Hello Mario:
I agree with both Roger and Mario. The following links from Painted Wall Sundials: <http://advanceassociates.com/WallDial/PWS_Home.html> http://advanceassociates.com/WallDial/PWS_Home.html may be of some help: Links about the Fresco Technique: Antique Art of Fresco Wall Decorations: http://www.italianfrescoes.com/frescoTechnique.asp Atelier St. Andre-The Fresco Technique: http://www.atelier-st-andre.net/en/pages/technique/fresco_technique/fresco_t echnique_summary.html Contemporary Fresco Painting Resource Center: http://www.truefresco.com/ Fresco School: http://www.frescoschool.org/ Fresco Techniques: http://www.fresco-techniques.com/index.html The Art and Nature of Fresco: http://www.muralist.org/fresco/ Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresco John L. Carmichael Sundial Sculptures 925 E. Foothills Dr. Tucson AZ 85718-4716 USA Tel: 520-6961709 Email: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] My Websites: (business) Sundial Sculptures: <http://www.sundialsculptures.com/> http://www.sundialsculptures.com (educational) Chinook Trail Sundial: <http://advanceassociates.com/Sundials/COSprings/> http://advanceassociates.com/Sundials/COSprings/ (educational) Earth & Sky Equatorial Sundial: <http://advanceassociates.com/Sundials/Earth-Sky_Dial/> http://advanceassociates.com/Sundials/Earth-Sky_Dial/ (educational) Gnomons, Styles & Nodi: <http://www.flickr.com/groups/1207...@n23/> http://www.flickr.com/groups/1207...@n23/ (educational) My Painted Wall Sundial: <http://www.advanceassociates.com/WallDial> http://www.advanceassociates.com/WallDial (educational) Painted Wall Sundials: <http://advanceassociates.com/WallDial/PWS_Home.html> http://advanceassociates.com/WallDial/PWS_Home.html (educational) Stained Glass Sundials: <http://www.stainedglasssundials.com/> http://www.stainedglasssundials.com (educational) Sundial Cupolas, Towers & Chimneys: <http://stainedglasssundials.com/CupolaSundial/index.html> http://StainedGlassSundials.com/CupolaSundial/index.html From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mario Arnaldi Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 12:17 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Restoration dilema Dear Miguel, I am a restorer and I can tell you that a good restoration should take care only of what it is present and visible on the original work. Everything that a painter or a restorer adds not visible in the original is dangerous for the identity card of the work restored (in this case the sundial). Every addition or recostruction shoul be leaded by documents, old photos, drawings etc. Everything replaced should be painted in a subtone color and with a filled stucco lower levelled. Everything added without a testimony document is fake and not permitted to a good restored. A good restored can only complete broken hour lines for example, but not paint numbers or signs desappeared. Only complete what it is still visible and only if the added part to complete the image fragment is sure to be as the restorer will paint again (example, a disappeared point of an arrow, or a lost ray of a painted sun etc.), A good restore should save all that can be saved in the original work. He never have to paint again oll the dial, or replace the mortar completely, or painting over the original colours, or correct gnomonical errors of the original author, at list one can produce tables to explane why the dial is wrong. Mario
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