Conservation/ restoration
Restoras is specialised in conservation and restoration of traditional and contemporary paintings. This includes paintings on canvas, panel and hardboard supports in various mediums such as oil, acrylic, pastel and mixed media.
The conservation and restoration of paintings is a highly qualified discipline that requires artistic skills combined with an expertise of different physical and chemical processes. This profession links art history with knowledge of different painting techniques attributed to different artistic periods. The process of conservation and restoration also demands a profound understanding of the properties of the original and modern materials and techniques used to enable a precise evaluation of the possible irreversible effects on a particular painting.
My experience in the conservation-restoration of paintings includes the following:
- removal of surface dirt and mould
- removal of discoloured varnish layers and re-varnishing
- stain removal/reduction
- stabilisation of cracked/flaking paint layers
- complex structural repairs including; tears, holes, dents, bulges and other distortions
- stretching
- stretcher/strainer replacement
- re-housing, re-framing of artwork
Work can be undertaken in studio (based in Antwerp) or on-site depending on the size of the artwork and the scale/nature of the project.
Conservation service fees are calculated on project variables such as factoring time and materials/expenses plus a degree of difficulty and risk.