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  1. One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: The Scenic Route of Decision-Making Process

    “Every decision is a moment of madness”* In his abridged version of ‘Die RiBverklebung’, the author-conservator Winfried Heiber (2003) quoted that very passage at the beginning …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/cultcons/2021/06/07/one-step-forward-two-steps-back-the-scenic-route-of-decision-making-process

  2. Louise Lateau en Extase

    By Alexandra Taylor From the get-go this painting demanded rigorous, round-the-clock TLC. Equally as fascinating as the treatment was the narrative behind the work. Part One: …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/cultcons/2018/12/17/louise-lateau-en-extase

  3. Conservation of a Child’s Boot

    by Jacquie Jordan Beginnings – First Impressions of a Buried Child’s Boot The first subject of the year, Conservation Assessment and Treatment 2, has begun at …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/cultcons/2018/10/24/conservation-of-a-childs-boot

  4. To ‘mendolin’ or not to ‘mendolin’

    by Katrina Watson Part One: The ethical dilemma of determining significance and treatment aims for an object with an unknown past In conservation, treatments often involve …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/cultcons/2018/10/18/to-mendolin-or-not-to-mendolin

  5. From Mould to Gold: the Conservation of a Mid-19th Century Gilded Frame

    by Grace Barrand Grace Barrand, frames conservation student at the University of Melbourne, explains the process of partially conserving a mid-19th century composition frame from the …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/cultcons/2018/09/05/from-mould-to-gold-the-conservation-of-a-mid-19th-century-gilded-frame-by-grace-barrand

  6. Old Thatched Buildings at Bathurst. N.S.W

    by Christine Mizzi   Part I – Investigating the Object Old Thatched Buildings at Bathurst. N.S.W is a framed landscape drawing on an unknown media. Barring …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/cultcons/2018/03/22/old-thatched-buildings-at-bathurst-n-s-w