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  • Larson, JH (1992). An outline proposal for the conservation of the Romanesque frieze at Lincoln Cathedral. The Romanesque frieze and its spectator, Paper to the Lincoln Symposium conference, Harvey Miller, 18-209.
  • Cooper, MI, Emmony, DC and Larson, JH (1992). The use of laser energy to clean polluted stone sculpture. Journal of Photographic Science, 40, 55-57.
  • Cooper, MI, Emmony, DC and Larson, JH (1992). A comparative study of the laser cleaning of limestone. Proceedings of the 7th International Congress on Deterioration and Conservation of Stone, Delgado Rodrigues, J, Henriques, F and Telmo Jeremias, F (eds), Lisbon, Portugal, June 1992, 1307-1315.
  • Cooper, MI, Emmony, DC and Larson, JH (1993). Laser cleaning of limestone sculpture. Conservation Science in the UK, N. Tennent (ed), Preprints of meeting held in Glasgow, May 1993, James and James, 29-32.
  • Cooper, MI, Emmony, DC and Larson, JH (1993). The evaluation of laser cleaning of stone sculpture. Structural Repair and Maintenance of Historical Buildings III, Brebbia, C and Frewer, R (eds), Computational Mechanics Publications, 259-266.
  • Larson, JH (1993). The Lincoln Frieze: A problem of Conservation and Historical Investigation. Exhibition catalogue. “Romanesque Stone Sculpture from Medieval England”, Henry Moore Sculpture Trust, Leeds 1993, 28-34.
  • Larson, JH (1994). Current developments in the application of laser technology to the treatment and recording of artworks. Conservation News, No.53, 13-14.
  • Cooper, MI (1994). Laser cleaning of stone sculpture. PhD thesis, Loughborough University, 188-208.
  • Cooper, MI and Loton, A (1994). Light years ahead? Natural Stone Specialist, December, 24-30.
  • Cooper, MI (1994). Laser cleaning. The Building Conservation Directory, Cathedral Communications Ltd., 81.
  • Larson, JH (1994). The use of laser scanners for recording and reproducing sculpture. Conservation News, July, 10-11.
  • Watkins, KG, Larson, JH, Green, A, Dalton, ME, Emmony, DC and Steen, WM (1994). Cleaning of aluminium alloy statuary material with a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser. ICALEO 1994, 13th International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro Optics, October 1994, Orlando, Florida.
  • Cooper, MI, Emmony, DC and Larson, JH (1995). Characterisation of laser cleaning of limestone. Optics and Laser Technology, 27 (1), 69-73.
  • Larson, JH (1995). Eros: the laser cleaning of an aluminium sculpture. From Marble to Chocolate: the conservation of modern sculpture, Tate Gallery, 18-20 September 1995, Archetype publications, 53-58.
  • Larson, JH (1995). Laser cleaning, laser repros. The Art Newspaper, 46, March, 19.
  • Larson, JH, Cooper, MI and Foster, C (1996). The use of laser energy for cleaning architectural terracotta decoration. Architectural Ceramics; Their History, Manufacture and Conservation, James and James, 92-100.
  • Cooper, MI and Larson, JH (1996). The use of laser cleaning to preserve patina on marble sculpture. The Conservator, 20, 28-35.
  • Higgs P, Larson, JH and Wood, J (1996). A Hellenistic head from the Badger Hall estate, Shropshire, JBAA CXLIX , 72-77.
  • Cooper, MI (1997). Recent developments in laser cleaning. The Building Conservation Directory, Cathedral Communications Ltd., 122-124.
  • Larson, JH (1997). Sculpture conservation: treatment and reinterpretation? Sculpture conservation: preservation or interference? Proccedings of the international conference, Liverpool, 16-18 June, 1993, ed. Lindley, P., Scholar Press, 69-81.
  • Cooper, MI, Fowles, S and Schofield, J, Laser cleaning of buildings: an initial study. Restauratorenblatter, Proceedings of LACONA II (Liverpool, April 1997), Verlag Mayer, in press.
  • Cooper, MI and Larson, JH, Laser cleaning of marble sculpture. Restauratorenblatter, Proceedings of LACONA II (Liverpool, April 1997), Verlag Mayer, in press.
  • Fowles PS and Larson JH, The replication of an Egyptian relief Proceedings of LACONA II, (Liverpool, April 1997), Verlag Mayer, in press.
  • Fowles PS (1998). Recording and replication with lasers. Proceedings of the UKIC Ceramics and Glass Conservation Group Conference, Liverpool, April 1998, UKIC.
  • Cooper, MI (1998). Laser Cleaning in Conservation: an Introduction. Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford.
  • Fowles PS (1999). Potential uses of lasers and layer manufacture in conservation. Proceedings of OWLS V, Ed. Papazoglou, T, Fotakis, C, Springer.
  • Sportun, S, Cooper, M, Stewart, A, Vest, M et al (2000). An investigation into the effect of wavelength in the laser cleaning of parchment. Journal of Cultural Heritage, Proceedings of LACONA III (Florence, April 1999), Elsevier, 225-232.
  • Sutcliffe, H, Cooper, M and Farnsworth, J (2000). An initial investigation into the cleaning of new and naturally aged cotton textiles using laser radiation. Journal of Cultural Heritage, Proceedings of LACONA III (Florence, April 1999), Elsevier, 241-246.
  • Fowles PS (2000). The Garden Temple at Ince Blundell : a case study in the recording and non-contact replication of decayed sculpture. Journal of Cultural Heritage, Proceedings of LACONA III (Florence, April 1999), Elsevier, 89-92.
  • Larson, J, Madden, C and Sutherland, I (2000). Ince Blundell: the preservation of an important collection of classical sculpture. Journal of Cultural Heritage, Proceedings of LACONA III (Florence, April 1999), Elsevier, 79-88.
  • Feely J, Williams S, and Fowles PS (2000). An initial study into the particulates emitted during the laser ablation of sulphation crusts. Journal of Cultural Heritage, Proceedings of LACONA III (Florence, April 1999), Elsevier, 65-70.
  • Cooper, M.I., Sportun, S., Stewart, A., Vest, M. et al. (2000). Laser cleaning of an eighteenth century parchment document. The Conservator, 24, 71-79.
  • Larson, J., Cooper, M.I. and Sportun, S. (2000). Developments in the application of laser technology for conservation. Tradition and Innovation: Advances in Conservation, Preprints of the contributions to the Melbourne congress, 10-14 October 2000. Ed. A. Roy and P. Smith, London: International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, 107-110.
  • Larson, J.H. (2000). Science comes to the aid of the conservator. Minerva, 11, (2).
  • Cooper, M. I. (2001). Laser removal of paint layers from corroded copper; possible applications to bronze sculpture cleaning. Monuments and the Millenium, Proceedings of the conference organised by English Heritage and UKIC (20-22 May 1998, Victoria and Albert Museum), 109-119.
  • Sportun, S., Taylor, D. (2001). Leeds: patronising the arts and encouraging the sciences. Monuments and the Millennium, Proceedings of the conference organised by English Heritage and UKIC (20-22 May 1998, Victoria and Albert Museum), 109-
    119.
  • Cooper, M. (2001). Laser cleaning for historic buildings. Context, 72, Institute of Historic Building Conservation, December, 22-24.
  • Solajic, M., Cooper, M., Seddon, T., Ruppel, J., Ostapkowicz, J. and Parker, T. (2002). Colourful feathers: a multidisciplinary investigation of the Amazonian featherwork from the ethnographic collection at National Museums Liverpool - initial results. The Conservation of Fur, Feather and Skin, Postprints of UKIC Ethnology group conference, London, 11 December 2000, Archetype Publications, 69-78.
  • Sportun, S. (2002). A brief summary of laser experimentation undertaken on parchment at the Conservation Centre, National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside (National Museums Liverpool), Liverpool. The Conservation of Fur, Feather and Skin, Postprints of UKIC Ethnology group conference, London, 11 December 2000, Archetype Publications, 25-32.
  • Solajic, M., Pretzel, B., Cooper, M., Townsend, J., Seddon, T., Ruppel, J., Ostapkowicz, J. and Parker, T. (2002). A collaborative examination of the colourfastness of Amazonian featherwork: assessing the effects of exposure to light and laser radiation. ICOM-CC, Preprints of 13th Triennial Meeting, Rio de Janeiro, 22-27 September 2002, 701-707.
  • Cooper, M., Fowles, P. and Tang, C. (2002). Analysis of the laser-induced discoloration of lead white pigment. Applied Surface Science, 201 (1-4), 75-84.
  • Cooper, M.I. (2002) Laser cleaning of metal surfaces: an overview. Paper presented at the UKIC Metals Section ‘Back to Basics: Surface Treatments’ conference (Liverpool, October 1999). Published in ‘Back to Basics, The Metals Section' Press, 34-39.
  • Vest, M., Minddal, K. and Cooper, M. The effect of laser cleaning on new and old parchment documents at 532 nm: preliminary results. Recent Developments in Conservation-Restoration Research, Proceedings of ENCoRE symposium, Munich, 19-21 June 2001, in press.
  • Cooper, M., Solajic, M., Usher, G. and Ostapkowicz, J. (2003) The application of laser technology to the conservation of a Haida totem pole. Journal of Cultural Heritage, Proceedings of LACONA IV (Paris, September 2001), Elsevier, 165-173.
  • Verges-Belmin, V., Wiedemann, G., Weber, L., Cooper, M., Crump, D. and Gouerne, R (2003) A review of health hazards linked to the use of lasers for stone cleaning. Journal of Cultural Heritage, Proceedings of LACONA IV (Paris, September 2001), Elsevier, 33-37.
  • Fowles, P., Larson, J., Dean, C. and Solajic, M. (2003) The laser recording and virtual restoration of a wooden sculpture of Buddha, Journal of Cultural Heritage, Proceedings of LACONA IV (Paris, September 2001), Elsevier, 367-371.
  • Sportun, S. The investigation of two Male Sculptures from the Ince Blundell collection. History of Restoration of Ancient Stone Sculptures (Syposium held at Getty Museum, Los Angeles, October 2001), Getty Symposium publications, in press.
  • Eklund, J. and Fowles, P. Three-dimensional recording by laser scanning of the petroglyphs at Rombald's Moor, West Yorkshire, Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites, 2003, 6, 1, 11-22, James and James Science Publishers Ltd.
  • La Pensée, A. Non-Contact Recording and Replication of Culural Heritage, The Building Conservation Directory 2004, 92-93, Cathedral Communications Ltd.
  • Kennedy C.J., Vest M., Cooper M., Wess T.J. (2004) Laser cleaning of parchment: structural, thermal and biochemical studies into the effect of wavelength and fluence. Applied Surface Science 227:1-4, 151-163
  • Kennedy C.J., Hiller J.C., Lammie D., Drakopoulos M., Vest M., Cooper M., Adderley W.P., Wess T.J. (2004) Microfocus X-ray Diffraction of Historical Parchment Reveals Variations in Structural Features through Parchment Cross Sections. Nano Letters 4:8, 1373-1380.
  • Vest, M., Cooper, M. and Larsen, R. (2005) Evaluation of laser cleaning of parchment documents with a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser at 1064, 532 and 266nm, Proceedings of LACONA V, (Osnabrueck, September 2003), Springer, 217-226.
  • Cooper, M. (2005) Laser Cleaning of Sculpture, Monuments and Architectural Detail. Cleaning Techniques in Conservation Practice, Journal of Architectural Conservation, Eds. Normandin, K. and Slaton, D., Donhead, 105-120.
  • Cooper, M. and Sportun, S. The Application of Laser Cleaning in the Conservation of Twelve Limestone Relief Panels on St George’s Hall, Proceedings of LACONA 6, paper presented at conference in Vienna, September 2005, submitted for publication.
  • La Pensée, A. (2005) Replicating an Egyptian relief, Ancient Egypt Magazine, 6 (3) Issue 33, 14-17.
  • Cooper M. I., La Pensée A. A., Parsons J. B. The Use of Laser Scanning and Rapid Manufacturing Techniques for Museum Exhibitions. Proc. 7th Int. Symp. On Virtual Reality, Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, (VAST), 2006, 65.
  • La Pensée A., Cooper M. I., Parsons J. B. Applications in the field of cultural heritage using “off-the-shelf” 3d laser scanning technology in novel ways. Proc. 7th Int. Symp. On Virtual Reality, Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, (VAST), 2006, 215.

 

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