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What Are the Skills Needed to Work as a Fine Art Restorer?

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Question: What Are the Skills Needed to Work as a Fine Art Restorer?
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Fine art restorers need to restore artworks as close to their original condition as possible. Restoring artworks such as oil paintings, broken ceramics and torn textiles require good color skills as the paints, glazes and threads used for restoration need to match the original colors.

Meticulousness, paying minute attention to detail, and perfectionism are necessary skills to succeed as an art restorer, plus having the scientific knowledge of how chemicals interact and how art materials operate is also imperative.

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