Three Bronze Conservation Case Studies
Approaches and Treatments of Three Bronze Monuments
Approaches and Treatments of Three Bronze Monuments
In this thirty-minute tutorial, we discuss three bronze monuments with distinct conservation problems and how we went about their treatment.
Case studies do assume a certain level of knowledge about bronze so if you are a beginner, you might be better with our tutorial, I Wish I Known That About Bronze, or our foundation-level course, Bronze Behaving Badly, which covers all the basic principles of bronze conservation and includes case studies too.
If you are a custodian or manager of a bronze monument, these case studies will give you an insight into how a project might proceed, but with outdoor monuments, each site is different and this aspect often plays a key role in treatment decisions. There's never a situation where one method suits all when it comes to external, bronze historic monuments.
if you are a conservator, there is some practical advice about treatments and examples of why we can't make assumptions about what we are being presented with when it comes to bronze.
This material is not theoretical. It's based on real projects we have worked on and we cover topics such as
- cleaning
- corrosion
- protective coatings
- delicate surfaces
- decision-making
- repatination
This tutorial won't overwhelm you with too much technical detail - it's long enough to inform but short enough to squeeze into your day.
TUTORIAL PRICE £19.99 + TAX
Your Instructor
Lucy Branch, MA (RCA/V&A) is Director of Antique Bronze. She specialises in the conservation and restoration of bronze sculpture and architectural features.