Starting Over. Again. And Again.

So today is the first day of the Fall semester at the community college where I will be loading up on all the art requirements for conservation school. Although I've already taken two classes, I still have three outstanding, so this fall I will complete the pre-reqs. What does that mean? Well, I will most likely be VERY tired of making art by the end of this whole thing, and my hand skills will probably be at their best. Art is like exercise, the more ya do it, the better ya get...so I will be a MASTER by December.. haha.

Beyond that, my internship at Northwestern is winding down, and suddenly, I feel as though I have not taken nearly enough advantage of it. Of course, that's how it always feels, but I will be cramming these last few weeks with photo-documention, report writing and book binding, hoping that all the disparate pieces come together in the last weeks.

Needless to say, I am quite stressed, but hopefully, it'll all come together. RIGHT? RIGHT?!?! haha.

We shall see......

Treatment Photos

I've been finally taking some AFTER TREATMENT photos, so here a few before and afters. Just for funsies.

LINING:

Before

After.

Fills. Using toned Japanese tissue, wheat starch paste.

Before

After.

Flattening, Separating.

Before.

After. 

Washing and Lining

Going from this .....

to this...

I took some pictures of washing and lining newsprint. I did this with methyl cellulose, although in the past I have been using wheat starch paste. I gotta say, its pretty fun getting all the pieces together...

side note: there is purposefully a small space between the two largest pieces, because the object will eventually be folded....