Colorizing Evergreen: Sprucing Up Old Photos

Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: TBA
Participants: 15 (Limited space and supplies)

Session Description:

Reinvented and mainstreamed by the personal computer and Photoshop, this session will reintroduce participants to the old manual techniques of touching up photographs and prints with brush and pigment. Some basic techniques will be covered within the context of the greater philosophical issues of conservation versus restoration. This will be almost entirely a practical workshop with a brief introduction to concepts and discussion of examples by the instructor. Participants will then have an opportunity to put some of these techniques to practice under the supervision of the instructors. Materials and artifacts will be provided.

Facilitator Biographies:

Justin Johnson '05: Justin P. Johnson is the Conservator of Rare Books and Bound Manuscripts at The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens. Justin is a 2005 graduate of Evergreen, where he was intensely focused on Library Sciences and Conservation. He went on to study the conservation of books and library materials at West Dean College and The University of Sussex, earning his Master’s Degree. An active member of the American Institute of Conservation, he contributed to the Book and Paper Group Annual from 2010 to 2013. He taught bookbinding and conservation domestically since returning to the United States, and looks forward to teaching opportunities in Mexico this fall. He has worked internationally and currently serves as Book Conservator at The Huntington Library in San Marino, CA, and also operates a successful private practice in Pasadena, CA.

Randy Stilson '80: W. Randolph Stilson studied conservation/preservation as a Master’s of Librarianship graduate of the University of Washington. He was a founder of the Conservation Associates of the Pacific Northwest (CAPNW), and for several years practiced as a conservator in Western Washington with partner and former State Archivist Sidney McAlpin in a company called Documents & Records: Conservation, Preservation, Restoration LLC (DR CPR LLC). He has taught numerous workshops and sponsored individual contracts in library and archival materials conservation.

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