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I thought I would share some of the education that happened
this summer at Dakota County Technical College.
Don Williams conducted two classes here through
the Smithsonian Museum, Technology and Preservation
of Coatings and The Conservation of Polychrome Surfaces.
Each class had several components --
here is one segment of the Polychrome class.
The mission was to create a Japaned surface from scratch
to help understand how to repair a polychrome piece.
Mitch Kohanek
Students sanding on $3 wooden box.
Students applying a sizing coat of hide glue #251
(20 to 1 mixture) and calcium carbonate added.
Julianna applying one pound cut of shellac that has pigment
added to it for color. At least 8 coats of blue shellac was applied.
She painted yellow shellac on top of the blue to create the green color.
Beverly in-painting on a box she painted black and red.
Projects with gold leafing
Student project boxes nearly finished.
