Christel Pesme

• Master In Conservation; Master in Art History; Bachelor in Biology
• Chief Conservator/ Deputy Director (Conservation Services) at Heritage Conservation Centre (Singapore)

The formulation of display recommendations plays an important role in collections management and in an institution’s sustainability. This paper presents the development of the display recommendations approach adopted at the National Galleries of Scotland (NGS) since the acquisition of a microfader some ten years ago. The benefits of expanding from...

description of the ExPres Project. ExPres: Exhibiting while Preserving Development of an App. allowing visualisation of the digitally simulated effects of light on artwork appearance Funding in progress

Relationships between color production, color rendering of indigenous American textiles and their historical, ethnological, social, symbolic, aesthetic meanings, were presented during the conference. This paper explores the subject of color stability in relation to preservation issues that become critical through display under museum or gallery con...

Relationships between color production, color rendering of indigenous American textiles and their historical, ethnological, social, symbolic, aesthetic meanings, were presented during the conference. This paper explores the subject of color stability in relation to preservation issues that become critical through display under museum or gallery con...

The microfade tester is used to assess fading rates of fugitive colors of collection items. The paper presents the research considerations to design a simple, less expensive and portable contact microfade tester that could serve as a screening tool for conservators. Hardware design for such an instrument is presented that includes variations in lig...

Feathers are found in cultural heritage collections of tribal arts from the Americas, Africa, and the Pacific as well as in contemporary art, European and American fashion, and in taxidermy and ornithology specimens. Although museum conservators routinely evaluate feathers by looking at insect damage and mechanical wear, as well as fading as eviden...

Two investigations of the validity of microfading spectroscopy to predict the fading behavior of a diversity of colorants at lower light levels is discussed. The specific research question being: what is the probability that a particular sample being tested with micro-fading will alter significantly differently from the same luxhours light exposure...

This paper focuses on the chemical and physical characterization of cellulose acetate animation cels from the Walt Disney Animation Research Library dating from 1931 to 2003. The aim of this study is to compare the composition and date of the cels to their degree of deterioration relative to the storage conditions. The chemical composition was inve...

Lighting policies as part of a preventive strategy for feather collections in museums often do not consider the different colorant systems found in the feathers. Ornithological research about plumage coloration, while targeting an understanding of signaling in bird behavior, provides valuable information about different colorant systems and their r...

Preventing light damage to artwork is one of the greatest challenges for conservators of photographs and making the decision to display is an important responsibility. The Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) worked with the staff of the J. Paul Getty Museum and Getty Research Institute to test artwork from the collections for light sensitivity with...

Ultraviolet-induced visible fluorescence is introduced for detecting photochemically induced degradation of feathers before detectable fading has occurred, and results link fluorescence changes to changes in keratin chemistry and pigment concentration. Analysis and collections review illustrate how past light exposure may be indicated through fluor...

Exploring the use of CIECAM02 for preventive conservation issues

In April 2009, the Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage (ICN) convened a meeting in Amsterdam to discuss the status of microfading research. It was clear that while approximately 12 of the 14 microfaders worldwide were built using the Whitmore design, considerable innovation had also taken place. In the absence of round robin testing at the...