![]() ![]() "The financial aspect needs to be considered, while also ensuring that the work is of a high quality." "It's a massive logistical task," says Hageböck. Today, it's no longer about handling individual objects, but rather large collections of archive and library material. The greatest challenge for restorers, according to both Moczarski and Hageböck, is to develop new strategies for mass restoration. An accident during the construction of a new subway line caused the collapse of the Cologne archive Image: AP "I need to find creative ways to ensure the preservation of the original objects," she explains. "They put creativity at the forefront and are interested in art, but it's not an artistically creative career." However, creativity certainly doesn't hurt. Nevertheless, beginners often have misconceptions about their profession. "Restoration has become a fashionable career," says Moczarski. New talent is trained in one of 12 restoration programs at universities across Germany. Germany is home to about 500 to 1,000 paper conservators, estimates Jana Moczarski of the Professional Association of Restorers in Germany. In the coming year, about 37,000 books with water and heat damage may be restored completely, Hageböck says. Experts developed a unique restoration technique, which has since been exported to Switzerland, where books from the library are still being restored. However, more than 25,000 volumes, called "ash books" because of the fire damage they sustained, were recovered. Hageböck estimates that about 50,000 books went up in flames. In September 2004, a fire broke out at the library, damaging or destroying tens of thousands of books. The core collection at Weimar centers around German literature from 1750 - 1850, but it contains volumes ranging from the ninth to the 21st century. Sometimes restorers find personal items in the books, like dried flowers or letters. He reflects on the circumstances and the era of its creation. When he holds a book in his hand that once belonged to Goethe, he asks himself how the poet might have used the book. He's a member of the team dealing with the consequences of the 2004 fire at the Duchess Anna Amalia Library in Weimar. "I am able to open a window onto the past," says restorer Mathias Hageböck. Flames engulfed the Anna Amalia Library in Weimar in 2004, destroying hundreds of thousands of artifacts Image: picture-alliance/dpa Up to now, her team has been able to restore about 1,500 objects. "It's a considerable responsibility," says Thiel. First, conservators need to remove the dirt and mold, smooth the rips, replace book covers and flatten the pages. She is one of 200 conservators and assistants working to restore the artifacts damaged in the collapse of the Historical Archive in Cologne five years ago.Ībout 95 percent of the total stock was rescued, but the collection - parts of which are more than 1,000 years old - is far from restored. Aside from the experts like Thiel, nobody gets close to these precious archives. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is investigating the crash."You approach the restoration of handwriting with a sense of reverence," says Nadine Thiel, head conservator at the Historical Archives in Cologne. “We just did what we were all taught to do.” ![]() I think we just did the right thing,” Aubuchon told. He was calm and cool and collected, and I could hear all the chaos in the background.” “I was so impressed with how he was conveying the information to me. But, of course, I was proud of them for how they handled it,” Mike Kennedy told the news organization. “As a 16-year-old kid to see something like that, it was concerning for me. He told that he was proud of the way the three boys reacted. Mike Kennedy, 51, said he had nearly three decades of experience and was captain of a fireboat there. Kennedy used the experience he had seen from his father, a retired firefighter in Miami, and used Kirby’s lifejacket to pack the wound and slow the bleeding, according to the television station. You could see his spine, some of his organs, and part of his kidney,” Kennedy told WFLX. “From his shoulders to his hip, (skin) was just completely gone. The three high school friends ferried the injured teen to rescue officials on shore, reported. I was tracking them with my eyes and in my head, I was like, ‘They’re going to hit that,’ and they smacked right into it.” “I know I saw the channel marker and made sure to avoid it. “They came passing way faster than us,” Kennedy told the television station. ![]() “We were probably going 25 (mph),” Kirby, who was driving the boat, told WFLX-TV. I think we just did the right thing,” - TCPalm October 12, 2022 ![]()
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