Images

A porcelain lid before conservation. All the photos are the copyright of the British Museum.

Old overpaint restoration is flaking and peeling off.

Bottom part of the lid. Old restoration paint is flaking and peeling off.

Removal of old restoration paint and revealing the original surface, some of which was covered with paint.

The surface inside the lid after the removal of old restoration paint.

Porcelain lid after the removal of old restoration paint.

Re-filling the area of old paint.

Re-filling the area of old paint (bottom part).

Re-filling inside the lid.

The lid after conservation. Inpainting over the newly filled area.

A Romano-British pot from 1st or 2nd century AD. All the photos are the copyright of the British Museum.

After reconstruction

During gap filling.

During gap filling with plaster.

During gap filling.

After gap filling and attaching the fills onto the missing areas.

After gap filling

After gap filling.

Conserving at the British Museum

Plaster fills before inpainting.

Plaster fills during inpainting.

Plaster fills after inpainting.

The rim and the inside view of the pot.

Talking about stone deterioration to the MSc students from UCL Qatar in Doha. Sheikh Faisal Museum. Photo by Stephanie Black.

Talking about stone deterioration to the MSc conservation students from
UCL Qatar in Doha. Sheikh Faisal Museum. Photo by Stephanie Black.

Discussion with conservation students. Sheikh Faisal Museum, Doha, Qatar.

Discussion with conservation students on stone deterioration. Sheikh Faisal Museum, Doha, Qatar. Photo by Stephanie Black.

Supervising the UCL Qatar MSc conservation students on practical conservation work on stone objects. Sheikh Faisal Museum, Doha, Qatar.

Supervising the practical conservation work on stone objects undertaken by the UCL Qatar, MSc conservation students. Sheikh Faisal Museum, Doha, Qatar. Photo by Stephanie Black.

UCL Qatar MSc conservation students working on stone objects from the Sheikh Faisal Museum, Doha, Qatar.

UCL Qatar MSc conservation students working on stone objects. Sheikh Faisal Museum, Doha, Qatar.

Supervising the MSc conservation students from UCL Qatar,as they test the different types of mortars for stone conservation.

Conserving ceramic vessels from Ur, Iraq (copyright of the British Museum).

Conserving a terracotta mask from Ur, Iraq (copyright of the British Museum).

Conserving a limestone lintel piece from Sudan

Drilling holes into the limestone to place stainless steel rods

Using Epoxy and Polyester resin for attaching the heavy fragments of stone

Conserving a large, marble inscripted plaque

After conservation

Restoring the colossal statute of Dionysos in Turkey.

Hallaton Roman Helmet, consolidating the cheek piece under microscope (copyright of the British Museum).

Hallaton Roman Helmet. Cheek piece during soil removal (copyright of British Museum).

Hallaton Roman Helmet. Cheek piece during conservation (copyright of the British Museum).

Hallaton Roman Helmet. Reconstructing the ear cover for the cheek piece. (copyright of British Museum).

Cheek piece after conservation (copyright of the British Museum).

Hallaton Roman Helmet during conservation (copyright of the British Museum).

Taking the squeeze mold of the incised relief at Catalhoyuk

Conserving the plastered bucranium at Catalhoyuk

Neolithic incised relief with spiral decoration (mud plaster)

Lifting the decorative relief at Catalhoyuk

After lifting the decorative border

Conserving horncores at Catalhoyuk

Conserving horncores at Catalhoyuk.

Horncores after conservation, Catalhoyuk

Lifting the plastered bear relief at Catalhoyuk

Damaged plaster installation at Catalhoyuk

The plaster installation during conservation

Working with the local people

Plaster installation after conservation

A Byzantian baby skeleton found in an archaeological site at Sille, Turkey. Before conservation.

Bone and fabric remains, before conservation

Bones of the baby skeleton during conservation

Baby skeleton during conservation. Replacement of the bones.

3 thoughts on “Images”

Beril says:

December 1, 2008 at 4:06 pm

Congratulations on your impressive, inspiring work Duygu.

Keep up the good job for the sake of History…

EFI says:

November 6, 2009 at 11:55 am

what interesting work yoy are doing!
i am very proud of you duygu.
keep the good work….
thinking of you….
efi.

BERNA V says:

April 10, 2015 at 2:57 pm

one thing led to another, and I found your site: beautiful, inspiring.