Skimming the surface with RTI
This summer I got to try out a technique that was totally new to me – Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI). RTI is a photographic imaging method that allows the viewer […]
Author Archives: Sara Sheffels
UV fluorescence analysis
In addition to the Athenian white-ground lekythos I talked about in my last post, I’m studying a Japanese sue jar from the 12th century CE. After a solid week of […]
A first look at the lekythos: reconstructing palmette patterns
One of the objects I’m studying in the conservation lab this summer is an Athenian white-ground lekythos from approximately 430 BCE. A lekythos is a type of ancient Greek vase […]
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