Archive for 2008 September
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Finito!
Job done! … Until the return leg and the next venue – The Royal Academy. Back to the day job – whatever that was…I think we’ve forgotten…although we have heard rumours of other exhibitions
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When all is said and done
Every job has its own rewards, we are very glad that Palladio was from Italy!
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Forza ragazzi!
As well as Vicenza’s remarkable collection of buildings by Palladio, there’s plenty more to see and experience in the city. Missing our own football we decided to check out the local Vicenza team. Being
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Volumes
Not all of the objects are 2D drawings we also had a couple of books to look after. Here is a picture of the assistant curator at CISA Palladio and the designer of the
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No alarms, no surprises
Lisa condition checked each drawing with the original condition reports to check that no changes occurred to the drawings during transit. This has to be countersigned in agreement with the borrower. As there was
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Laser precision
We just had to take a photo of this cool gadget – the laser spirit level (bet Palladio wished he had one of those). Here is the installation of the Chatsworth drawings. We had
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The Recto/verso’s – They Fit!
There was a lot of trepidation the night before these drawings were due to be installed from all parties. These drawings had been very problematic from the outset. We had little information as to
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The hang!
Here is where the fun really starts. The main duties of a courier are to oversee all aspects of the installation. We were responsible for the objects from the time they left the RIBA
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Vicenza, CISA Palladio, lunchtime
Arrival at the venue. It was a grand affair when we arrived. As it was market day we had to have a police escort and they closed the road to give us access. This venue
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Improvisation and adaptability
We had one crate that contained all of the fragile recto/verso drawings and this needed special care and the normal method of skates and the metal sheet would not do the job. This simple
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