Kovács Petronella (szerk.): Isis - Erdélyi magyar restaurátor füzetek 1. (Székelyudvarhely, 2001)
T. Bruder Katalin: Kerámiarestaurálás I.
Preface and Abstracts The Conference of Transylvanian Hungarian Restorers was first organised in Székelyudvarhely between 4 and 8 October, 2000. Technical programs have rarely been organised in Hungarian language in Transylvania. Hungarian restorers in Transylvania could practise their trade in their mother tongue within the frames of the General Conference of Hungarian Restorers organised yearly in Hungary and on the occasion of the Conference on Wood, Metal and Textile Restoration. Although there is lately more opportunity to travel, financial difficulties always limit participation in conferences organised abroad. Professional and personal contacts formed during programs in Hungary gave the idea to organise a similar meeting in Transylvania. The Haáz Rezső Museum and the connected Haáz Rezső Foundation took the charge of the organisation and gave home to the initiative. This is how the Conference of Transylvanian Hungarian Restorers came to life and we hope that it will be organised annually. It is planned that the first two training sessions will deal with comprehensive topics as preventive conservation and the conservation of art objects made of leather, wood, metal, ceramics, paper and textile. Later, reports on the restoration of individual objects can also be included. The lecturers of the program in 2000 were the teachers of the Object Restoration Department of the University of Fine Arts of Hungary and Transylvanian colleagues who had graduated from this university. Beside restorers, the curators of exhibition galleries, monuments and ethnographic/district houses were also invited, since the basic knowledge of conservation is indispensable for them as well even if they do not get systematic training. Passing technical knowledge was not the only objective of the conference. It also provided occasion at least once a year to meet and talk about the condition of depositories and insufficient equipment of workshops regarding implements and chemicals, the actual state of the profession and many questions that were not discussed in the lectures. The need for the published version of the lectures was raised in the course of these conversations. The periodical is intended to publish the lectures read on the training conference to be organised annually and to offer a forum for restorers to publish their work. Zita KÁROLYI, Petronella KOVÁCS editors
