Oye, conservators do the quiet work of time—like my phulkari pieces from my dadi, they handle each thread of history with care. Relining is giving an old canvas a new backing cloth, inpainting is filling only the lost bits without touching original paint, and reversibility means every fix can be undone tomorrow—that’s the real test of a clean conscience. Humidity and lux limits? They keep the colours from fading, like storing my winter razais away from the summer sun. I know because my husband’s family portrait from 1920 needed this tenderness; the conservator spent weeks on it, and taught me that preserving truth is more honest than making it look new.
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