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Protect and Care For Your Bronze SculptureIf you own a bronze sculpture, it's essential to understand this complex material to prevent its condition from declining. This guide is designed to be user-friendly and is packed with easy-to-follow advice you can trust. It covers both indoor and outdoor sculptures and provides clear instructions on maintenance and cleaning.Lucy Branch MA (RCA/V&A) ACR is an expert in bronze conservation with thirty years of experience and has worked on some of the UK's most famous bronze statues and monuments.This book answers questions like these: Which Protective Coating Should I Use?Should I Be Worried About This Corrosion?When Is Restoration Necessary?Is this Patina Original?Why Does My Bronze Keep Tarnishing?Should I Use Smart Water To Protect My Sculpture?Do I Need To Worry About Ultra-violet Light?Is It Normal For Patina To Flake?What Materials Should I Use To Clean My Bronze?What Time of Year Should My Sculpture Be Maintained?How Often Should My Sculpture Be Maintained?

What Happens When You Are Noticed By A Secret Society? **A story about the dark side of the art world from a real expert in the art world, Bestselling Author Lucy Branch as featured on Radio 4, The BBC World Service & Timeout Magazine **Abigail Argent stands out: some admire her lean figure and beautiful dark eyes, others notice that she always wears gloves and shudder when they know why. The ones that know her best notice her ability with metal.Her particular skill lies in the colouring of sculpture. She has a gift for seeing the beauty in a plain piece of metal and being able to draw it out. With a background in chemistry, Abigail's knowledge of her craft is academic as well as practical, which is how she makes a chance discovery of a link between her own craft and that of her favourite childhood myth: the ancient art of alchemy. But danger is lurking where the worlds of art and myth collide.And Abigail piques the interest of one of the world's oldest secret societies.Set in Venice and Florence, Abigail must draw on all her practical knowhow to keep herself alive, but what will she learn from The Golden Illuminati?If you like a conspiracy theory that walks the line between myth and science, you'll love A Rarer Gift Than Gold.This book takes everything you think you know about alchemy and turns it on its head.

The Golden Illuminati are biding their time, but they have plans for Abigail Argent.Handsome architect, Robert Fitzpatrick is one of their members. When he offers Abigail help, she's suspicious. But Abigail is struggling to reconnect with her elusive gift, and Robert offers her the only thing that could persuade her to give him a chance.Characters old and new come together to help Abigail and protect her from the most formidable secret society in history, but The Golden Illuminati aren't her only problem.With a new threat hanging over her, Abigail tries to focus on deepening her strange relationship with metal, whilst bonds with others begin to spin out of control.Can Abigail avoid the clutches of The Golden Illuminati and master her gift?Desires collide in this art and alchemy thriller: Rust Upon My Soul.'A dark story full of intrigue, conspiracy theory and art. For fans of Dan Brown, Andy McDermott and Kate Mosse.'

Care and Protect Your Bronze SculptureIf you own a bronze sculpture, it's essential to understand this complex material to prevent its condition from declining. Advice on the internet about bronze cleaning can yield disastrous results, often causing irreversible damage to your bronze. Lucy Branch, an expert who has worked on many of the most famous bronze statues and monuments in the UK, will ensure this is not the fate of your treasured sculpture.This guide is designed to be user-friendly and is packed with easy-to-follow advice you can trust. It covers both indoor and outdoor sculptures and provides clear instructions on maintenance and cleaning. It also includes tips on what to watch out for and how to prevent damage.This book is for you if you want answers to questions like these: Which Protective Coating Should I Use? What Time of Year Should My Sculpture Be Maintained?How Often Should My Sculpture Be Maintained?Should I Be Worried About This Corrosion?When Is Restoration Necessary?Is this Patina Original?Why Does My Bronze Keep Tarnishing?Should I Use Smart Water To Protect My Sculpture?Do I Need To Worry About Ultraviolet Light?Is It Normal For Patina To Flake?What Materials Should I Use To Clean My Bronze?

She has an eye for detail but can she see the truth?Francesca Milliardo sees something she wasn't meant to see.Her dreams of making a big splash as a contemporary artist are on the line if she's read the situation wrong.Worst still, her father seems to be involved.As Francesca searches for truth, her persistent migraines are beginning to run riot.Some of her symptoms are morphing and she's starting to wonder if there's more to the pain than a pill can cure.Her father's handsome assistant is a welcome distraction from the confusion of her life, but can he save her from the dangers that lurk?Or, could he, too, be part of them?Francesca doesn't know whom to trust or what to do.It's time for her to make some hard choices: believe in the people she loves or bet her beloved career on a mystery that's rooted in myth. 'A fast-paced mystery with a hint of supernatural and a dash of romance - Girl in A Golden Cage is a standalone story that introduces a new character into the Gold Gift Series.' 'A dark story full of intrigue, conspiracy theory and art. For fans of Dan Brown, Andy McDermott and Kate Mosse.'

Learn The Principles of Bronze ConservationLucy Branch runs a bronze conservation company, Antique Bronze Ltd, in London and has worked on some of the most well-known bronze statues, monuments and architectural features in the UK. In this book, she teaches the principles of bronze conservation for those who have had no formal training in the field. She brings her practical expertise together with academic knowledge in an easy and relatable way that will guide you towards a better understanding of how to care for outdoor bronze. This book is for you if: You want to be confident about bronze conservation so that you don't have to rely on others to advise youYou'd like to be able to write specifications and guide conservation contractorsYou'd like to be able to use the right language and ask the right questions of contractors and discern whether they know their subjectYou need to understand why your bronze is behaving badly and be able to shape a plan to do something about itYou want to build your professional developmentYou want to ensure you are doing the best for the bronzes in your careAreas covered in the book: Key definitionsThe Significance of BronzeBronze in ContextHow Bronze Features are MadeScience around bronze and its degradationCorrosion: The ways bronze corrodesCommon Causes of DegradationEthics of Bronze ConservationEthics of RepatinationPractical TechniquesProtective CoatingsPreventive ConservationConservation Reports & Documentation