Poster gallery of the POPART conference

Identification of plastic materials in a museum collection through collaboration with an undergraduate chemistry program

JoAnn Peters,

Department of Chemistry, Central Washington University, Ellensburg (USA)

Simple Method of Identification of Plastics

Friederike Waentig,

Professor,Cologne University of Applied Sciences CICS (DE)

Futuro project

John Greenwood,

Senior Lecturer, Cultural Heritage Conservation, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra (AU)

Objects in flux?

Juliane Wattig,

The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (USA)
Co-authors: Dafne Cimino (GCI, Los Angeles), Albrecht Gumlich (GCI, Los Angeles),
Emma Richardson (GCI, Los Angeles), Tom Learner (GCI, Los Angeles)

Inflatable P-PVC Art: what’s the matter?

Serena Francone,

Freelance conservator, Como (IT)

Burri and PVC: technique and decay

Paola Iazurlo,

Responsabile del Lab. di Restauro Materiali dell’Arte Contemporanea, Istituto Superiore per la Conservazione e il Restauro, Rome (IT)
Co-Authors: O. Chiantore (Università degli Studi di Torino), G. De Cesare (Conservator, Istituto Superiore per la Conservazione e il Restauro, Laboratorio di Restauro Materiali dell’Arte Contemporanea, Rome)

Emission of Volatile Peroxides During the Photo-Oxidation of Polymers

Chase H. Butler,

Carnegie Mellon University (USA)

Conserving Crash Test Dummies

Jannicke Langfeldt,

Science Museum, London (UK)
Co-authors: Natsumi Henzan (UCL, London), Yvonne Shashoua (Natmus, Copenhaguen), Kathrine Segel (Natmus, Copenhaguen)

Larger than life- The conservation of lifelike Ichneumon Wasp & Bulldog Ant plastic models

Efstratia Verveniotou,

Conservator Palaeontology Conservation Unit, Natural History Museum, London (UK)
Co-author: C. Collins

Conservation of plastics in Brazil

Conceição Linda de França,

Especialista em Restauração de Bens Culturais, Belo Horizonte (BR)

Degrade, replace, reuse?

Annette McKone,

Objects Conservator, Auckland Art Gallery (NZ)

Plastic Fashion and Design MUDE – Museu do Design e da Moda – Colecção Francisco Capelo, a preservation study

Joana Lia Ferreira,

MUDE – Museu do Design e da Moda – Colecção Francisco Capelo, Lisbon (PT)
Co-authors: Bárbara Coutinho (MUDE, Lisbon), Leslie Carlyle (Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Lisbon)

Assessment of the early stages of cellulose nitrate decay

Jean-Luc Gardette, Professor,

Université Blaise pascal, Clermont-Ferrand (FR)
Agnès Lattuati-Derieux, Conservation scientist, Centre de recherche et de conservation des collections (CRCC), Paris (FR)

Development of a new glasses polymer for cultural heritage with enhanced abrasion and ultraviolet protection

Mickaël Berrebi,

PhD student, CRCC/Université de Cergy-pontoise (FR)

Teas triangle for cleaning and consolidation of plastics

Grazia De Cesare,

Conservator, Laboratorio di restauro dei materiali dell’arte contemporanea ISCR, Rome (IT)
Co-author: Francesca Capanna, (Conservator, Laboratorio di restauro dei materiali dell’arte contemporanea ISCR, Rome)

Effects of cleaning gel systems on various plastics: a preliminary study on PVC

Clémentine Bollard,

Freelance conservator, Paris (FR)
Co-authors : Nathalie Balcar (C2RMF, Paris), Gilles Barabant (C2RMF, Paris), Sara Kuperholc (Freelance conservator)

Polyurethane foam in Piero Gilardi artworks: preliminary studies and conservative intervention on the work Sassi in 1972

Anna Volpe,

Freelance conservator, Verona (IT)

Low-cost, practical storage solutions for vulnerable materials: Re-storage of the materials collections at Blythe House, Science Museum

Fran Coles,

Collections Care Conservator, Science Museum, London (UK)
Represented by: Jannicke Langfeldt, Science Museum, London (UK)

A case of substitution: the Screens of Schifano

Paola Iazurlo,

Conservator, Rome (IT)

Conservation of natural rubber

François Duboisset,

Conservator (FR)
Co-authors: Sylvie Ramel (Conservator), Sylvain Oudry (Conservator), Alain Colombini (CICRP, Marseille)