PLASTICS IDENTIFICATION WORKSHOP
Mon, Sep 16
|History San Jose Collection Center
BAACG is thrilled to offer this highly sought-after workshop created by plastics experts Olivia van Rooijen & Carien van Aubel. Space is limited. This is a paid workshop. Scroll below for details.
Time & Location
Sep 16, 2024, 9:30 AM – Sep 18, 2024, 5:00 PM
History San Jose Collection Center, 1661 Senter Rd, San Jose, CA 95112, USA
Guests
About the event
BAACG is pleased to offer this very special opportunity to our members and the wider Conservation and Collections communities. Organized by plastic specialists Olivia van Rooijen & Carien van Aubel, the Plastic Identification Workshop is an extremely popular course that is very rarely taught outside of Europe. Developed for anyone working closely with art collections containing plastics, the workshop will teach participants to categorize as many plastic objects as possible with the Plastic Identification Tool, so they can return to their institutions or clients and perform independent identifications in the future.
During the first two days of the workshop, different types of plastics will be showcased, and the instructor will explain how to use both the digital Plastic Identification Tool and the (optional) Plastics ID Toolkit**, a kit containing physical testing materials and reference samples. Participants will receive in-depth information concerning different plastics and their specific characteristics. Attendees will examine…