Towards a futurology of the object: Part 1 - Road Trip
Entry:
…from the Nightshift.
Use of lead as both pigment and drying agent (and sweetener)
Your name:
Edward Artley
Entry:
This exhibition appealed to me because it deals with a paint mystery, did the child suffer the lead poisoning as a direct result of consuming the paint?
Lead beds
Your name:
Clare Butcher
Entry:
Pieter Laurens Mol, a Dutch conceptual artist mostly active during the 80s and 90s, created a replica of a 1950s American child's cot completelty in lead.
Celebrity Lead Poisoning Deaths - Beethoven
Your name:
Brian Lobel
Entry:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), according to a study in 2006 by the Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago, U.S.A.
Specimen or artefact?
Your name:
Jack Ashby
Entry:
In some museum disciplines, we use the term “specimen” for an object that represents a type. In others, the word “artefact” or just “object” is more commonly used for the stuff in museums.
Makeup and lead poisoning in the 18th century
Your name:
Emma Chambers
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There was a high incidence of lead-poisoning in the 18th century because of the fashion for red and white lead makeup and powder see -
The 18th Century
Paper conservation
Your name:
Emma Chambers
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I was asked about paper conservation for the object notes. This is a standard case of preservation versus an authentic experience of the object in its original setting.
candy
Your name:
Madiha Ahmad
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Noticed that even for a convertable, the car was unusually flat, almost asking to be licked. Why did he lick it?
Slice of a child's head (licking)
Entry:
Found this on the bus - 7.45am 16th October.
