Posts in Art
Cleaning Hugo

When the sizable Hougomont first arrived at West Muiracambus, the first task was to remove the frame and brown paper backing, to see what contition the canvas was in underneath.

This is truly when the fun began. As soon as the back was removed it became apparent that back of The Hugomont’s canvas was covered in mould…

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Journaling a Console Pt III: Verre Egolmise

I’m not going to go into the nitty gritty. Needless to say Events transpire. Some we would rather not transpire. Especially unfortunate ones which transpire when we’re trying to get to the end of a very long project…

Resulting in me taking a crash course in the a-fore mentioned verre eglomise, a fancy French way of saying- reverse gilding onto glass.

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