The European Research Centre for Book and Paper Conservation-Restoration

The European Research Centre for Book and Paper

Conservation-Restoration Background, Aims, Visions - possibilities for

cooperation. Poznan June 2011

Dr. Patricia Engel

Aims

• Preserve our Pan Europen written cultural heritage

• As a basis for development of our societies• Europae´s culture roots in written traditions

Antique, Jewish,Christian,Muslime, Humanism, today´s education

• Material decaysdecay speeds up– Due to use, knowledge about existance of

material….

• Unanswered questions are concerning– Leather, Parchment, Inks; Paper…Bindings etc.

On the basis of

Experience as a conservatorExperience as a university teacherA Europe wide evaluation

The Centre was founded on

22th March 2010

The residence: in a castle, which must be kept in use

The choice of place is justified on the history and tradition in Horn

• Printing presses• Papermills• Bibliophil editing house• Berger Printing Press• Book Art Biennale• Reading festivities• …

a conservation studio• HORNER WERKSTÄTTEN

Booktownfathers asked 3 things

research• EUROPEAN RESEARCH

CENTRE FOR BOOK AND PAPER CONSERVATION-RESTORATION

IndustryMASSDEACIDIFICATION

Books between 1820-1950

Work of the Research CentreResearch

Bringing the results to the practicioners

EUROPEAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR BOOK AND PAPER CONSERVATION-RESTORATION

Own Research in 2010

EUROPEAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR BOOK AND PAPER CONSERVATION-RESTORATION

Own Research in 2011

DIGITISATIONConference in Kos

EUROPEAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR BOOK AND PAPER CONSERVATION-RESTORATION

Cooperations

• BAM Berlin• HI HAWK• Akademia Sztuk Pięknych

Warsaw• Vestigia Manuscript Research

Centre, Graz• Institut für Papier-, Zellstoff- und

Fasertechnik der TU Graz• Centre for Conservation Science

and Restoration TechniquesNational Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo

CONFERENCE„New Approaches to Book and Paper

Conservation“

11th-13th May 2011

150 Experts interdisciplinaryFrom 40 countries

Over 50 contributions

Answered the question: what do we need in terms of research now to keep our written cultural heritage in Europe?

Reseults of the conference:

• Answer to the Green Paper for FP8• 11 Research topics were identified• Whish for conference every second year• Many mails about high quality of contributions,

personal benefit…• Horn was a good place• Preprints available

First further education course

• Parchment assesment

20 Participants form 11 countries

EUROPEAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR BOOK AND PAPER CONSERVATION-RESTORATION

Perspektive 2011

• Poznan• ZadarSummer school on Ink Corrosion• IADA• Bulgaria seminar held by Torino University

• Bosses and clasps I – metal working | 3rd – 7th October 2011 – Lecturer: Prof. Hartwig Ullrich Bosses and clasps II – making copies of clasps and how to install them on the book | 10th – 14th October 2011 – Lecturers: DI Manfred Mayer and Reinhard Erlacher Bosses and clasps III – basics in clasps conservation | 17th – 18th October 2011 – Lecturer: Mag. Elisabeth Krebs Identification of European Paper – you only see what you know | 31st October – 4th November 2011 – Lecturer: Dipl. Ing. Gangolf Ulbricht Identification of Asian Paper – you only see what you know | 7th – 11th November 2011 – Lecturer: Dipl. Ing. Gangolf UlbrichtGlobe-Conservation-Course | 21st – 25th November 2011 – Lecturer: Dr. Patricia EngelThe understanding and analysis of organic materials in art | 5th – 9th March 2012 – Lecturer: Jan Wouters

• 2 Projekts

EUROPEAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR BOOK AND PAPER CONSERVATION-RESTORATION

Courses 2012

• R. Padoan – Hyperspectral Imaging January 2012

• Jan Wouters – Dies• 5th-9th- March 2012

• Jiří Vnouček – Parchment making May 2012

• SimonettaIannuccelli und Silvia Solgiu Gellan Gum treatment of prints and drawings

• Armenian inks – 2weeks Symposionautumn 2012

• Emergency planning?

EUROPEAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR BOOK AND PAPER CONSERVATION-RESTORATION

Research in the fraim of projects

• Culture2007-2013 Ethylenoxide – Protestantism

• FP7

Foto: Dieter Schewig

Rooms for the course participants/lecterers

Kitchen for the course participants

Other activities in the

BUCHSTADTHORN – CITY OF LETTERSHORN

Book Art biennale

Foto: Dieter Schewig

Readings

Foto: Dieter Schewig

Printing with school children

Foto: Dieter Schewig

EXHIBITIONS

Foto: Dieter Schewig

HORNER WERKSTÄTTEN

Conservation-Restoration

HORNER WERKSTÄTTENconservation studios

HORNER WERKSTÄTTENTHE TEAM

• Emma Chan (Copenhagen graduate)

• Letizia Fischer (Vienna graduate)

• Lisa Camilleri (Malta graduate)

• Cleaning

• Consolidation of edges

• Shrinkage temperature measurement of leather fibres

Leafe casting

Besides conservation-restoration we offer:

Digitisation

– of manuscripts and – Fragile Books

we• Renting out devices• Renting out space

HORNER WERKSTÄTTEN

Grammarschool Horn• Learn why we preserve our books• How to make iron gall inks

HAK Hornhelped preparing material for the conference

We have a Library,Donations of Books

are Wellcome

We are also thankful for other donations such as equipment…

Possibilities to cooperate

ProjectsFurther educationStudent exchange ERASMUSEquipment sharingBibliography network

Conservators

Other ideas wellcome!

We would be hounoured to have you as our guets!

EUROPEAN RESEARCH CENTER FOR BOOK AND PAPER CONSERVATION - RESTORATION

3580 Horn, Wiener Straße 2, Kunsthaus

0043 (0) 650 58 71 877ercbookpapier@mail.com

www.european-research-center.buchstadt.at