Ariane Bothe-Stadelmann Restoration and artistic wall design


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	Concept: The historical mural painting and its conservation have been part of my main field of work for many years. Decisive for my mode of operation is my long-standing practical experience. I was able to build up and steady broaden my specialized knowledge in all areas of wall restoration since my employment 1992 in a restoration company and free cooperation on the following years with about 15 different diploma and technical college restorers. In addition I deepened my knowledge with further educations. The design variety of the mural painting in the contemporary context, the versatility of the materials and all sorts of historical painting techniques require a respectful and sensitive care during the restoration measures. My personal demand in the colour archaeological building research, preservation and restoration of the objects serves primarily the preservation of the historical paintings. The often desired addition or reconstruction of historical mural painting is weighed out after the specific needs and features of the object and excludes generally the over-setting of the original painting substance.


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before	after	Villa at Bautzen, mural at the ceiling in the bay of saloon (painted in the style of new rococo 1888) \| former status after the removing the wallpaper and final status after plaster- and paint consolidation, retouch and painting completion ( motif after a painting by François Boucher)

bevore	after	Former administrative building of the VEB Entwicklungsbau Pirna-Sonnenstein (built 1957) \| mural at the stairway, former status ( transversal detail photo) with flaking paint and final status (part of the picture) after the consolidation

bevore	after	Café Prag at the Altmarkt square in Dresden (built 1953-56) \| mural at the stairway, status after the discovering and at the final of plaster restauration, consolidation of the paint and retouch

before	after	Villa Rößberg \| building research and retouching as well as partial reconstruction of the mural after uncovering (Germany, Dresden-Strehlen)

		Restaurant "Marrakech" \| cleaning and retouching of the Moorish interior ornamentation and wall areas (Germany, Dresden-Neustadt)

		Hunting lodge of the last saxon king (former wine press of the manor) \| colour archaeological building research (Germany, Helfenberger Grund in Dresden/ Rockau)

		Villa San Remo, salon \| stripping of the stucco and restoration (Dresden)

		Academy for Arts, loggia \| (in process) plaster restoration with following base colour retouching (Germany, Dresden)

before	after	Ballroom of the hotel Parkhotel (former royal villa) \| necessity protection and substantial restoration of the bezel pictures (Germany - Bad Schandau)

before	after	Villa, salon \| restoration of the ceiling, temperacolour on paper (Germany, Plauen/Vogtland)

before	after	Cotton spinning factory \| painting on ceiling in the office house, preservation and retouching of the ceiling with tempera (Germany, Chemnitz-Klaffenbach)

before	after	Villa San Remo \| ceiling of the salon, plaster- und stucco restoration, preservation and retouching of the painting with oil (Germany, Dresden)

before	after	Villa Haniel \| ceiling of the salon, surface cleaning, preservation and retouching of the painting in oil (Germany, Dresden-Südvorstadt)

before	after	Ceiling of a housepassage \| wooden beams with baroquen paintings; decovering and preservation, retouching of the ornamentation with temperatechnique (Germany, Pirna)

before	after	Door soffit of a Villa \| retouching of the woodimitation with oil (Germany, Plauen/Vogtland)


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		Dresden residential castle / Georgenbau \| reconstruction oft the ceiling in the little ballroom (original built from 1865-68), painted reconstruction of the fruit frieze with gold lightings

		Church Gross Glienicke in Potsdam – epitaph of Lord H.G.II von Ribbeck (1666) \| painted reconstruction of the drapery with imbedding of the original detailsn

before	after	Hunting lodge of the last saxon king (former wine press of the manor) \| reconstruction of the ceiling design in the hunting hall after photo documentations and original ceiling boards (Germany, Helfenberger Grund in Dresden-Rockau)

before	after	Housepassage \| building research of the colour from the ceiling, reconstruction of the classical painting (Dresden-Neustadt)

before	after	Ceiling of the salon \| reconstruction of a historical ceiling (Dresden-Kleinzschachwitz, Villa "Franziska")

before	after	Ceiling of the salon \| exposure and restoration of the stucco, painting-reconstruction of the historical ceiling (Dresden - Weißer Hirsch, Villa "San Remo")

		House passage \| reconstruction of a historical mural after the original (Leipzig - Waldpark)

		Entrance hall \| reconstruction of a painted inlay imitation on wood combined with a dark wood glaze, oil (Dresden-Strehlen)

		Entrance hall \| reconstruction of the mural – marble imitation in oil with art-noveau-frieze (Dresden-Südvorstadt)

		Hallway \| reconstruction of mural on a dado – marble imitation in oil (Dresden-Striesen)

		Shop \| ceiling with wooden beams, baroque paintings combined with original planks, painted with protein binding agent (Pirna)


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	Specifications: Building research of wall- and wood colour layers as well as their photo and text documentation Restoration of wall and wood colour settings: professional sensitive exposure of the available painting settings, cleaning of the painting surface, strengthening and replenishment of loose painting layers, retouching or completion of the painting (reversible or in original painting technology) Work process documentations Reconstruction of mural paintings: Research and measurement of the design principles, if necessary photo graphic documentation of the results, documentation of the original hues, reconstruction of the painting, following the original results in coordination with the complete colour concept of the surrounding Plaster restoration with historical materials ,strengthening and completition of building ornamentations Exposure, restoration and completion of stucco Colouring of stucco, e.g. glazes or gold bronze painting Restoration of gold and silver platings on walls and wood Furniture painting restoration


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	Realisation: buildings require a well-organized cooperation with colleagues, specialists and helpers. Then e.g. stucco plasterer or wood- and stone restorers are included in the orders if it requires the object. Preparation work and first coats I transfer to quality tested painting companies, quality proved by several lately cooperation’s, they are also able to go into detail of the special requirements of the restoration. So historical colors are taken into account in the NCS colour system (1,950 different colours) and material specifications in the historical prescription. The strategy is based on close cooperation with the building site supervision, the owner of the respective object and - at high-quality objects - with the administrative office of preservation of historical monuments. Because of our flexibility the manning level can be lined up to the circumstances - dependence to the object size and time frames. I generally put challenging parts of the restorations or paintings into practice myself. Due to the variety of the painting execution in the technology and the dependence of the work size of the destruction degree of the original substance, a detailed cost calculation is made for every offer. It refers to the predictable time exposure and often can´t be indicated in regular meter or square meter fixed prices. Exceptions are form full-faced stencil ornaments, friezes in the report or exposures, which can be assessed after construction of a test area. The offers are so itemized that they are comprehensible easily for the customer. In addition, there is the possibility of engaging single working parts, if necessary.