Anatomical models in papier mâché technique, diploma project by Academy of Fine Arts student Franciszek Szpila

A box made to the design and instructions of Franciszek Szpila, a sixth-year student of the Faculty of Art Conservation and Restoration at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. The box is designed to house a Jagiellonian University collection of five anatomical models made in the papier mâché technique at the workshop of Dr Louis Auzoux. As part of his diploma project, Franciszek carried out preventive conservation of the collection.

• corrugated cardboard 3.0 mm; 620 gsm; ISO 9706, PAT, PAT Color certificates
• Castello cardboard 1.6 mm; ISO 16245, PAT certificates
• museum cardboard 2.0 mm; ISO 16245, PAT certificates
• Cialux bookcloth
• 10-mm cotton ribbon, stainless steel rivets