Held on 10th December 2021, our online workshop brought together researchers and practitioners from academia and museum professionals to share the IMPASTOW project findings and to promote wider discussion of challenges and applications related to cultural heritage.

Programme
1.00 Introduction to Network for Science and Engineering Research for Cultural Heritage – Ambrose Taylor (Imperial College London)
1.10 Understanding environmental factors in paint fatigue – Christina Young and Valentina Risdonne (University of Glasgow)
1.35 Environment, panel paintings and damage risk – Nigel Blades and Rebecca Hellen (National Trust)
2.00 A numerical model for predicting crack initiation in wood panel paintings under low-cycle weather-induced fatigue – Maria Charalambides (Imperial College London)
2.25 Crack patterns in panel paintings: modelling and experimental verification – Lucasz Bratasz (Polish Academy of Sciences)
2.50 – 3.05 Break
3.05 Acoustic Emission Analysis of Humidity-Induced Damage to Model Wood Structures – Eric Hagan (Canadian Conservation Institute)
3.30 Cracking induced in historical art objects by indoor climate variations – Akker Suiker (Eindhoven University of Technology)
3.55 Strain assessment in historic tapestries – Constantina Vlachou (Historic Royal Palaces)
4.20 – 4.50 Any remaining Q&A, discussion, closing remarks