The Guild Handbook of Scientific Illustration, Second Edition

APPENDIX | Page 2
Compiled by Dick Rauh

Included here are sources and information not readily available, especially to those outside large metropolitan areas, except via the Internet. The information is current as of 2002, as could be best determined. Usually, toll-free (800) numbers are intended for orders only. Listings here are generally in the sequence in which their subjects are discussed at length in this book, but they are not listed by chapters because a number of topics are covered in more than one chapter.


 
Archival Materials
  Papers, Matboards, Boxes, Cover Sheets
  Photographic Materials
  Adhesives, Tapes
  pH Testing Material
  Environmental Monitoring
  Testing Services
Safety
  Safety Products and Information
  Safety Organizations
Light and Light Filtering
   
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ARCHIVAL MATERIALS

A list of URL's that may be useful in dealing with a number of conservation issues:
  http://web1.si.edu/scmre/specialty_papers.html
For specialty papers and their composition

http://web1.si.edu/scmre/videoscp.html
For problems in paper

  http://web1.si.edu/scmre/paperdocs.html
For care of paper

http//web1.si.edu/srmre/glpaper.html
For more examples of topics

 
Papers, Matboards, Storage Boxes, Cover Sheets

Archivart
A Division of Heller & Usdan, Inc.
7 Caesar Place
P.O. Box 428
Moonachie, NJ 07074-1781
(800) 804-8428
(201) 804-8986
Fax (201) 935-5964
a broad range of preservation papers, boards, tubes, adhesives

Conservation Support Systems
P.O. Box 91746
Santa Barbara, CA 93190
(800) 482-6299
Fax (800) 682-2064
broad inventory

Conservation Resources International, Inc.
8000 H. Forbes Place
Springfield, VA 22151
(800) 634-6932
(703) 321-7730
Fax (703) 321-0629
This company developed molecular trap technology for archival papers and boards and trademarks these products MicroChamber TM. Its catalogue includes a useful essay on paper chemistry.

Dolphin Papers
1125 Brookside Avenue G900
Indianapolis, IN 46202
(800) 346-2770
Fax (317) 634-1370
papers for preservation and art-making

Gaylord Brothers
P.O. Box 4901
Syracuse, NY 13221-4901
(800) 448-6160
Fax (800) 272-3412
broad inventory

The Hollinger Corporation
(see Drawing Surfaces -- Papers and Matboard)

Light Impressions Corporation
439 Monroe Avenue
Rochester, NY 14607-3717
(800) 828-6216
Fax (800) 828-5539
www.lightimpressionsdirect.com
archival slide and transparency storage, portfolio boxes, presentation mats

Metal Edge, Inc.
2721 East 45th Street
Los Angeles. CA 90058
(800) 862-2228
(213) 588-2228
Fax (213) 588-2150
boxes, envelopes, folders, and other storage supplies

Nielsen & Bainbridge
(see Drawing Surfaces -- Papers and Matboards)
This company has exclusive rights to use MicroChamber TM technology, selling molecular trap products as Alphamat Artcare and Alphamount Artcare.

Pohlig Brothers, Inc.
P.O. Box 8069
Richmond, VA 23223
(804) 644-7824

Spink and Gaborc, Inc.
11 Troast Court
Clifton, NJ 07011
(201) 478-4551

Talas
(see Drawing Surfaces -- Papers and Matboards)

University Products
517 Main Street
P.O. Box 101
Holyoke, MA 01041-0101
(800) 628-1912
MA: (800) 336-4847
Fax (800) 532-9281
www.archivalsuppliers.com

   
Photographic Materials
Both of the companies listed carry supplies for archival storage of photographic material.

Franklin Distributors Corporation
P.O. Box 320
Denville, NJ 07834
(201) 267-2710
Fax (201) 663-1643

Light Impressions Corporation
(see Archival Materials -- Papers, etc.)

 

 
Adhesives, Tapes
Archival-quality adhesives are sold by the sources listed below. Most of the listed Art Suppliers also carry lines of archival-quality adhesives.

Lakeland Limited
Alexandra Buildings
Windemere
Cumbria, LA23 1BQ
United Kingdom
01539 488100
www.lakeland.co.uk
Tefal Le Saucier - this is a pan useful for cooking starch paste

Light Impressions Corporation
(see Archival Materials -- Papers, etc.)
C-35 applicator for applying 3M Positionable Mounting Adhesive No. 568 for drymounts without heat.

Process Materials Corporation
109 West 26th Street
New York, NY 10001
(212) 627-7750

Talas
(see Drawing Surfaces -- Papers and Matboards)

   

 

pH Testing Material

E.M. Science
480 Democrat Road
Gibbstown, NJ 08027
(856) 423-6300

Light Impressions Corporation
(see Archival Materials -- Papers, etc.)

Talas
(see Drawing Surfaces -- Papers and Matboards)

University Products, Inc.
(see Archival Materials -- Papers, etc.)

   
 
Environmental Monitoring

Cole-Palmer Instrument Company
625 East Bunker Court
Vernon Hills, IL 60061
(800) 323-4340
Fax (847) 247-2929
www.colepalmer.com
equipment for water purification and for monitoring temperature, humidity, light, air pollutants

Micro Essential Laboratory
224 Avenue H
Brooklyn, NY 11210
(718) 338-3618
Fax (718) 692-4491
humidity indicators

 

Multiform Technologies, Inc.
325 Harlem Road
Buffalo, NY 14224
(800) 445-9890
(716) 824-8900
humidity indicators

 

Purafil, Inc.
2654 Weaver Way
Doraville, GA 30340
(770) 662-8545
(800) 222-6367
Fax (770) 263-6922
www.purafil.com
purafil@purafil.com
equipment for air monitoring and purification

Talas
(see Drawing Surfaces -- Papers and Matboards)
humidity indicators

Thomas Scientific
P.O. Box 99
99 High Hill Road
Swedesboro, NJ 08085-6099
(800) 345-2100
(856) 467-2000
Fax (800) 345-5232
www.thomassci.com
value@thomassci.com
equipment for water purification and for monitoring temperature, humidity, light, air pollutants

 
Testing Services

Conservation Services Referral System
Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation
1717 K Street, NW, Suite 301
Washington, DC 20006
(202) 452-9545
Fax (202) 452-9328
provides referrals to art conservators who test and analyze materials, but does not warrant credentials or expertise

 

Williamstown Art Conservation Center
225 South Street
Williamstown, MA 01267
(413) 458-5741
Fax (413) 458-2314
independent testing laboratory

 

 

 


 
SAFETY
 
Safety Products and Information

Aldrich Safety Products
Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc.
P.O. Box   2060
Milwaukee, WI 53201
(800) 558-9160
Fax (800) 962-9591

Lab Safety Supply
P.O. Box 1368
Janesville, WI 53547-1368
(800) 356-0783
Fax (800) 543-9910

 

 

 
Safety Organizations

ACTS (Arts, Crafts and Theatre Safety)
181 Thompson Street #23
New York, NY 10012-2586
(212) 777-0062

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
100 Barr Harbor Drive
West Conshohocken, PA 19438
(610) 832-9585
Fax (610) 832-9555
manufacturers and users set voluntary standards for the manufacture and testing of a broad range of art materials

Art and Creative Materials Institute
1280 Main Street, 2nd Floor
P.O. Box 479
Hanson, MA 02341-0479
(781) 293-4100
Fax (781) 294-0808
www.acminet.org

 

Center for Safety in the Arts/NYFA
2124 Broadway Maibox 310
New York, Ny 10023
csa@tmn.com
   

 
LIGHT AND LIGHT FILTERING

Atofina
2000 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(800) 523-7500
Fax (800) 217-1486
www.plexiglas.com
UV light-filtering acrylic sheets UF-3 and UF-4 Plexiglas

CYRO Industries
100 Enterprise Drive
P.O. Box 5055
Rockaway, NJ 07866
(800) 223-2976
Fax (973) 442-6113
www.cyro.com
UV light-filtering acrylic sheets Acrylite OP-2 and OP-3

Daniel Smith, Inc.
(see Art Supply Sources)
Ott-Lite, TrueColor Lamps. Also available at many other art supply sources

 

Denton Vacuum, Inc.
Denglas Division
1259 North Church Street
Moorestown, NJ 08057
(856) 235-5201
Fax (856) 802-9786
www.denglas.com
dginfo@denglas.com
Denglas Quartzkote UV-filtering, anti-reflective glass

Gretag Macbeth Corporation
617 Little Britain Road
New Windsor, NY 12553-6148
(800) 622-2384
(845) 565-7660
Fax (845) 565-0390
www.gretagmacbeth.com
Examolite (simulates daylight)

Light Impressions Corporation
(see Archival Materials - Papers, etc.)
fluorescent shields

 

 

Piedmont Plastics
12331 Wilkens Avenue
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 881-7900
Fax (301) 0419
Arm-a-lite FR 312W, fluorescent shields

Tru Vue, Inc.
1315 N. North Branch Street
Chicago, IL 60622-1919
(800) 282-8788
www.tru-vue.com
UV-filtering framing glass

Verilux
P.O. Box 2937
Stamford, CT 06906
(800) 786-6850
(203) 921-2427
www.verilux.net
fluorescent tubes with UV-filter incorporated

Vista Window Film
Courtauld Performance Films, Inc.
P.O. Box 5068
Martinsville, VA 24115
(800) 877-9005 (Eastcoast)
(800) 447-8468 (Westcoast)
solar control window film

   

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