Electra Maria Letizia D'Emilio

Profile

Electra Maria Letizia D'Emilio Assistentin

  • Address Berner Fachhochschule
    Bern Academy of the Arts
    Forschung
    Fellerstrasse 11
    3027 Bern

Activities

  • Conservation and Restoration

  • Project Assistant, Nano2: new method for the restoration of ink-fray damaged manuscripts by chemical deacidification and mechanical stabilization funded by Innoswiss 2021-2023

  • Coordinator of the Commission for Standards (KoNo) for the area CEN TC-346 Conservation of Cultural Property

  • Project Assistant, Performance: Conservation, Materiality, Knowledge funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation 2020-24

  • Painting and Sculptures

  • Chemical and physical analysis

  • Cellulose & Nanocellulose

Research

  • Nanocellulose

  • Regenerated Cellulose Gel

  • Wood artifacts

  • Acrylic and Modern Oil Paintings

  • Development of new adhesives in the field of wood Conservation

  • Tensile testing and Bonding

  • Cleaning of modern Paintings

CV

  • Born in 1992 in Bologna (Italy)
  • 2021-Today Assistant Berner Fachhochschule, Hochschule der Künste Bern (HKB), Conservation and Restoration program
  • 2019-2020 Scientific Collaborator Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA) Dübendorf
  • 2013-2018 Bachelor and Master in Conservation & Restoration with specialization in Paintings and Sculptures HKB Bern
  • During the Education: Intership at Museo Archeologico di Spina in Ferrara (Italy), opencare servizi per l'arte in Milano (Italy), Kunstmuseum Bern.

Projects

Publications

  • Karolina Soppa, Kevin Kohler, Elisa Carl, Electra d`Emilio and Thomas Geiger. „Strengthen Methyl Cellulose with Nanocellulose for High Relative Humidity.“ In: AIC Wooden Artifacts Group Postprints, Uncasville, CT & New England, 2019, 9–17.

Memberships

  • ICOM-CC

  • YOCOCU

  • MIC: equipollence class 3

Language skills and intercultural knowledge

  • Italian - Native or bilingual proficiency
  • German - Full professional proficiency
  • English - Full professional proficiency
  • French - Limited working proficiency