Mar. 06, 2017 | Posted in Reports, Restoration of Paintings , Student Reporter | Tags:Eri Hosokawa, Restoration of PaintingsReporter: Eri Hosokawa | Course: Restoration of Paintings

Painting Restoration 45-Internship Course 2015-2017

板絵の修復です。まずは、絵具層が剥がれそうになっている部分に注射器で専用の接着剤を注入し、重りをのせて乾くまでしっかり固着させます。

This is a panel painting restoration. Firstly, I injected special glue into the parts where paint layer was about to peel off. After that, I let it dry with a weight over it so it’s completely attached.

過去の修復で用いた素材に問題があったようで、水膨れのようになってしまっています。まだ下に元の絵画層が残っている個所もあるので、丁寧に過去の修復だけをそぎ落とし、必要な個所にのみ充填剤を入れて削っていきます。その後新たに補彩をし直します。

It looked like the material used in the past restoration work was not appropriate, causing some blisters on the surface. I carefully scraped the troubled restoration material off, trying not to hurt the original paint layer underneath. I then placed filler to where necessary, and shaped it by scraping it off. After that was completed, colors were added.

小さな銅板画の修復です。細密画のようで、いつもより補彩の精度が要求されます。

This is a copperplate print restoration. Since this drawing was a miniature, more precise restoration technique was required.

フィレンツェから北西に約２００ｋｍ離れた港町、ジェノヴァに行ってきました。港からはすぐに街のある丘陵の斜面となり、盆地であるフィレンツェとは大分趣が違います。ジェノヴァにはイタリア最大の水族館があり、１万５千匹もの生き物が飼育されているそうです。鮫だらけの大水槽や珍しい海の生き物がいる７０もの水槽が並び、２時間近く楽しむことができます。

I visited Genova, a port town that is 200km northwest of Florence. The port is very close from the hill area, so the landscape is quite different compared to Florence, which is a basin. In Genova, there is the largest aquarium in Italy. There are 15,000 creatures displayed in 70 fish tanks. You will enjoy a giant fish tank with various kinds of sharks as well as a fish tank with rare sea creatures.