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During my assignment, I have undertaken several important tasks and projects, including the following:

Established and operated a laboratory for examining artworks, selecting appropriate instruments and methods for characterizing the artworks, and ensuring that instrument parameters conform to conservation standards for sampling, with no or only minor samples taken from the artworks. Examples of the techniques employed in the laboratory include technical photography, non-destructive micro-X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, non-destructive FTIR spectroscopy, digital light microscopy, X-ray radiography, and tomography (CT-Scan).

Developed a photography and trained team members in photography and lighting settings for conservation purposes, ensuring that detailed records were maintained for every restoration step. Implemented and developed appropriate settings for technical photography, such as UV fluorescence (UVF), infrared photography (IRP), infrared reflectance (IRR), transmittance photography (TRAN), raking light (RAK), etc., to better study artworks before, during, and after restoration. For appropriate restoration protocol, the results of the UV fluorescence images were exchanged with the restorer as preliminary data to determine the restoration steps.

Managed and participated in the analysis of the artwork as follows:

Collection of Jim Thompson House Museum, including traditional Thai paintings on canvas, sculptures, and artifacts made of wood, stone, ceramic, and metal.
Collection of international auction houses, including classical and contemporary paintings on canvas, panels, paper, and sculptures.
Collection of local and international private collectors, including various types of atrworks such as wood and metal sculptures from the 12th to 18th centuries, Japanese wooden statues from the 12th century, Tibetan illumination and thangkas from the 16th to 18th centuries, and paintings of Thai old maters and nationsal artists from the 20th century.

science and art, inspired and connected

My flower, oil on canvas painting and it's micro X-ray fluorescence mapping information.

doctoral research

(2014-2018)

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Inspiration and aims

After working for over a decade in the packaging industry and at the second world's largest retailer, Target corporations, one-day fate presented me with a crucial decision whether to continue on my current career path as a packaging specialist or to make a bold decision to return to pursue a PhD in Image Technology. I decided to change my career path by returning to pursue a doctoral program because the research topic and scholarship offered were related to art and the use of image technology for art conservation. PhD research focuses on studying traditional primers and is novel for Thai mural, new primer formulations with antibacterial, washable, and abrasion-resistant properties, as well as formulating acrylic colors and pastels that correspond to the Thai color dictionary. Finally, the wavelengths used to distinguish color changes caused by light, humidity, and heat were studied using multispectral imaging techniques.

During my PhD program, I had great opportunities to work with artists at the ten craft departments of the Ministry of Culture of Thailand, a chance to perform the experiment at the Hubert Curien Laboratory, and a great opportunity to visit the laboratory C2RFM of the Lourve Museum. All these opportunities inspired me to start working professionally as a conservation scientist.

The research articles have been linked in this section.