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Offley Works, 1 Pickle Mews,

London SW9 0FJ,

United Kingdom

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Depictions of a conservator in the film or media may typically show a conservator wearing a pair of optivisors (magnifying lenses), however, behind the scenes, there are many more items we wear to help us carry out our work.
Working with toxic chemic

At Simon Gillespie Studio we carry out and encourage preventative conservation, that is, measures taken to prevent damage from occurring to paintings. The appropriate measure may vary depending on the needs of a painting or collection. Examples inclu

It may be a misconception that painting conservators deal only with the paint layers of a painting; this could not be further from the truth. We also address issues within the primary support of the painting, i.e. the canvas or panel. A canvas painti

Varnishes are protective layers of clear resin applied on top of the paint layers; they act as barriers between the environment and the paint layer, but also have an aesthetic function of saturating the paint layer (think of picking up a pebble on a

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Simon, Léonie, Majo, Emily & Rita are accredited conservator-restorers (ACR), a professional qualification awarded by the Institute of Conservation (ICON), the UK’s professional body of conservators