Restoration by Linn Hergert
All paintings have to be examined with an eye loop to find any signs of damage such as pin holes and crackling.

All information must be recorded in conservitor's notes that stay with the painting, a process that may be time consuming.

Soot burns on some paintings surfaces can be found that are invisible to the naked eye.

Some paintings need to be retouched to cover fire damage that can not be cleaned off of the paintings.

Color matching for retouching involves ordering paint from Italy so that the oils in the paint would match producing the same colors as well as adhesion to the old paint.

Some colors can not be color matched with paints on the market so the correct color paints need to be made by grinding together materials such as pearls shown here, then mixed with linseed oil.

Soot, nicotine, and other airborne particles which cannot be seen by the naked eye need to be removed with a wheat press lift.

After a wheat press lift, paintings need a full brush down cleaning to remove wheat particles that have bonded to other pollutants.

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Restoration and Conservator Work : Linn Hergert
* Fort Wright College of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary as a conservator of Stations of the Cross for the College Chapel and for several of the small chapels within the school itself, Spokane, WA.

* Conservator for the Deer Lake Jesuit Seminary doing furniture, fixtures, and art, Spokane, WA.

* Carney Family as a private hire conservator in the restoration of a Spanish Castle, Seattle, WA.

* Restorer and evaluator for the State Senator of Idaho, this was in connection of his private collection that was purchased from the Hirsh Collection, Twin Falls, Idaho.

* University of Florida's Museum as a conservator of paintings and furniture, Gainesville, FL.

* Private collector restoring a 5' x 10' Remington oil painting of beef, Mt. Vernon, WA.

* Florida State Museum restoring furniture and documents.

* Pioneer Settlement for Creative Arts in Barberville, Florida.

* Philips Private Collection cleaning a Wyeth and five other minor painter's oil paintings as well as cleaning and restoring some carbon photographs, North Hampton, MASS.

Linn Hergert's expertise comes from formal education and on the job training from Frank G. Craig of Craig galleries, Sister Miriam Clare, and Sister Paula Mary Murphy for western art and training under the guidance of Jean Germaine Otani and Chun O' Lu; both internationally recognized experts.

Linn Hergert is a member of the International Art Guild, inducted at twenty years old. She is the only women in the history of the art guild to be inducted in seven thousand years.

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