All posts by Rachel Danzing

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.

Detail of Book of the Dead of Sobekmose

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…

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Tuesday, September 20th, 2011
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Conservation, Egyptian Art
Detail from the Book of the Dead of the Goldworker Amun, Sobekmose

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…

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Thursday, March 3rd, 2011
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Conservation, Egyptian Art

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…

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Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
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Conservation, Egyptian Art

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…

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Thursday, October 4th, 2007
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American Art, Conservation

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…

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Thursday, September 27th, 2007
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American Art, Conservation
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