by Plowden & Smith | Jun 20, 2025 | Uncategorized
Looking Back at the Islamic Arts Biennale 2025 That’s a wrap! Our team has completed their final day of de-install condition reports for the Islamic Arts Biennale 2025. It has been an amazing project to be part of lasting over 6 months, with preliminary work in the UK...
by Plowden & Smith | Feb 22, 2023 | Uncategorized
What inspired you to become a metals restorer? From a young age, I always enjoyed working with my hands – dismantling things to find out how they were made and repairing old objects, especially ones of an industrial or mechanical character. I studied Conservation of...
by Plowden & Smith | Dec 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
Made from silver and containing moon dust, the Cross of the Cosmos is the project of a lifetime for artist David Montalto – and the result of many skilled craftsmen, including luxury leather company INRO London and fine art and furniture restorers, Plowden &...
by Plowden & Smith | Oct 6, 2022 | News, Uncategorized
With something as hands on as art restoration, we know nothing beats showing the range of skills that enables an experienced art restorer to achieve exceptional end results. So, we were delighted to welcome the Masters of Craft cameras into the Plowden & Smith...
by Plowden & Smith | Mar 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
Today, fairly rigorous testing in the pre-production stages of new artist materials, including accelerated ageing tests for new pigments/paint films, helps to ensure that conservators of contemporary art have at least some idea of how potentially never-before-used...
by Plowden & Smith | Mar 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
Like many, we were captivated by the news story of Naples police returning a copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi to a museum that had not even realised the work had been stolen, highlighting yet another indirect threat Covid-19 poses to public and private...
