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| Daniela Murphy Corella, president Associazione Bastioni and Mr Kowo Shirosaki, president of the organization Fiesole Hills Club ーフィエゾーレヒルズクラブー ライフスタイルにアクセント |
We are
delighted to announce that thanks to the many donations received from members
of the American organization Tauck and
the Japanese organization Fiesole Hills Club, the Associazione Bastioni is about to purchased a trinocular
stereo microscope, a vital tool to undertake diagnostic protocols required for conservation
campaigns and procedures.
This generous
donation will undoubtedly render our work more streamline, time efficient and
productive. In the name of the entire Associazione Bastioni I want to express
my gratitude and heartfelt thanks for the generosity shown to us by Tauck visitors and by Mr Kowa Shirosaki,
president of the organization Fiesole Hills Club.
Donations
have arrived to us mainly through the purchase of a booklet called Tips, finding your way around workshops and
sites. Tips is the result of a common idea shared between myself and a dear
colleague and friend, the conservator/restorer Alberto Felici who as a young man
begun compiling a small booklet made up of an array of tips given to him by
retired conservators, teachers and colleagues. The collected tips were a
magnificent assortment of what at times appeared to be bizarre, yet also highly
useful and imaginative advice on how to resolve on-site day-to-day problems. On
deciding that publication was a must, we thought it would be a grand idea to
update the material by including tips from professionals who work together with
conservators and restorers and whose contributions are vital for the holistic
approach that is today expected from our profession. Emails requesting more
tips were sent to scientists, chemists, photographers, art historians,
architects and engineers and the published version of Tips was finally born.
Tips is both useful, enlightening and at times even philosophical; a must for
any conservator or restorer who still believes that curiosity is the key that
opens the learning process and that the learning process is a never-ending
experience that can only lead to growth.
A special
thanks therefore also goes to the author of Tips,
Alberto Felici and to Andrea
Galeazzi the editor of Nardini editore, whose help, support and encouragement has
proved vital to make Tips our most important fund raising tool.
Thank you. どうもありがとう
Daniela
Murphy Corella ACR, President of the Associazione Bastioni
