About Us
Harpreet Tanday
Wall Paintings, Stone, Built Heritage Conservator
Harpreet is an Italian Conservator with a Bachelor Degree in the Conservation of Cultural Materials from the Academy of Belle Arti “G.B. Cignaroli”, Italy, and a Master Degree of Arts in the Conservation of Cultural Materials from the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Italian Switzerland (SUPSI), Switzerland.
Harpreet is a specialised wall painting, stone, architectural surface and built heritage conservator with a large experience also working on wooden objects, metal sculptures, textiles, easel paintings, gilded surfaces, and modern materials and over 15 years of experience in the field of conservation. She has worked on different artworks in Europe, Asia and Australia, both for the public and private sector, inclusive of managerial positions.
She is passionate about material technology, traditional and non-traditional materials, and scientific analysis with a strong interest in treatment methodology development. Harpreet has an immense understanding of heritage materials, and is an expert in performing conservation treatments. Her rigorous training across Italy, Switzerland, India and Australia, alongside her technical knowledge and experience, is one of Delta Conservation’s greatest assets.
In August 2021 she published her master thesis regarding cleaning procedures with chelating agents in the Journal of Cultural Heritage among several other publications. She gave public presentations and actively promoted conservation projects that she worked on at the Universities (India, Switzerland), Symposiums in Conservation (India, Italy, Indonesia and China).
Peter Dellas
Paintings Conservator
Peter is an Australian Conservator with a Bachelor Degree of Fine Arts from the Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, and a Master of Cultural Materials Conservation from the University of Melbourne, Australia.
Peter is specialised in easel painting with experience in wall painting conservation, treating and examining contemporary coated surfaces, metal and stone. He has worked and trained across Australia, India and Switzerland both privately and with institutions, such as an internship at the National Gallery of Victoria.
Drawing heavily on studies into technical art history, material science and physical chemistry, Peter is highly engaged in exploring material behaviour, technically examining materials and emulating artists’ methods of manufacture in order to empirically discover what the properties of a heritage material may be and how best to proceed with anticipating its behaviour in response to a treatment.
Peter gears himself towards maintaining and implementing traditional conservation techniques and practices while simultaneously reaching forward towards emerging systems and technology. He has completed research on gel systems reliant on non-ionic surfactant and their behaviour on natural resin varnish films.
With experience in industrial colour matching and manufacturing traditional painting materials, such as lead white and UV-bleached and hand washed linseed oil, Peter is strongly engaged in the observation of art from a technical and historical perspective.
