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INITIAL REACTIONS

What is Restoration?
"The action of returning something to a former owner, place or condition" (Oxford Dictionary)

1/FUTILITY : Is full restoration ever really possible? - time changes, cannot go back... , why want to?
2/ LYING FALLOW: Resting ... World in crisis, Let human ego take a break (as is happening with Covid) - perhaps we can rebalance our selves?, let Nature restore and rebalance? ....

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Restoration Contract Sharon Fleming    - signed

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8 Fatal Restoration Fails Which Shook the World

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8 Fatal Restoration Fails Which Shook the World

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A spoiled fresco. © Elías García Martínez/Cecilia Giménez. ...

Fresco characters lost their eyes. © wikipedia. ...

Berlusconi's fantasy. © Remo Casilli/reuters. ...

A lightened painting. © wikipedia. ...

A baby with someone else's head. ...

The Great Wall of China. ...

Castle of Matrera. ...

Tutankhamun's beard.

8 Fatal Restoration Fails Which Shook the World - BrightSide
https://brightside.me › creativity-art › 9-fatal-errors-of-res...

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1.5kg approx (€56 incl postage ordered o/l from Wesco)

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Fantastic for bodycasting incl. baby skin
- 1st trial, heated water to 35C as directed and went off almost immediately - expensive disaster.
- Retried with room temp water ca. 20C, and had about 5 mins to work 300g Algin:900g water  - much better result.
quite flexible
easy to break off, but must cast plaster quickly as alginate dries out and distorts...
how to use for slip casting?

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Why kill someone only to bring them to life to show transformation and evolution? The cocoon breaks to reveal the butterfly but who can explain what happened inside the cocoon? Did the caterpiller break its bones or took a stretch and moan to relaxation and popped out beautiful out of the cocoon?
‘Viral Series’ is a continued exploration into the death and regeneration taking place in deteriorating communities. .

“In ‘Viral Series,’ the busts, once pure and pristine, are hardly recognizable. They become tattooed with nature. Their heads grow leaves instead of hair. The faces scream out in pain or perhaps pleasure– in the midst of transformation. Often used to represent life, nature instead becomes a parable for an alternative state –- one where life and death intersect.”- Jess Riva Cooper

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There is so much fastidious control involved in creating each one of the Bottom Feeder pieces, but with ceramics there is always a margin for error, and some degree of control must be sacrificed. The composition of barnacles and crustaceans populating each piece, the way the ironoxide discovers every nook of the creatures she has created, the way the tentacles warp in the firings, etc., is always a surprise.”
" to find a balance between what we can control and what we cannot is where I believe true beauty lies.”- She explains.

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Stoneware - sculpted - iron oxide on hands applied after bisque firing,
gold lustre on gun applied after high fire and fired to 635C

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Working with porcelain and paper clay

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Article on Using resin to harden plaster

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Article on Using resin to harden plaster

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http://www.queensberryhunt.com/technical-information/resin-strengthened-plaster/

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Angela Mallor master class
https://youtu.be/TdEcIzSvZPY

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Calculating volumes http://www.queensberryhunt.com/technical-information/

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Couldn't get casting plaster due to Covid shortages (end Aug 2021), Tried taking castings of tree imprints in clay using skim coat - no, no, no!.. took overnight to cure - dirty brownish, sandy finish. Imprint looks ok but feels brittle when dry. Left bits in porcelain when i used for imprinting. ... live and learn..will have to wait until casting plaster becomes available.

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https://youtu.be/Ypa_MZDeEwk

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Clay imprinted with treebark and lichen. Fit into foil tray base and cover with about 3cm depth of plaster

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Hemisphere in strips of p.porcelain

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Test: Impregnating plaster with resin to strengthen it

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Test: Impregnating plaster with resin to strengthen it

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Plaster absorbs low viscosity resin readily at 40C readily. Applied 3 coats with brush and returned to kiln each time ... took about 1 hr... still wet in photo

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After image 😕 - smooth and matt, but definitely darker

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Bisque fired paper porcelain

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Using earthenware clay to make trial model

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Creating a mould to speed up making >1 version of bust

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Glaze- fired porcelain face Unfinished, but getting there

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Here she is!
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Our mindless activity has caused so much needless destruction
Have we forgotten that we are a part of, not apart from, nature?
This beautiful, fragile world, with all its wonderful life forms, is in crisis because of us;
The balance tipped precariously towards even our own annihilation.
The planet will survive but will we? ..... should we?

Let us rest a while -  just lie fallow, give nature a chance
Allow a balance of the natural world and our place within it to be restored

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NB: Always store boxes Right Way Up.  Do not load other boxes on Top!!  

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NB: Always store boxes Right Way Up.  Do not load other boxes on Top!!  

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BOX 1

Base (large stone with lamp base attached)

2 x small pin, round bulbs -LED, warm light, 25W -       NB: exact bulb type and wattage is important for the effect. A LED bulb needs to be used as it does not generate heat when lit for many hours.

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Porcelain head and shoulders

4 x loose porcelain pieces - 2 x branches, 1 x leaf, 1 x Poppy

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Open boxes 1 and 2 and check contents

1. Place base stone in final position.

2. Place the porcelain "collar" over socket.

3. Screw bulb in position.

4. Plug in and check bulb is working before proceeding any further.

5. Pick up the bust with both hands and hold firmly around throat (not leaves or any parts that may snap off)

6. Carefully and gently position the shoulders over the bulb and the collar (it will move as it is loose), until both shoulders are firmly standing on the base stone. Note: the right shoulder extends over the stone (see photos).

7. Insert branches into the throat as shown in photo

8. Arrange ivy through and around the piece

Dissassembly / Replacing bulb

1. Carefully remove ivy, loose branches and leaves and wrap separately in bubble wrap

2. Gently lift the bust off the base and lay back of head on cushion, bubblewrap or soft surface. NB: Don't stand her on her shoulders - the solid shoulder piece can snap off very easily.

3. Unscrew or replace bulb.

4. Reassemble or pack up in original boxes with lots of bubble wrap