Nielsen Bainbridge Artcare
Process, Products A with Z, and the FACTS Behind Them
"A little neglect may breed great mischief."
- Benjamin Franklin
Damage to treasured sketches, paintings, heirloom needlework and
photographs is disappointing and can even be catastrophic, especially
if the item is of a sentimental nature or a significant financial
investment. And most damage occurs naturally, caused by time and
impurities in the air. Add that to the fact that not all papers,
matting and mounting products are created equally.
But thankfully, you can defeat these culprits long before they've
ravaged your work--courtesy of the Nielsen Bainbridge Artcare Process.
Superb work deserves a superior artcare process to ensure a lifetime
artistic impression that will also impress customers and consumers.
Nielsen Bainbridge products both protect and enhance your work.
An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure
Nielsen Bainbridge matboard is an excellent preservation choice--an
investment that makes a long-term impression, signifies value and
deters pollution and damage caused by aging. By incorporating an
affordable 'damage-control' process that makes preservation easy
for artist and photographer, Nielsen Bainbridge's Alphamat and Alpharag
matboards additionally offer artists a range of sizes and variety
of colors.
A premiere conservator's choice, the Nielsen Bainbridge line of
'A-plus' products is designed with 'Z' in mind - a specially patented
element called Artcare zeolite, which keeps artwork safe. How? Zeolite
acts as both bypass and sieve - it's an inert crystalline aluminosilicate
that sorts and traps molecules. Bainbridge's Artcare process incorporates
zeolite to allow healthy environmental agents in, while trapping
acidic and oxidizing gases in common air pollutants. The zeolite
'trap' prevents these unhealthy agents from deteriorating paper,
photographs and other art treasures. And the trap continually works.
There are two products that Redimat recommends to actively protect
artwork and ensure its long-lasting value-aesthetically, culturally
and financially. The products--Alphamat and Alpharag, both by Nielsen
Bainbridge, meet and exceed FACTS performance levels in mat and
mounting boards. We'll tell you more about FACTS in just a moment--for
now, let's look a little closer at the matboards:
- Alphamat Artcare with
zeolite protects artwork from pollution and acid byproducts within
the frame. The Alpha-Cellulose fiber used is acid free and lignin
free and is buffered to maintain an alkaline PH balance.
- Alpharag Artcare offers
one of the highest quality mats available - recommended for fine
art prints, limited editions, valuable documents, photographs,
and all other archival matting needs. It protects with a pure
cotton rag pulp and offers color consistency, as well as fade
and bleed resistance.
Get the FACTS
Whether you're a part-time artist, an acclaimed photographer or
a passionate hobbyist with career dreams, you'll need guidelines
for the preservation process in framing and product selection. A
good place to start is through artcare FACTS,
the international preservation standards recommended for Fine
Art Care Treatment and Standards.
Founded in 1994, FACTS serves as a preservation standards 'clearinghouse'
to prevent the financial and cultural loss of private and public
artwork and keepsakes. "A simple fact is, if artwork and keepsakes
are going to last, they need proper care and periodic maintenance,"
FACTS asserts. You can learn more about FACTS, and get in-depth
tips on conservation best practices and standards by visiting www.artfacts.org
Good Company
Artcare with zeolite safeguards some of the most precious and revered
documents and artwork in the world--prestigious museums, libraries,
and famous collections like the National Gallery of Art, the National
Portrait Gallery in London, the Smithsonian Institution, Folger
Shakespeare Library, and the Hampton Court Palace in Jerusalem--all
use Artcare with zeolite.
Artcare Protects Famous Work
And when we said precious documents and artwork, we weren't kidding.
Here's a sample of the works that are currently using Artcare matboards
Artcare mat board surrounds all 22 pieces of the Last
Will and Testament of George (c.1799).
Conservators at Naumkeag chose Alpharag
Artcare matboard to preserve and display two priceless charcoal
sketches by John
Singer Sergeant
Alpharag Artcare matboard
was chosen for use after conservation assessment of the Lewis
and Clark Herbarium collection housed at The Academy of Natural
Sciences in Philadelphia.
Redimat's recommendation for artists and photographers to consider
the Nielsen Bainbridge Artcare process is further endorsed by art
archivists, conservators and professionals (from Nielsen Bainbridge
website:http://www.nbframing.com/Bainbridge/4NB-ACEndorsements.html)
"Tests comparing the efficiency of the zeolite used
in MicroChamber indicate that the material is highly effective
in trapping acetic acid and other acidic gases such as sulfur
dioxide and nitrogen oxides."
- Pollutants in the Environment by Pamela B. Hatchfield,
Conservator of Objects and culpture, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The Bottom Line
Choosing Artcare is not only the ounce of prevention your top work
deserves, Artcare makes a strong statement about the quality of
your work. Your preservation process knowledge and product selection
lend real value to your art's significance, beauty and integrity,
a facts-supported value that will give additional confidence to
your buyers. It's a proven value that indeed will stand the test
of time.
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