pbk.)
1904982433 (pbk.)
OCLC 263296183