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REDiscover @ GRC 2024

Our project coordinators, Vanessa Otero and Maria João Melo, will present a poster titled "Back to the Future: Revisiting the stability of madder colors by using historically accurate pigment formulations" at the Gordon Research Conference dedicated to Scientific Methods in Cultural Heritage Research, held at the Les Diablerets Conference Center from 07-12 July 2024. 

Posted on 07 July 2024 

REDiscover @ Expo FCT 2024

Activity | Barbie's pinks of the pastDid you know that in the past, pink colors were made from plants and small insects? Come and discover how pinks were made by the great civilizations of the past both to dye textiles and to paint the most iconic works of art. And how these colours that have survived to this day may contribute to a more sustainable future.We are on the Gustave Eiffel route in the Conservation and Restoration area. We are waiting for you!https://expo.fct.unl.pt/atividade/os-rosas-da-barbie-do-passado/

Posted on 10 April 2024 

REDiscover Workshop @ Slade Woburn Sq Studios

Our first REDiscover Workshop on making madder colours inspired by Winsor & Newton's 19th-century recipes was hosted in the Methods Room at the Slade Woburn Sq Studios. We brought together artists, scientists, and pigment manufacturers to experiment and share their unique approaches to preparing these beloved colours. Our results will be shown at the upcoming Colour & Poetry: A Symposium VI, 21st & 22nd March 2024. Don't miss out on this exciting event! 

Posted on 06 March 2024 

REDiscover experiments @ Crafthub Website

Our experiments are currently being shared at the Material Library on the Craft Hub Website.Craft Hub is a European project co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme focused on Craft in the context of cultural heritage and its continuing relevance in contemporary practice.This task is being carried out by our partner research unit VICARTE.CHECK IT OUT!!!

Posted on 16 November 2023 

REDiscover @ Colour Matters 2023

Vanessa Otero, our PI, will be presenting the work titled "Exploring the Winsor & Newton 19th century Archive Database to support cultural heritage material studies" at the Colour Matters: Exploring Colour and Chromatic Materialities in the Long Nineteenth Century (1798-1914). This international conference will be held at Trinity College, Oxford from 6-8 December 2023 and is a part of the ERC-funded CHROMOTOPE project (2019-2024).

Posted on 29 October 2023 

REDiscover @ 20th ICOM-CC Triennial Conference

Team members presented the REDiscover project at the 20th ICOM-CC Triennial Conference with a poster titled "Between past and future: Using historically accurate reconstructions to preserve madder colours". This conference is one of the most relevant international events in the field of conservation and was held in València, Spain, from 18-22 September 2023.

Posted on 29 October 2023 

First Artist-in-Lab @ DCR NOVA FCT

Artist Elizabeth Langford was at the Department of Conservation and Restoration of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the NOVA University of Lisbon, between 04 and 08 of September 2023, working together with REDiscover PI Vanessa Otero.We are thrilled to start this initiative that will bring together artistic and scientific research. Our aim is to foster an interdisciplinary knowledge exchange that will result in innovative ways to transfer lost know-how, inspire and revive craftsmanship among the general public. 

Posted on 29 October 2023

REDiscover @ Instagram

We have been on Instagram since March 2023 to showcase our work regularly. Our weekly posts exhibit our extraordinary objects of study, our methodology and the results achieved under the REDiscover project. We are also sharing with the community the exceptional value of the Winsor & Newton 19th century Archive Database, which we have been studying for over a decade. Additionally, we will be posting information about our dissemination activities, fellowship opportunities, and other exciting updates. So, stay tuned! 

Posted on 29 October 2023