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THEATRE SET PIECE

February - May 2018

As the third year project of my restoration studies I focused on theatre set piece from the community house of Verla. The set piece, or coulisse, is painted on a cardboard surface with a wooden frame. My project included a history study of Verla factory area, material analysis of the set piece, documentation, damage analysis, several restoration tests and a restoration plan. Then, separately of my research project, I completed the restoration work of the set piece as an internship. The project was very interesting and I got to learn a lot about various materials and restoration techniques. The results turned out well and my client was very pleased with the result.

Digital damage analysis
Material analysis: Pine tree cell
Material anaysis: Birch tree cell
Material analysis: XRF analysis
Phases of veneer recontruction
Papier maché puttying
Restoration of a tear in the cardboard
Retouching with pastel chalks
Large tears pre-restoration
Large tears post-restoration
Veneer damage pre-restoration
Veneers post-restoration
Damaged lower corner pre-restoration
Lower corner after restoring the paper surface and reconstructing a missing painting.
The complete set of the coulisse

Nijmegen, Netherlands

©2023 by Aliisa Råmark
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