Giving Life to the Heirloom - Part 1 of 2

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Artist unknown, untitled, no provenance; a ghost of a painting requiring a herculean effort to conserve. Old work that must be undone, hidden damage and a paint layer that is actively deteriorating. So why bother. Paintings are the vessels for our emotions, memories, and history. They are the places we store happiness, sadness, good times and bad. When we visit them they affect within us emotions that we can't otherwise solicit. And for this we can reach deep and summon the effort to conserve this piece. For the family who own it, it is certainly the most valuable and important painting in the world.

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[longmowervideo]

Julian: "I'm going to use Bel-"
Me: "B E L G I A N L I N E N N N N N N N N N ! ! !"

[angelicaamora]

Julian: "now we're gonna take this painting to the hot table."

Table:* blushes*

[nataliehartel]

Julian: I'm roasting everybody. I'll roast you, I'll roast past conservators, I'll roast myself

[El_Bartto]

I want a valentines card that says " *I need you like Julian needs his hot table* "

[SeraphimKnight]

"Oh this painting's not too bad really, just kinda dirty"
30 minutes later: ｏｈ ｎｏ

[strawby]

Julian has now broken the fourth wall, hes become self aware

[thegriffin]

Quarantine has finally set in, Julian is now arguing with his future self.

[Thylonicus]

You know, I'm grateful to the various owners of the paintings that Julian has shown, for allowing him *to* show them. He mentioned a while back that he always asks the owners if he can feature their paintings in YouTube videos, and I'm glad so many said yes. Letting him feature their paintings lets him show us all the many and varied and interesting elements of art conservation. I hope they watch the videos, so they know that we're grateful.

[webwillie]

What's cool is the owners have a visual record now of their painting being restored adding to the history.

[TeamFish]

In Julian’s heaven, a multitude of artists will come up to him and say, “Thank You!”

[sweetiedahling]

The Waxed Tacks sounds like a great band name

[SwitchAndLever]

I think at some point you should make a compilation video where you explain all these "Ask me how I know!" stories! It would be really fascinating to hear, and I firmly believe that it is through failure we learn the most, so it's also interesting to hear how you bounced back from those things going wrong 🙂

[EverTheFractal]

Those delicate eyelashes and soft hairs, the original artist was so talented. I'm glad to see the painting getting so much respect now.

[KatLOLXD]

When that resin comes off. . . I feel like alot of people think back to the past/olden times and think of them in sepia tones, more and more covered over with dust and grime the further back one goes - What you're doing here (Aside from saving this gorgeous painting/Family Heriloom, which in and of itself is a worthy thing), it's like. . . Showing us that. . These people didn't live in Sepia tones, there was no layer of grime over their eyes - Everything was Bright, Colorful, -Real-, like how it is for Us, Now - By doing this, I think you also show that these people of our past. . . were just like us, really, the same - More than what you get from history classes you take to pass tests and move on. Thank you for documenting your work, and for ALL the work you do /u\ It does not go unappreciated.

[justlzz]

I got really emotional when he finally removed the varnish from her eyes. They seemed to start to come back to life as the varnish came off. Beautiful work.

[sophiarose]

Me: “is he doing an ad transition?”
Narrator Julian: “are you doing an ad lead-in?”
**screams ensue**

[chrissilman]

That cleaning was like watching a person come out of a deep depression.

[j_fenrir]

Me when 3 pairs of hands show up: Oh damn Julien managed to hire assistants during covid?

Julien's editing skills: no❤

[irelyndhenry]

when you removed the varnish from her eyes, I gasped aloud. She has tear ducts and eyelashes and the daintiest eyebrows that would never have been visible under all that varnish. You’re doing the Lords work Julian

[OlivierVerdier]

the différence is just like my daughters before and after chocolate ice cream, only the other way round !