Cleaning, art restoration and preservation of your pictures and. paintings.
Picture and painting restoration is a process using a variety of highly traditional methods. Despite the passage of the centuries, only minor tweaks in the process can or have been modernised and therefore the necessary skills take many, many years of training to perfect.
At Picture Perfect, we can give you expert advice and carry out both picture cleaning and restoration of your treasured works of art. For easel paintings this can involve a range of processes including patching holes, repairing tears, cleaning, re painting and even re-lining of canvasses.
For works on paper, we can flush out harmful acids, clean prints and paintings that have become dirty, discoloured or foxed over time, and even rework watercolour paintings to replace lost details.
Even sections of missing paper can be lovingly replaced and restored.
Our spacious and well-equipped studio specialise in conserving and preserving works of art on paper and board - paintings, drawings, photographs, prints, pastels, paper-based sculptures and installations.
With advanced facilities and in-depth knowledge of both traditional and contemporary conservation techniques, our conservation department offer a uniquely valuable service. Much of this careful, painstaking work is performed in-house whilst other, more sensitive work is sent to external conservation specialists who are an extension of our team.
Preventing damage to your precious artwork can sometimes be as simple as making a few simple changes to presentation and storage. For instance, we can replace acidic mount boards with acid-free cotton rag and buffered boards, which can remove the need for any further conservation treatments in the future.
Frame repairs
Our highly skilled staff can offer a full antique frame restoration and repair service, including new plaster cast moulding, stabilising, replacing sections of detail, re-colouring and leaf to give your old picture frames a new lease of life.
For more information on our picture and frame repair and restoration services, please contact Picture Perfect today.