Museum Quality Conservation
Trusted Clients Include Museums, Historical Societies, Archives, City Clerks, Libraries, & Private Individuals
Conservation and Preservation Services
Heron Kross provides expert conservation of all types of paper objects. Due to the vulnerable nature of paper, proper care and conservation techniques must be followed to improve and stabilize the condition of each object.
Photograph Conservation
Conservation of Artworks on Paper
Family Heirloom Conservation
Historical Document Conservation
Water & Fire Damage Restoration
Collection Surveys & Inspections
Before & After
Conservation Treatments Improve the Appearance and Integrity of Historical and Personally Valuable Objects.
Judy Garland Concert Poster
This poster was surface cleaned, washed, and slowly dried. All tears were mended, holes were filled, and the minor media loss was inpainted. Here you can see the back of the poster before and after treatment when the planar distortions were minimized.
Stain Reduction
This etching had been water damaged which caused extensive staining and soiling at the bottom right corner. The stains were almost completely removed and the soiling was greatly reduced allowing the artistic composition to shine through once more.
Tear Repair
This blueprint had a completely detached corner, which was flattened and put back in place.
Photograph Repair
Moisture caused this photograph's emulsion to stick to its framing glass. The stuck-on emulsion was removed from the glass and put back on the photograph with very minimal inpainting.
Document Repair
This was a multi-page letter that was heavily torn and soiled. Each page was cleaned and mended so it could be handled safely.
Stabilization
For preservation purposes, these pieces were reassembled and and the whole object lined. There was no compensation for media loss as this object was not meant for display.
Detailed. Quality. Trusted.
"Her treatment of a very rare poster was incredible. She brilliantly balanced maintaining signs of use as a part of its history while reducing signs of age and wear which were very distracting. I'm very pleased and look forward to working with her again!"
-private client