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About Rachel Danzing
Rachel Danzing is a Conservator of Paper at the Brooklyn Museum where she has worked since 1992. Rachel has worked at the National Gallery in Washington, and has completed internships at institutions including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Library of Congress. She received her M.A. in Art History and a Diploma in Conservation from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.Repairing the Book of the Dead
Repairing papyrus can be a little like putting a jigsaw puzzle together. In order to make sense of the many small pieces at hand, we take advantage of the various examination techniques we have here in the lab. One method … Continue reading
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Radiocarbon (carbon-14) Dating of Book of the Dead of Sobekmose
Our research to further understand the Book of the Dead of the Goldworker Amun, Sobekmose continues. Carbon-14 (C-14) dating was one of the first scientific analytical techniques that we employed to confirm the date for this piece, thought to be … Continue reading
Pigments and Inks Typically Used on Papyrus
This is the third blog post on the Museum’s extraordinary New Kingdom papyrus, the Book of the Dead of the Goldworker Amun, Sobekmose. My colleagues previously posted blogs on what exactly papyrus is, how it was made and formatted into … Continue reading
Conserving Watercolors: Under the Microscope
In my previous post, I discussed how an adhesive introduced with an ultrasonic mister can be used to stabilize paint layers. Now you can see that close up as illustrated here of another watercolor in the exhibition, Quarry by William … Continue reading
Conserving Watercolors: Misting to Stabilize Paint Layers
In preparation for the Museum’s current exhibition, Brushed With Light, conservators in the Paper Conservation Department examined over ninety watercolors. It was great to work on familiar works as well as those never examined or exhibited before. A common condition … Continue reading
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