Category: Tools and Techniques

The tools a conservator uses are crucial to their work. They can either help protect and heighten the piece and its aesthetics and history, or they can damage the piece. It all depends on the skill and knowledge of the conservator, and the experience they have in using these dangerous but necessary materials.

In turn, then, the conservator must have the technical ability to use those tools, and much know how, when, and why to use them to better serve the painting. This category delves into that knowledge base, and gives a few examples of what conservators are concerned with and what they know and use in their process.