METODE DE COMPLETARE A LACUNELOR ŞI REFACERE A FORMEI APLICATE LA RESTAURAREA UNOR VASE DE TIP TERRA SIGILLATA
METHODS OF FILLING GAPS AND COMPLETION OF SHAPE APPLIED IN RESTORATION OF SOME TERRA SIGILLATA WARE

Summary/Abstract: Amongst the most remarkable realizations of potters from the Roman period is the Terra sigillata (Samian) ware pottery, which is, however, mostly discovered in fragmentary state, a fact which impedes their exhibitional valorization. To remake the shape within restoration operations we may chose various methods based on copying, by different techniques, the decorative elements and their transposing within completion. Plaster or silicone rubber moulds may be used, to be applied in the area to be completed or with the aid of which positives are obtained that can be fastened within gaps. Another method assumes retaking the technological steps in producing this type of vessels by elaboration, with the aid of a stencil copying the exterior form of the vessel, of a mould rendering its shape. Within this mould the vessel fragment to be completed is positioned, and the lost decoration is remade by stamping with casts copying decorative elements of the original. Within the mould plaster is poured which we finish, and subsequently, after the mould is opened, we obtain a lookalike shape and decoration of the original vessel. By restoration, Terra sigillata pottery discovered in a fragmentary state may become artefacts of visual impact for the visitors from the museal exhibition.

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