I am Professor of History of Art, Science and Technology at Utrecht University (affiliated with the History & Art History Department) and at the University of Amsterdam (affiliated with the Conservation & Restoration Program). Previously I was Professor of History of Knowledge at the Freie Universität and Director of the Research Group ‘Art and Knowledge…

In collaboration with the Sybren Valkema Archive, the Large Glass Department of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie began a project to apply the vast collection of records in the archive to a studio setting where the collated technical knowledge could become accessible and practically applied. The first delve into the archive consulted Rezeptbuch für die praktische Glasschmelze and…