Some of you will have been at our fabulous meeting in May and heard Emily Reilly’s thoroughly entertaining talk on paper conservation. She has kindly followed up by sending the following helpful notes for us all on conserving paper, with useful suppliers and a link to her demonstration on YouTube. No excuse now for our paper ephemera not to last into the next century…
Notes on Paper Conservation Agents of Deterioration:
- Physical—Handling, touching, tears, creases, dirt
- Chemical—aging of paper fibres, acidity
- Environmental—-light, temperature, humidity, pollution
What you can do to preserve your paper:
• Keep it dry o Keep it clean o Keep it flat o Keep it out of the light (if possible) – U.V. filtering glass
• Best quality enclosures / boxes of Conservation / museum mountboard
• Enjoy it!
Useful Contacts: • www.cxinternational.com • www.preservationequipment.com • www.icon.org.uk • www.conservationregister.com • Good quality boxes can be ordered any size here, they also sell polyester enclosures: Packaging materials – Glamorgan Archives (glamarchives.gov.uk) - Emily O’Reilly // emily@emilyoreilly.co.uk // www.emilyoreilly.co.uk
- YouTube: Masters of Craft Channel.