{"id":12469,"date":"2019-07-26T11:10:14","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T11:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artconservation.me\/?page_id=12469"},"modified":"2025-09-28T18:17:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T18:17:19","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.artconservation.me\/nl\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"Over"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PROFESSIONAL ART RESTORER IN BRUSSELS<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Laura Porcu<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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I am a professional Italian restorer working independently since 2016 in Brussels, where I have my restoration studio<\/a>.<\/p>

My restoration studies began in historic Florence, Italy where I attended a professional school in restoration of paintings on canvas and wood, and wooden polychrome sculptures.<\/p>

After completing my 3 year art restoration and conservation course in Florence, I decided to expand my preparation to a higher level. I was admitted in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage Masters Degree course, held by the University of Turin in collaboration with \u201cLa Venaria Reale\u201d Centre of Conservation.<\/p>

Upon the completion of my course of study, I was given the opportunity to face a very challenging topic, upon which I wrote my final thesis and various publications: the reassembling of a marble sculpture (coming from the Archaeological Museum in Turin), using an innovative approach and modern techniques<\/a> such as the Finite Element Method, photogrammetry, laser scanning, 3D printing and ultrasonic analysis.<\/p>

I am very passionate about my restoration work<\/a>, I have experience with a vast array of materials, and I am always up to date with new materials and modern techniques of intervention.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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My name is Perrine Franco and I am a restorer\/conservator of sculpted works. I have always been very interested in history and art, especially sculpture. It is therefore quite natural that I started my higher studies at ENSAV, La Cambre in Brussels in conservation-restoration of works of art. During my two years of master’s studies I specialized in stone materials.<\/p>

The last year of my master’s degree was dedicated to writing my final paper entitled “Study of the cleaning of soot from a fire, embedded in the crystalline material of white marble”.<\/p>

During my studies, I had the chance to do several internships, notably at Lapis Arte BV. There, I was able to work on the restoration project of the Rubenshuis, the Eucharistic tower of St. Peter’s Church in Leuven and on a commemorative sculpture in Zulte. This internship gave me the opportunity to gain experience on important restoration sites.<\/p>

I also had the chance to go to Luxor in Egypt for a one-month internship in collaboration with a French mission and La Cambre. There, I was able to work on Ostraca\u2019s and Oushebtis that had been buried in one of the tombs in the “Valley of the Artisans”. This workcamp allowed me to learn a lot about restoration on archaeological sites.<\/p>

Finally, I did an internship at Tollis, located in Paris. During this internship I had the chance to work at the Opera Garnier and on one of the facades of the Louvre museum. I was also able to restore a large white marble sculpture.<\/p>

Stone and plaster are the two materials I am most passionate about and with which I have specialized. These two materials include not only sculptures but also built heritage (facade decorations, stucco, mouldings, etc.).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Mural Paintings | Canvas Paintings | Panel Paintings<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Stone Sculptures & Monuments | Plaster Sculptures & Bas-Reliefs | Wooden Sculptures <\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Floor & Wall Mosaics | Residential | Ecclesiastical | Historical Buildings<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Cornices | Mouldings | Ceiling Domes | Ceiling Roses | Ornamentation Residential | Ecclesiastical | Historical Buildings<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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My philosophy of the treatment of cultural artifacts is based on minimal intervention.
This approach towards the objects is based on a deep respect of each art piece, its original materials, and also its history. Such respect involves every step of the conservation process.<\/p>

Preliminary to the intervention, I try to obtain the most information as possible using non-invasive methods such as multi spectral analysis.<\/p>

If possible, I choose to use reversible, water-based materials, and I prepare my own colours and solvent solutions so that I know what is coming in contact with the surface of the art piece.<\/p>

Nonetheless, I care for the environment, my clients and myself, so I continually try to use the least toxic products necessary.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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