It's all about that base | Conserving the Sherborne Cartonnage Ep 3
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- This week conservator, Verena Kotonski shows us the ins and outs of the base of the cartonnage. From buidling bridges, making sandwiches and using rigid gells to remove unwanted historic repairs, you'll become even more of an expert in the how tos and wherefores of conserving an ancient mummy coffin.
Watch along and impress your friends with your in-depth knowledge of cartonnage conservation next time you see them.
To be honest we have no idea how many episodes this series will have, each month the cartonnage has posed new 'challenges'. But it's also revealed more about life and death in Ancient Egypt. So we hope you will follow along as an already long project gets made even longer by unexpected global hand break turns.
The conservation and the making of this film was generously sponsored by the John S Cohen Foundation.
#AncientEgypt #Conservation #NewButOld
The skill and patience of the conservators is mind bending....i have nothing but respect for their work. Peace to ya.
Yes, to me it looks like a puzzle made of crumbling pieces and they still somehow manage to salvage most of it. If it was me i'd be like: nope i'm out. And imagine the amount off work it has to go in: just getting it "moisturized" took 4 weeks. The gel block stripping must have taken weeks as well, what they are 2 by 2 cm ? Imagine going over all that surface area in fingernail size increments.
@@gusty9053 Very well said my friend...i dont know how they do it. But i am very grateful they do.
I love not only the process but also the reminder of the filmmaker's presence at points through these videos. It showcases the great work done by everyone!
"This is all fine. Pandemic comes later" made me laugh.
Enjoying the conservation details as always, but the framing device with metacommentary from Roux is especially delightful.
this is a fascinating view! Its not just the subject matter though - the editing and commentary works so well to enhance the story - well done to everyone involved and especially the editor - a very fresh and engaging way of sharing stores from the BM. I love it!
Love watching this series, conservator looks like a stressful but fulfilling job.
Wow! So much goes into this kind of conservation effort!
Fascinating. The skill and dedication of the team is amazing.
I love rough edit style of this serie 💕
I really don’t like it. I’m interested in the restoration, not whatever video editing software is being used or just how small you can make “episode 3” in the thumbnail.
I'm here for the peek at a professional premier pro timeline and the clever solutions by conservators.
Fascinating to see how you guys adapt your processes on the fly!
What a phenomenal series, thank you for sharing.
This is so wondrous and serious at the same time. In a few thousand years, my cat bed will be treated the same way for its vibrant colour.
Restoration was one of the options I’d considered when I was deciding which field to pursue. I ended up working as a programmer and it seems I esentially do the same stuff - you start working on a project, it turns out someone has already tried to solve the same problem, you find a lot of bugs, you try to revert the previous changes and you have to take a completely different approach in the end in order to get the desired results!
This channel and series are beautiful, hope they will get more likes and shares
bring on ep 4! absolutely enthralled by the process!
good way of conservation, thanks for the info 👍
The videos and the conservation itself are brilliant - my only complaint is that I want more.
I am deeply impressed with the skill of the conservation team. I see that Verena and the team is succeeding with a conservation effort I, an untrained and unskilled lay person, would have thought impossible.
Wow! Fantastic and fascinating!
Bless you guys for preserving these amazing artifacts and sharing the process with us.
Excellent series! 🧡
Will there be continued episodes on the conservation of the car tonnage? Will we see Verena's continued work and of course the work of other members on the team? I'm very keen to learn more about progress with this project. I'm also keen to learn what significance the car tonnage has. What can we learn about the person it shrouded?
Really great work! I would love if they got some sort of acrylic transparent base só people would be able to se the inside as well during exhibition!
That work requires the patience of a saint.
This presentation points up the importance (to all ARTS) of HANDS, EYES, BRAINS AND PATIENCE. It is an Art, as SCIENCE remains when exercised at its BEST. I believe it is termed FINESSE.
Wasn't sold on the editing style originally, but after three episodes I can definitely say I love it, nicely done Roux!
Hello, are you going to finish this series, I love it so much 😁
I love how Roux is able to provide context in how is the video is built too!
Jolly good.
Thanks!
Loving Roux as a host!
where's episode 4 though :(
I’m getting impatient for the fourth video. What’s taking so long?! Hope everyone is safe and OK!!!
Has the conservation of this cartonnage been completed now? And if so, will it be on display when you reopen?
It hasn't yet, covid has made many things far more difficult. The plan is for the cartonnage to be displayed once the job is done, but as you've seen in this episode, it keeps throwing curveballs. We'll make an episode about its display and what goes into that job as it happens.
@@britishmuseum Return stolen artifacts theives.
By increasing the humidity is there care to keep molds or mildew from growing?
Relative humidity? Those are the wind-bags that come to family reunions....
I also notice that the video series has different spellings for the word "Sherborne". It is spelled either that ('Sherborne') or 'Sherbourne'. Which spelling is correct? It could be significant.
It's all about the videographer. Not the bass or the cartonnage. I found her/him very distracting with the cute editing and graphics but it took away from what was a very interesting insight into the amazing work of the conservators. Overall this series is bottom of the scale on the usual informative vids from The British Museum.
No treble
I'm loving the views with the conservators and processes coming along and breaking down their reasonings but genuinely the intercut with the video editor is just distracting and kind of annoying.
Like I'm here because I'm interested in seeing skilled people repair an artifact that's thousands of years old. Seeing someone click and open files and edit the video adds nothing at all to that experience.
Initially it was interesting to see and it's definitely a very skilled job but it just doesn't enhance anything.
These videos are a peek behind how the museum works and conserves artifacts for the public, I don't need another peek behind how they make the videos that peek behind 🤣
Love the series. But with that hat I always await some conspiracy theory droped at the end.
Why is it called the "Sherborne" Cartonnage? Shouldn't it be named after its *original* source?
Interesting point there.
Spent time at Sherborne Castle, just like the Rokeby Venus spent time at Rokeby Hall I guess
I’ve never seen an old lady wearing a cap before 👍
I miss the old way you did these …..let the production team stay in the credits please. I prefer the curators and conservators to do the talking
I’ve never seen an old lady wearing a can before 👍
Do you mean the editor's carabiner necklace ? I'm curious where she got that, too. It seems way simpler to don and doff than most.
All your base are belong to us
I really don’t enjoy cutting away from the preservation to shots of the video editing process. It’s distracting and off topic.
Such a great project, but this format sucks.
the editing is weak on this one
According to new MIT research indoors social distancing is not effective and your risk of infection is the same at 6 feet as it is at 60 feet. So only fear mongers and those ignoring old science and new science would be alarmed by people being elbow to elbow. The greater fear should be people being indoors far too much and for too long. The current social distancing guide lines are based on research and opinions of a German Hygienist from the 1800's. Science especialy good science with no political or social agenda is what matters! Thanks for sharing!
I underline the sentence about science without a political / economical agenda (pushed by big tech companies to one equal result) is what matters. Maybe to come to this conclusion is the positive part of this pandemic after all.
If a separation of 6 feet is as good as a separation of 60 feet, isn't that an argument in _favor_ of social distancing, since the usual recommendation is for a separation of 6 feet? Methinks your political or social agenda is interfering with your ability to understand the research you're referring to.