Conservation of Glass (8ECTS)

Objective

Upon completion of the course the student will have basic knowledge of glass as material, its chemistry, history of manufacture and deterioration processes. The student will know how to handle, plan and implement preventive and remedial conservation on vessel glass.
The student will be familiar with stained glass and produce a small stained glass panel.

Content

History of glass, raw materials, manufacturing technologies, glass production in Finland, deterioration processes and glass conservation will be lectured. The practical part will be carried out in one of the still working glass factories in Finland (Nuutajärvi or Iittala), where students will practice glass blowing and other glass forming techniques.
After this theoretical introduction each student will get real museum objects to work with. After thorough documentation, in co-operation with museum curators, a conservation plan will be prepared.
After discussion this plan will be implemented and reported.

Qualifications

Conservation of ceramics
Chemistry I

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Minimum level (1) requirements
The student has restricted knowledge or has not coherently demonstrated theoretical and methodological insight. The capacity to formulate the relevant problems associated with the work is limited, little independence and critical evaluation is demonstrated. The analysis, documentation and interpretation are performed in a less satisfactory manner. The structure of the work is unclear and the application of terminology, language and references inadequate. Where relevant the practical work is below a satisfactory standard or insufficient.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Good (3)

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent (5)