Category: Collections Management

Refined by: (Author) Chloe Genter

The finished housing, showing two objects inside a corrugated board. The left is an artist book with black and white wording, the right object is an artist book with a woman with a big red flower on her head.

To Build a Better Box: Preserving Artist Books as a GCCS Intern

December 16, 2024

Ron Martin-Dent, GCCS intern, describes his experience navigating the best way to construct a complicated housing.

Posted in: Care and Handling, Collections Care, Collections Management, Collections Storage, Conservation, Internships, Preservation, Rare Books and Special Collections

Conservator Masumi Takeuchi standing at a table holding a teflon folder while looking at a paper object

Crystals on Watercolor

June 10, 2024

Posted by: Chloe Genter

A cartoon of famous 19th century British jockey, Tom Loates was in desperate need of treatment. This blog explores the work conducted in order to treat this important work, and the results that were discovered.

Posted in: Care and Handling, Collections Care, Collections Management, Conservation, Preservation

Refined by: (Author) Chloe Genter