{"id":6390,"date":"2019-01-07T11:00:54","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T11:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/?post_type=faq&p=6390"},"modified":"2023-10-17T15:53:25","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T14:53:25","slug":"interesting-and-unique-restorations-from-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/news\/interesting-and-unique-restorations-from-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Our most memorable restorations from 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now another year has come to an end, we\u2019ve taken some time to reflect and look back over some interesting \u2013 and unique \u2013 restoration projects that we completed in 2018. From easel paintings to clay elephants to model aircraft \u2013 the breadth of conservation work that we carry out in the studio may surprise you. Here\u2019s a quick look at some studio highlights from the past year:<\/p>\n

When an oil painting becomes water damaged, deterioration is instant. For an 19th century oil painting we recently restored, the consequences of the water infiltration were extensive and immediately evident. In this case, water touched the painting at some point over the years, and additional damage has required the need for restoration.<\/p>\n

\"Before<\/p>\n

Most noticeably, the surface of the painting had discoloured. In place of a vibrant blue dress, the colour changed to a murky white. While a varnish acts as protection for the paint layer, being exposed to water will eventually cause the varnish to be penetrated. The white stains are caused by the reaction of the varnish with the water.<\/p>\n

Alongside the extensive water damage, the middle of the painting also had a hole which required repairing. The damage to this painting necessitated multiple treatments: full re-lining, full varnish removal and solvent-based cleaning, consolidation of flaking and lost paint, and a final varnish. As you can see, the finished result is a sympathetically restored painting, reviving the vibrancy of the original piece.<\/p>\n

For a more in-depth look at this restoration, see: Restoring a Water Damaged Oil Painting<\/a><\/p>\n

As part of a multi-disciplined restoration, we began work on a fascinating item. Mrs Hirst\u2019s Almshouses Rules and Regulations, drawn up on delicate paper and framed had torn in multiple places and the glass covering had been smashed.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Our paper conservator cleaned and re-lined the document and filled the missing areas with liquid paper pulp. The result is a seamless finish and has ensured that the document is well preserved as an item of local historical interest.<\/p>\n

After an accident, while moving paintings in a busy office, we were contacted to provide advice for a broken clay statue of African elephants. The elephants were knocked over, and all of the feet and a tusk were snapped off on impact. Our client gathered as many of the broken pieces as possible so they could be re-attached, and for any missing pieces, they were carefully remoulded. The ivory tusk was never found so a synthetic replication was created.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

We were happy to return the statue upon completion when the elephants were able to stand on their own four feet once more. For a more in-depth look at this restoration, see:\u00a0\u00a0The Clay Elephant in the Room<\/a><\/p>\n

Another unique restoration landed safely in the studio in the form of a model aircraft. The plane is a Dakota DC3 (common in the 1940\/50s), and you can see where the wing\u2019s aileron \u2013 French for \u2018little wing\u2019 or \u2018fin\u2019 \u2013 has fallen off.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

We sourced the missing part in order to fully secure the aileron back in place and allow the aircraft to take to the skies once more.<\/p>\n

When Ian McDonnell bought a David Bates landscape at auction, he knew it was dirty and would need restoration, but that didn\u2019t trouble him. Firstly, he had every confidence that the oil painting could be brought back to its former glory. However, the painting \u2013 signed and dated 1904 \u2013 had a particular sentimentality about it. Bates (1840 \u2013 1921) was an open-air rural landscape artist painting in the Midlands, and his works are currently on display in Worcester City Art Gallery.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Having lived in Worcestershire, many of Bates\u2019 paintings depict the landscape of Malvern and Colwall to the south-west of Worcester; the area where Ian\u2019s great grandmother grew up in the 1840s. \u201cShe may have run across that very field!\u201d commented Ian, who explained that a handwritten note on the reverse suggests it was painted close to Hafford Mill. \u201cAlthough most of the 19th-century flour mills no longer exist, research has led me to one particular brook and site, based on the shape of the pond,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Ian began removing the 114 years of dirt himself using our\u00a0oil painting cleaner<\/a>\u00a0to great effect. It became evident that a layer of grime was trapped underneath the varnish layer, meaning a professional solvent-based treatment in the studio would be needed.<\/p>\n

We offered our in-house courier service to collect the painting from Ian\u2019s home in Scotland \u2013 where he has museum-quality Bates work displayed \u2013 though on this occasion, understandably he wanted to meet the team and so visited our Carlisle studio.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really pleased it came out so well. It\u2019s hard to believe it\u2019s the same canvas as it all looks so fresh. You\u2019ve restored it for life,\u201d said Ian. \u201cI\u2019ve been struck by the professionalism and friendliness of everyone I\u2019ve spoken with and I\u2019m very happy to recommend the company to anyone who has a painting in need of work to bring out the best in it.\u201d<\/p>\n

If you have an item in need of restoration, please contact us<\/a> to see how we can help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Now another year has come to an end, we\u2019ve taken some time to reflect and look back over some interesting \u2013 and unique \u2013 restoration projects that we completed in 2018. From easel paintings to clay elephants to model aircraft \u2013 the breadth of conservation work that we carry out in the studio may surprise… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":38748,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nOur most memorable restorations from 2018 - Fine Art Restoration Company<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We\u2019ve taken some time to reflect and look back over some interesting \u2013 and unique \u2013 restoration projects that we completed in 2018.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/news\/interesting-and-unique-restorations-from-2018\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Our most memorable restorations from 2018 - Fine Art Restoration Company\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We\u2019ve taken some time to reflect and look back over some interesting \u2013 and unique \u2013 restoration projects that we completed in 2018.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/news\/interesting-and-unique-restorations-from-2018\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Fine Art Restoration Company\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-01-07T11:00:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-10-17T14:53:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/fine-art-restoration-2018.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Danielle Burke\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Danielle Burke\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Our most memorable restorations from 2018 - Fine Art Restoration Company","description":"We\u2019ve taken some time to reflect and look back over some interesting \u2013 and unique \u2013 restoration projects that we completed in 2018.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/news\/interesting-and-unique-restorations-from-2018\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Our most memorable restorations from 2018 - Fine Art Restoration Company","og_description":"We\u2019ve taken some time to reflect and look back over some interesting \u2013 and unique \u2013 restoration projects that we completed in 2018.","og_url":"https:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/news\/interesting-and-unique-restorations-from-2018\/","og_site_name":"Fine Art Restoration Company","article_published_time":"2019-01-07T11:00:54+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-10-17T14:53:25+00:00","og_image":[{"width":500,"height":500,"url":"https:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/fine-art-restoration-2018.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Danielle Burke","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Danielle Burke","Estimated reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/news\/interesting-and-unique-restorations-from-2018\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/news\/interesting-and-unique-restorations-from-2018\/"},"author":{"name":"Danielle Burke","@id":"https:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/9d7183babfc316105022265ede242bae"},"headline":"Our most memorable restorations from 2018","datePublished":"2019-01-07T11:00:54+00:00","dateModified":"2023-10-17T14:53:25+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/news\/interesting-and-unique-restorations-from-2018\/"},"wordCount":861,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/news\/interesting-and-unique-restorations-from-2018\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/fine-art-restoration-2018.jpg","articleSection":["Latest News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/news\/interesting-and-unique-restorations-from-2018\/","url":"https:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/news\/interesting-and-unique-restorations-from-2018\/","name":"Our most memorable restorations from 2018 - Fine Art Restoration Company","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/news\/interesting-and-unique-restorations-from-2018\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/news\/interesting-and-unique-restorations-from-2018\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/fine-art-restoration-2018.jpg","datePublished":"2019-01-07T11:00:54+00:00","dateModified":"2023-10-17T14:53:25+00:00","description":"We\u2019ve taken some time to reflect and look back over some interesting \u2013 and unique \u2013 restoration projects that we completed in 2018.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/news\/interesting-and-unique-restorations-from-2018\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/news\/interesting-and-unique-restorations-from-2018\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/news\/interesting-and-unique-restorations-from-2018\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/fine-art-restoration-2018.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/fine-art-restoration-2018.jpg","width":500,"height":500,"caption":"2018"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/news\/interesting-and-unique-restorations-from-2018\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Latest News","item":"https:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Our most memorable restorations from 2018"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/","name":"Fine Art Restoration Company","description":"The UK's national art restoration company","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/#organization","name":"Fine Art Restoration Company","url":"https:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FARCO-logo-Oval-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FARCO-logo-Oval-1.png","width":226,"height":158,"caption":"Fine Art Restoration Company"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/9d7183babfc316105022265ede242bae","name":"Danielle Burke","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0a72691d75a95785a8100020f8a1d973?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0a72691d75a95785a8100020f8a1d973?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Danielle Burke"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6390"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6390"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38747,"href":"https:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6390\/revisions\/38747"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fineart-restoration.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}