The Processes Involved In Ceramic Restoration And Conservation

By Catherine Perry


These processes which are being performed for protecting the objects made of ceramics and to preserve these as well. These are being protected because these have personal and historical values. The activities in the conservation and the restoration are typically done by the converter restorers. They are the ones who are responsible of restoring these cultural heritage objects.

The creation of these ceramics came from non metallic material coating and from inorganic material coating productions using the processes of cooling and of heating to create glazes. Typically, the coatings are both sustainable and permanent and this is for the purpose of being decorative and also utilitarian. Ceramic restoration Howell, general treatment, storage, handling, and cleaning are consistent, similar to the glass.

These similarities are oxygen rich components or ingredients like the silicates. This conservation of a ceramic is consist of 3 groups. These include the porcelain and stoneware, unfired clay, and terracotta and earthenware.

Ceramic restoration has started during the invention of materials such as reinforcements, fillings, patch works, and adhesives. The history for the ceramic repair has been ranged from many methodologies and methods. These days, there are a lot of advancements have been made for the restoration materials including adhesives, fillers, bonding, rivets, consolidation, and dowels.

The process of consolidation is when the ceramic fabric is strengthened by the introduction of material into a fabric that binds together. The common types which need to be consolidated are the excavated pieces because the bonding of fabrics will be lost due to the absorption of soluble salts and leeching. Rivets and dowels are the physical ways where ceramics are strengthened and reinforced beneath surfaces.

The purpose of fillers is to replace the losses and the gaps of materials for the reason of support or some other reasons. Plaster of Paris is a very common material being used. Other fillers and also putties are utilized as well. A plaster of Paris material is consists of calcium sulphate hemihydrate power.

In an object production, the materials used eventually degrades and deteriorates. The deterioration of these objects that occur often lead to environment and materials interaction, thus, the object is formed. An environmental factor causes the deterioration of ceramics. Ceramics are broken down physically and also chemically in many ways.

The ceramic type is also one important factor that causes the break down. An unfired clay type is unstable and is water soluble. Two common examples for this are the clay adobe and mud. An earthenware is not water soluble and the reason for this is because of a firing process being performed and not allowing a vitreous and an extensive glossy formation into the body. Though not soluble in water, the water is still penetrated to a porous earthenware body.

A glaze will be applied in order to protect a vessel from water. And since there is porosity, an earthenware will susceptible to a moisture, and thus, resulting to some problems including mold growth, cracks, and breaks. Porcelain mixtures of clay are fired for the purpose of making hard surfaces and non porous. The materials are sometimes creating small brittle surfaces that increase the potential breaks, chips, and cracks.




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