User:Fopferman

Frances Opferman is the current Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Paper Conservation at the National Gallery of Art, in Washington, DC. She graduated from Queen's University (Kingston, ON) with a Master of Art Conservation specializing in paper conservation. She has held previous internships at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) and the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA), as well as completed a year-long fellowship at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin.

To Do:[edit | edit source]

I want to do something to enhance the readability of the article summaries that are being added below sources in the bibliography. Currently looks like a big block of text to me, despite the indentation, and so I'll be playing with formatting below
Add written content to Chelating Agents, as well as more source summaries
Help Sandrine with adjusting formatting and old-ness of pages for a more cohesive formatting situation
Add chemistry of bleach to bleach page

In Progress[edit | edit source]

11 Nov 2025 - fixing formatting, organization, etc. on BPG Hinge, Tape, and Adhesive Removal
Working on a write-up for the chelator page...will eventually need a second opinion/proof reader from someone more knowledgeable than me

Ideas for big changes[edit | edit source]

Page dedicated to Varnished Wall Maps
Page dedicated to Solvents (bc these are used both for adhesive etc removal and varnish removal, among other less common things)
If things on the Talk page have been accomplished, and were added 5+ years ago, the suggestion can be deleted

Wiki code shortcuts[edit | edit source]

Got from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikitext

': ' adds indent. more colons, more indented
<blockquote> and </blockquote> on lines before and after text (like the source summaries) makes the spacing even, rather than being closer to the thing below it when it is describing the source above
- In theory, this should also indent the right side like a proper block quote, but that does not seem to happen on our Wiki system
Any text that goes after a | is what the irl text will read; whatever is before it is the link
[[Name of Main Page|Text to be displayed]] links text to a specific page
[[Name of Main Page#Subheading Title|Text to be displayed]] - links to a specific section within another wiki page
- If linking to a section within the same page, can skip the prefix and start with the # part

Things I did[edit | edit source]

Make spacing even-er on Washing
Add several source summaries on Chelator page, and reorganize part of the bibliography
Revamp and reformat BPG Bleaching to be more organized, straightforward, up to date, etc. (arguably, still needs more recent sources)

Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3[edit | edit source]

Playing with ways to adjust formatting of bibliographies and summaries. (I copied and pasted multiple bibs from across the wiki, ignore that)

Default line spacing.

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^Sentence continuing to new line

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Current

French, Meredith, and Jodie Utter. 2024. "Art on Paper Discussion Group 2024: Tape and Adhesives: New Techniques and Materials for an Age-Old Problem." Book and Paper Group Annual 43: 119-122.

This summary of the Art on Paper Discussion from the 2024 AIC Annual Meeting covers practical methods for tape and adhesive removals. Rebecca Pollak discusses the use of the gel Sylgard 184 polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), while Heather Hendry discusses a reduction protocol emphasizing mechanical removal options, followed by the limited use of solvents and poultices.

Futernick, Robert. 1984. "Methods and Makeshift: Hinging Artifacts to Matboard." The Book and Paper Group Annual 3. Accessed June 29, 2020.

Hansen, Charles. 1967. "The Three Dimensional Solubility Parameter and Solvent Diffusion Coefficient." Copenhagen : Danish Technical Press.

Holm, Susanne M. 1982. "The Use of A Poultice in Paper Conservation." In Abstracts of the Eighth Annual IIC-CG Meeting, Quebec. Ottowa : IIC.

Minter, William. 1986. "Special Tool for Removal of Pressure-sensitive Tape." New Directions in Paper Conservation. 10th Anniversary Conference of the Institute of Paper Conservation. IPC.

Müller, Leonie, Ute Henniges, Julia Schultz, Annine Wöllner, Stefan Zumbühl, and Irene Brückle. 2022. "Pressure-Sensitive Tape Removal in Paper Conservation: A Review." Journal of Paper Conservation. Vol. 23. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.1080/18680860.2022.2060000.

Navarro, Juanita. 1997. “Removing Paper Labels from Ceramics and Glass.” The Conservator 21(1): 21-27.

This article brings together the treatment of an organic material, paper, when it comes in conjunction with an inorganic material such as glass or ceramics. The author presents a method of removal, which is by locally humidifying the label. Though there are other methods of removing a label from a ceramic or glass object, the author also talks about the structure of labels and how to re-attach or store a label once it has been removed.

Nicholson, Kitty. 1991. "A Less Toxic Solvent Mixture for Tape Stain Removal." Washington Conservation Guild Newsletter.

Johnson, Ben G. 1972. "Oriental Mounting Techniques in the Conservation of Western Prints and Drawings." Studies in Conservation 17(Issue sup1): 517-525.

Includes double- layered mending strips for ridged tears.

Jones, Melvyn. 1978. "Traditional Repair of Archival Documents." The Paper Conservator 3(1): 9-17.

Using lens tissue and paste.

McAusland, Jane. 1978. "Facsimile Paper Repairs for Works of Art on Paper." The Paper Conservator" 3(1): 29-32.

Including paring away dirty tear edges; splitting paper to make internally reinforced tears.

McMullen, Orla. 1978. "Paper Repair in Older Printed Books." The Paper Conservator 3(1): 18-29.

Includes heat set tissue and Japanese tissue and wheat starch paste discussion.

Pataki, Andrea. 2009. “Remoistenable Tissue Preparation and its Practical Aspects.” Restaurator 30(1-2): 51–69. Accessed August 26, 2020.

This article looks at the adhesives used to prepare remoistenable tissues for repairs. The successful adhesives for light-weight tissue repairs were: Gelatin, isinglass, cellulose ethers, starch paste and synthetic adhesives such as Aquazol® and Paraloid B72. Funori and JunFunori® were tested and showed to be unsuitable to make remoistenable tissues. A successful adhesive was judged based on its ability to form an adhesive film, by the concentration it must be made to, by the flexibility of the tissue-adhesive, by the transparency of the adhesive tissue and by the adhesive’s swelling ability, which enables re-activation.

The article also looks at the types of tissues used for repair and their characteristics, as well as looking at the different adhesives in their various concentrations, and how these have an effect on their flexibility and what solvents are needed to reactivate the tissues. These qualities are very important when choosing an adhesive and tissue to make your repairs with. The results are reported in a very clear and easy to read table. Images are used to explain some of the tests that were done, which are also useful to understand the issues or advantages of using certain materials.

Schraubstatter, Carl. 1978. Care and Repair of Japanese Prints. New York : Asian Conservation Laboratory.

Stevens, Phillip. 1987. "The Conservation of Indian and Moghul Miniatures." The Conservation of Library and Archive Materials and the Graphic Arts. Guy Petherbridge, ed. London : Butterworths.

Internally reinforced tears inserted between sheets of paper making up the Illumination.

Wardle, David Bernard. 1971. Document Repair. London : Society of Archivists. Barrow, William J. 1958. "Cleaning of Documents." Archivum 9: 119-23.

This articles covers cleaning procedures (including water baths) for the non-professional and the professional.

Barrow, William J. 1953. "Migration of Impurities in Paper." Archivum 3: 105-8.

Discussion of acid-migration problems.

Blank, M.G., E.N. Galbraich, and P.I. Niuska. 1965. "Stareniye Restaurirouannoi Bumagi (Aging of Restored Paper)." In Stareniye Bumagi. Moscow-Leningrad, USSR: Laboratory of Conservation and Restoration of Documents, Academy of Sciences. 57-67.

Water treatment appears to have an adverse affect on new papers since it loosens the paper fibers. Water treatment appears to strengthen and increases the permanence of old paper.

Browning, Bertie Lee. 1977. Analysis of Paper. 2nd ed. New York: Marcel Decker.

Chapter 15. "Acidity and Alkalinity." 169-177. Details of methods to determine pH of paper. Cold and hot water extractions and surface measurements are outlined.

Test 1: Italics (I like this because it helps make clear and quick distinction between citations and summaries when scrolling through. Spacing needs some help tho)