I attended the three-year course in Restoration Technician at Engim Formazione Veneto.
The course prepared me for a wide range of intervention types on stone materials and derivatives, mosaic materials, decorated architectural surfaces, painted artefacts on wooden and textile supports and paper artefacts.
Each training year was accompanied by a cantiere scuola and the last year from training stage.
Here are the subjects of the three-year course:
- History of art and attribution
- Physics applied
- Applied biology
- Geology, mineralogy and petrography
- Environmental parameters-diagnostics
- Ancient techniques
- Wooden artefacts and derivatives
- Paintings murals
- Paintings on canvas and panel
- History-theory of restoration
- Materials technology
- Restoration of wall paintings
- Restoration of paintings on canvas and panel
- Restoration of stone elements
- Restoration of paper artefacts
- Restoration of mosaic artefacts
- Photographic reproduction techniques-tools
- Architecture pathologies – conservative interventions
- Pictorial integration
- Ornate design
- Technical survey
- Computer Science
- Cataloging techniques
- English
- Handling methods
- Legislation
- Safety regulations
Download the school portfolio here
