26th Spetember 2023- Cairo, Egypt.
We are pleased to share the invitation to the workshop that we will hold here at Italian Archaeology Center in Cairo, Egypt on temporary consolidants, which can be applied in archaeological and architectural heritage.
Topics
- New findings from the Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Project VOLATILE4ARCHAEO: development of a new Volatile Binding Media alternative to
Cyclododecane
- Best practices in the employ of temporary consolidants
- Presentations, practical training sessions and guided visit
Location: 9 Champollion Rd, Marouf, Qasr El Nil, Cairo Egypt
Attendance and registration
The attendance is free of charge and open to conservators and professionals engaged in archaeological heritage conservation. Attendance will be limited to the first 30 participants who apply. Registration is mandatory at: https://forms.office.com/e/DmXC8SFi7q
Program: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BS7s4HPByntq87P4NbpRqGEYWctg8XLI/view?usp=drive_link
Language: English
Information and contact
https://site.unibo.it/msca-volatile4archaeo/en
h.kotb@unibo.it
elisa.franzoni@unibo.it
We are pleased to share the invitation to the workshop that we will hold here at the University of Bologna on temporary consolidants, which can be applied in archaeological and architectural heritage.
Topics
- New findings from the Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Project VOLATILE4ARCHAEO: development of a new Volatile Binding Media alternative to
Cyclododecane
- Best practices in the employ of temporary consolidants
- Presentations, practical training sessions and guided visit
Attendance and Registration
Attendance is free of charge and open to conservators and professionals engaged in
archaeological heritage conservation. Attendance will be limited to the first 15 participants who
apply. Registration is mandatory before June 20 at: https://forms.office.com/e/E043bZLMY7
Workshop flyer: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q8v_3-GfaS0_jnVitXPaNQ_9Q1h9llNp/view?usp=sharing
Contact
Presentation in the 5th Day of The Paintings Group " The choice of restoration materials: a recurring challenge for professionals?"
Friday, June 23, 2023, auC2RMF(Centre de Recherche et de Restauration des Musées de France)
presentation title: Recherche de nouveaux matériaux volatils pour la consolidation temporaire des biens patrimoniaux: vers des alternatives au cyclododécane?
Program:https://sfiic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Programme_JE_SFIIC_Peintures_avec_resumes_23-juin.pdf
I had the honor of delivering a presentation titled "The Behavior of Volatile Binding Media Applied in Cultural Heritage Object's Consolidation" at the Centre Interdisciplinaire de Conservation et de Restauration du Patrimoine (CICRP) in Marseille, France, on May 23, 2023. This presentation showcased the experiments and findings of the VOLATILE4ARCHAEO project.
https://cicrp.info/parlons-en/
I had the privilege of participating in the 51st Annual Meeting of the American Institute for Conservation (AIC) held in Jacksonville, Florida, from May 16th to May 20th, 2023. The focus of my presentation was "Scientific Characterization of Alternatives to Cyclododecane: a Technical Study of Volatile Binding Media for Temporary Consolidation of Cultural Heritage."
During the initial applications of selected Volatile Binding Media (VBM) on the painted surfaces in Chapel Notre-Dame in Beaumont de Pertuis, France.
Photo (left to right) Sébastien Aze, Jean-Marc Vallet, and Hamada S. Kotb
IPERIONHS-ARCHLAB facility
Dr Hamada Kotb got access to the National Institute of heritage archive in Romania. The visit includes access to physical and digital data collections. Furthermore, visit Doamnei church, Stavropoleos Monastery Church, Hurezi Monastery, and conservation laboratories, National University of Arts in Bucharest. The trip is part of the project Effectiveness of historical murals techniques on conservation that the IPERION HS-ARCHLAB has granted.
"Financial support by the Access to Research Infrastructures activity in the Horizon 2020 Programme of the EU (IPERION HS Grant Agreement n.871034) is gratefully acknowledged".
News in Brief: The News in Conservation
The project VOLATILE4ARCHAEO news and activities.
News in Conservation, vol. 88, London, News in Conservation, International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, 2/2022.
https://www.iiconservation.org/content/news-conservation-february-march-2022-issue-88
The ICCROM visitOn 14 December 2021, Hamada Kotb has visited the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property ICCROM in Rome. The visit was designed to enable the ER to visit the Mora sample collection, the laboratory, the library. The visit was managed by María Mata Caravaca the Manager, Records, and Archives, Strategic Planning Unit in ICCROM.
Health and Safety training
Hamada Kotb began the activities of training with the Health and safety course. According to the Consolidated Safety Act (Legislative Decree 81/08), the course is compulsory for all researchers and students at the University of Bologna who for study or research purposes work in laboratories, workshops, experimental fields, archaeological excavations, and all other workplaces that present specific risks. The course is organized on the E-learning platform website.
Kick-off meeting
The kick-off meeting takes place on 27 October 2021, with Prof. Elisa Franzoni, at Bologna, Italy. The main objective of the meeting is to discuss the management and implementation of the project.