Haute Ecole Arc Conservation-Restauration

Characterization of the interaction of laser radiation with Copper Alloys used in outdoor scultpure ine the United Kingdom

Froidevaux, Maya

Mémoire de diplôme HES : Haute Ecole Arc Conservation-Restauration, 2007.

Laser cleaning has been successfully used on a wide range of materials for over 30 years. Laser cleaning of metals, however, has received relatively little attention within the conservation field during that time. Copper alloy outdoor monuments strongly suffer from the effects of the polluted environment to which they are exposed in all urban and industrial areas in the world and there is a...

Haute Ecole Arc Conservation-Restauration

Le conditionnement d'objets en métal : Propositions pour le service archéologique du Canton de Berne

Kramer, Miriam

Mémoire de bachelor : Haute Ecole Arc Conservation-Restauration, 2009.

In the last 20 years, the preventive conservation within the topic of the cultural property protection increased highly in significance. It is dealing with the « outside » factors of the conservation of objects, for example the relative humidity and the temperature, without interfering with the methods of restoration. Thus, the archaeological service of the canton Bern (ADB) possesses an...

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Caractérisation des plaques d'identification militaires en zinc provenant du site de Carpash (Alsace, Haut-Rhin, F)

Scholl, Marie-Jeanne

Mémoire de bachelor : Haute Ecole Arc Conservation-Restauration, 2013.

The excavation of the shelter Kilian in Carspach provides an opportunity for conservator-restorers to study the behavior of modern metals in archaeological context, through excavated artifacts, such as the identification tags. The metal undergoes, during burial, various corrosion processes, altering its original condition and weakening the object. These depend on many factors, linked not only to...