Porcelain, Ceramics, Pottery Art Restoration Specialist | Classic Art Conservation Training, Italy.
Ardenia Capannelli, the business owner and conservator, is from Ascoli Piceno, Italy (about 100 miles northeast of Rome) where in 1987, she completed a three year program called “Corso Restauratori D’Arte” designed to instruct members in Art Conservation and Restoration. Teachers of her program were graduates of the OPD in Florence – globally recognized as the leader Art Restoration Institute. The objective was to train 12 students in the conservation and restoration of painting on canvas, panels, Artifacts and Frescos, conforming to the OPD methods and techniques.
In the 3 years of attending the school, she learned History and Techniques of Restoration, Art History, basic chemistry and biology as well as hands on practicing in the Museum Laboratory. She and her class mates were also taught the proprietary techniques accumulated by restoration experts, over centuries of experience. The methods of conservation and restoration taught by this school simultaneously emphasize preservation of the object through the use of appropriate materials and methods as well as restoration of the damaged portions.
In 1987 she started her art restoration career by working on paintings from the 15th thought the 19th century for the Museum of Ascoli Piceno as well as private parties. The following year she moved to Newport Beach, California and continued her career working for collectors, art dealers, interior designers, and private parties restoring paintings on canvas and wood panel, sculptures, and art objects made of porcelain, ceramics, pottery, terracotta, stone, marble and much more.
In 1995, she opened the Ardenia Capannelli Conservation and Restoration Studio in Newport Beach and continues there today serving a wide variety of clients in the art industry in Orange County, the Southern California area and Nationwide.
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