Today we are joining NCPTT’s Jason Church as he speaks with Claire Dean of Dean Associates of Conservation Services about using lasers to remove graffiti from rock art. Rock art or rock imagery is the common term for paintings and carvings on rock and in North America that is mostly associated with native communities.
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Considerable interest, as well as concern, exists within the profession of art and artifacts Conservation regarding the potential improvements which may be brought about by the introduction of laser-based methods of cleaning.
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Stace Miller, a longtime undergraduate intern at NCPTT, received a B.S. in chemistry and an B.S. in Math from Northwestern State University of Louisiana on May 9.
Read more →The Los Angeles County Museum of Art recently provided a portable laser system to NCPTT as part of the National Center’s laser research facility.
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NCPTT worked with consultant Margaret Abraham to complete the NSU/NCPTT joint laser research facility and undertake safety and operational training.
Read more →NCPTT Student interns, Stace Miller and Ifrah Jamil, represented the Center at the Northwestern State University of Louisiana Annual Research Day on Wed., April 11, 2007.
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NCPTT is partnering with NSU to set up a lab to research lasers as a method for safely cleaning historic materials.
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