Items15The creator’s order
  1. 1Julian BaumgartnerJulian BaumgartnerStart with his treatment of The Assassination of Archimedes. Watch for the difference between clearing dark varnish and removing the wooden panel the painting was mounted on. The sequence shows why bringing an image back into view can be only the first part of a conservation job.0
  2. 2Marshall SutcliffeMarshall SutcliffeStart with his Omega Seamaster 120 restoration. Follow the sequence from opening the case to seeing the movement come apart. The format is especially helpful if you want to learn what lives under the dial of a mechanical watch and how the parts fit together.0
  3. 3Sophia BogleSophia BogleLook for her Nutshell Library restoration or the before-and-after photos of a vintage paperback she gave a new spine while preserving the original. Bogle makes it easy to see how the choices differ when the aim is keeping a book usable and retaining as much of its old binding as possible.0
  4. 4Adrian BlackAdrian BlackTry his Commodore 1702 monitor repair or his video on a viewer’s childhood Amiga 500. The contrast is useful if you’re curious about the diagnosis. One project centers on a display, and the other starts with an entire computer that has a history with its owner.0
  5. 5Dominic ChineaDominic ChineaStart with his Series I Land Rover project if you like seeing work spread across a series of workshop visits. For a smaller example of his repair work, look up the rusted coconut scraper he gets working again on The Repair Shop. Both give you a reason to watch what he does with the metal before it…0
  6. 6Thomas JohnsonThomas JohnsonStart with his video on repairing the veneer of a midcentury table. It’s a good way to see why a small damaged area can take careful work of its own. His Italian server project gives you a larger piece of furniture to follow once you’ve seen how he handles a single surface.0
  7. 7Suzie FletcherSuzie FletcherLook up the leather satchel Suzie Fletcher tackles in the Sea Serpent Pen Holder episode of The Repair Shop. It’s a useful way into her work because leather that’s been handled for years has to stay recognizable to its owner. Watch how she treats the folds and seams.0
  8. 8Will KirkWill KirkTry the Asko coffee table or the family writing bureau he works on in The Repair Shop. The table is a good starting point if you like midcentury design. With the bureau, watch which areas of the wood need attention and which already tell you how the piece was made and used.0
  9. 9David MurrayDavid MurrayStart with Murray’s Commodore PET restoration, then find the same model in his history series. Watching the two together shows what repair makes possible. Once the machine runs, you can see how the PET actually worked instead of hearing its specs read over a photograph.0
  10. 10Lucia ScalisiLucia ScalisiLook for the portrait with a family story that goes back to 1940s Italy in The Repair Shop. Scalisi lifts dust and grime from the painted surface while Dominic Chinea makes a new frame. It’s a good episode for seeing how two different kinds of care can help bring the same piece back into view.0