Revealing the unseen in Indian miniature paintings with the Multimodal Image Viewer.
When I was conservator at the Rijksmuseum from 2017 to 2019, I studied the Indian drawings in the collection. I was fortunate to benefit from…
Mounting a double-sided folio in hyperlapse
For each drawing and painting, I make a float mount using a sheet of Japanese paper in which a window is cut to allow viewing…
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The mounting of a painting with dust-cover using photo-corners: a longing heroine braves the storm
The project on the Pahari works of the Museum Volkenkunde is going well. I am currently mounting the 134 paintings and drawings using methods tailored…
New short-courses: paper in the Islamic World and pigments and dyes in Islamicate manuscripts
I have recently developed these specific courses to cover the materiality of Islamicate manuscripts and paintings on paper. These courses are 3 hours in length…
Lecture for the AFHEPP: Le Papier dans le Sous-Continent Indien: Histoire, Techniques et Matériaux
In July, before going on holidays, I gave one-hour lecture for the Association Francaise pour l'Histoire et l'Etude du Papier et des Papeteries. The attendees…
Lecture at the 36th Biennal Congress of the International Association of Paper Historians in Krems (Austria)
Handmade papers used for the production of Pahari drawings from the 19th century-north western India. The conference was entitled Paper of Graphic Art and showcased…
Do you know fingernail calligraphy?
or Khatt-i nakhuni ...? Publication of the online article: Nail and Griffin on Paper: Exploring a fingernail calligraphy album from twentieth-century Iran in collaboration with…
New article publication
After three years for research, writing and editing, I am proud to announce that our article on the painting from Genisa Ter Borch, an Iranian…
Tools and tips for the conservation of Indian miniature paintings
The nanomister I recently purchased this device and am very happy with it. There are literally thousands of models online, so it's hard to find…
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Souvenir from an imaginary city: decrypting and conserving an enigmatic urban depiction from nineteenth-century northern India.
My thanks go to Shivani Sud for her opinion on the possible origin of this painting. Shivani is currently preparing her upcoming PhD dissertation, "The…
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