Drama On The High Seas - Conserving The 'Alfred'

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Join me on this voyage as we search for buried treasure. I mean buried issues this 1772 oil painting may have. In this first episode, I breakdown what I see once a painting comes in my door and we begin the disassembly. While we hoped for smooth sailing, alas, it's drama on the high seas.

The Alfred by Robert Cleveley, 1772

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00:00 - Introduction
04:36 - UV light
08:00 - Backing
09:40 - Test Cleaning
11:35 - Frame Removal
14:02 - Strip Lining Removal
15:45 - Cleaning
22:20 - Scraping
23:48 - Preparing Glue
27:00 - Removing Backing
30:15 - Rabbit Skin Glue
32:50 - Washi Kozo Removal
35:40 - Hot Table

[paigesnowball]

Imagine being a “previous conservator” and getting absolutely roasted within an inch of your life by Julien

[aprilludgate]

Julian throws shade like it's an Olympic sport

[sproga_]

Me: Oh wow that looks pretty nice for a retouch.
Julian: Pretty blurry.
Me: Absolute garbage retouching.

[paulsmall]

Making "staples" sound like the filthiest swear word ever....

[codycampos]

Don’t be shy, tell us about the time you glued a painting to the hot table

[Ghost-nclf]

You can hear the pain in his voice when he says "staples"

[melcee]

Julian: “not only did they do a lousy job in treating the painting...”
Me - a nobody: * absolutely disgusted by the previous conservator’s unforgivable incompetence *

[ThatOneguy-znhj]

Julian: Starts to scrape
Me: Flashbacks to “Scraping scraping and a slow decent into madness”

[DS-lxej]

In 10 years: “I am proud to announce the Baumgartner School For Conservators”

[BrotherofSki]

He's so sassy whilst being ultimately sophisticated

[ChickenPotPieIsYucky]

Whenever I mess up my own paintings I always pretend I'm a conservator lol. I'll wipe part of the mistake off and say "thank goodness we use fully reversible archival pigments."

[sabrathomas-gray]

Julian: I don't know why they've added a tacking edge with an already lined canvas
Me in my pajamas: that is ridiculous. Those amateurs

[Laura-mebp]

Julian using the black light - “DRAG THEM, JULIAN”

[asaliah]

I love his strange fanbase, every comment is someone laying down agreeing with all he says, other cursing staples, other roasting the old conservator.

[anonview]

Julian: notices flipped stretcher
Previous conservator: winces
Julian: notices fiberglass tacking
Previous conservator: sweats nervously
Julian: notices STAPLES
Previous conservator: *I shall prepare my coffin dance.*

[mimemmo]

Julian: "...when you venture out onto the high seas and surf the web..."
*_He got us again_*

[xxAlchemistressxx]

Julian: "Instead of putting the painting back on the stretcher as it should have been, they just flipped it and put it on the back."
Me, lying on the couch while aggressively chewing on a cookie: "pff, amateurs."

[AmandaTroutman]

This channel is the single largest reason for me eventually being smug at art museums. "I bet these other guests don't even know about washi kozo. 😏😏😏"

[USTUBE]

Julian: “Not only did they do a lousy job in treating the painting, they couldn’t even match the color”

Credits that should be at the end of Julian dragging each previous conservator: “The previous conservator quit his job and changed his name after this failed attempt of conservation”

[aftism_]

Me: oh that’s a beautiful painting
Julian: this painting is disgusting
Me: disgusting