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The Brightness of Light:
The Painting Techniques Applied on Mediaeval Polychrome Sculpture
Friday, June 27, 2008 - Friday, July 4, 2008

In association with the SRAL - Limburg Conservation Institute.

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Application

Candidates will be selected on the basis of their detailed curriculum vitae and letter of motivation. Please send in your curriculum vitae and letter of motivation together with your application form as soon as possible but no later than Thursday, May 15, 2008. Applications are completed after full payment of the course fee is received.

AMSU Course Name: ARTH-1.

Application form

Details

Date: Friday, June 27, 2008 - Friday, July 4, 2008.

Application Deadline: Thursday, May 15, 2008.

Certificate: On completion of course.

Capacity: 20 participants.

Language of Instruction: English.

Location: Limburg Conservation Institute, next to the Bonnefantenmuseum in Maastricht.

Fee: € 800,- (including lunches, coffee and tea, materials needed during the workshop).

Materials: Please bring your own apron.

Course Organizer: SRAL - Limburg Conservation Institute.

Registration: Confirmed participants are expected to register on Friday, June 27, 2008. Exact time and location to be announced shortly.

Course coordinators & teachers

Anne van Grevenstein (Netherlands) - Conservator of Paintings/Director; Limburg Conservation Institute (SRAL).

René Hoppenbrouwers (Netherlands) - Department Head Education; Limburg Conservation Institute (SRAL).

Arnold Truyen (Netherlands) - Conservator Polychrome Sculptures & Objects; Limburg Conservation Institute (SRAL).

Guest teachers

Prof.dr. Ulrich Schiessl – Conservation Programme of the Hochschule fÃ¼r Bildende KÃ¼nste, Dresden;

Birgit Maas – Conservator Museum voor Volkenkunde Leiden, Polychrome Objects Specialist.

Provisinal Programme

Friday, June 27, 2008
Registration & introduction of staff and students;
• Visit to the SRAL studio's and Bonnefantenmuseum;
• Explanation of the course;
• Prof.Dr. Ulrich Schiessl: Introductory Lecture: 'From treetrunk to sculpture: techniques and materials of medieval polychrome sculpture'.

Saturday, June 28, 2008
Group I:
    • Birgit Maas: Practical workshop: woodcarving: participants will experiment with different tools and techniques, carving motives out of oak and limewood;
Group II:
    • Practical workshop: preparation of wooden supports: sizing with animal glue, build-up of several layers of a chalk ground;
    • Practical workshop: Pressbrocades: the technical composition of this three-dimensional application technique will be explained through the presentation of case studies. Based on historic examples, participants will make several leafs of brocade.

Sunday, June 29, 2008
Group I:
    • Practical workshop: preparation of wooden supports;
    • Practical workshop: Pressbrocades;
Group II:
    • Birgit Maas: Practical workshop: woodcarving.

Monday, June 30, 2008
• Prof.Dr. Ulrich Schiessl: Lecture: 'decoration and threedimensional application techniques on medieval polychrome sculpture';
• Practical workshop: polishing of the ground layers;
Group I:
    • Practical workshop: application of different decoration techniques (pastiglia, engraving, gems, etcetera);
    • Practical workshop: sizing of the ground and application of bole, as the first preparation layer for gold leaf;
Group II:
    • Demonstrations and practical workshop: preparation and extraction of medieval pigments out of minerals, insects and plants.

Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Group I:
    • Demonstrations and practical workshop: preparation and extraction of medieval pigments out of minerals, insects and plants;
Group II:
    • Practical workshop: application of different decoration techniques (pastiglia, engraving, gems, etcetera);
    • Practical workshop: sizing of the ground and application of bole, as the first preparation layer for gold leaf;
Afternoon
• Afternoon off. Option to visit the town, different musea, city tour, or just rest.

Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Group I:
    • Practical workshop: application of different sorts of metal leaf: gold, silver, tin;
    • Practical Workshop: burnishing of guilded areas;
Group II:
    • Demonstration: The proces of medieval paint making;
    • Practical workshop: different pigments will be ground in different binding media such as oil, egg yolk or animal glue, and be applied on test boards;
Afternoon
• Same programme and switch of group I and II.

Thursday, July 3, 2008
• Practical workshop: participants will experiment with the typical build-up of characteristic paint layers such as azurite, malachite, vermilion with glazes, etcetera;
• Practical workshop: in groups of two, participants will paint their pressbrocades and work with different decoration techniques on the burnished guilding, such as punching, engraving, sgraffito, shell gold.