[Discseven]

LOG #3


“Restoration:”

• Is not a “conservation.”
• Destroys historical artifact of an object.
• An intervention with the goal of returning an object to a previous state.
• Has 2 distinct categories: “fictional” and “non-fictional.”

“Non-fictional restoration” applies factory standards, materials, specs & techniques.
“Fictional restoration” does not abide by factory standards, materials, specs or techniques.
Neither category above is a reference to end quality. They are different courses with either category having the ability to outperform or under-perform the factory in terms of end result.

• Brings an object to a state it never originally existed in.
• As a process, is inevitably affected by changing materials, tools, technology, and techniques.
• According to Ron: what dorks/dweebs/nerdusmaximuses/owners of white 930s do when they don't have the stones necessary to build a proper performance car (just build them back to their overly neutered, full of compromises, and often lamely executed by the factory, states)!

“Conservation:”

• Maintains original artifact of an object just as the factory created it.
• Provides an accurate historical reference to what factory created.
• “Protects” what factory created.
• Is archival.
• Is cleaning without altering factory materials or composition.

“Preservation:”

• Places object into controlled environment with the intention of slowing down deterioration.
• Does not intervene with object---is entirely environment focused.