Cow's urine, glitter and nanogels. In this episode, Isabelle Imbert welcomes Amelie Couvrat-Desvergnes, independent conservator of Islamic and Indian manuscripts and paintings, to discuss the progress of paper preservation techniques, the most difficult types of paper to conserve, and the do and don't of at-home conservation.

 Mentioned in the Episode and Further Links

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Follow Amelie Couvrat-Desvergnes on Instagram and check her website, amelieconservation.com

Amelie latest paper: "Cut-Out Calligraphy from the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries: Discussion of Its Origins and Significance and Observations on the Techniques and Tools Used", Journal of Material Cultures in the Muslim World

Association of Conservators (non-exhaustive):

• UK: https://www.icon.org.uk/
• USA: https://www.culturalheritage.org/
• France: https://www.ffcr.fr/la-ffcr
• Germany: https://iada-home.org/

Suppliers of conservation material:

• UK: https://www.cxdinternational.com/; https://www.preservationequipment.com/
• USA: https://www.talasonline.com/
• France: http://www.atlantis-france.com/fr/

To learn further about Nanogels, check the project Nanorestart below: 

• http://www.nanorestart.eu/
• http://www.nanorestart.eu/images/download/NRA_booklet.pdf
• http://antoniomirabile.com/images/competence/596f7436c49575.30352702-141publicationPSTremovalcompressed.pdf
• Rita Udina gave a summary of the concept on her website: https://ritaudina.com/en/2018/06/20/gels-microemulsions-nano-systems-paper-co