On the third day of installation, we ran into a serious problem.
One of the Valen dynasty color-on-silk paintings was so old that its silk fibers were fragile enough to disintegrate at a touch.
Traditional hanging methods would destroy it. It needed a completely new support structure.
I pulled two all-nighters, digging through restoration cases ranging from Western oil paintings to Eastern scrolls.
Finally, I settled on a hybrid support method: a magnetic suspension system as the base, combined with a silk mesh backing to distribute the pressure.
It was high-risk work. It required extreme precision. One mistake, and the entire painting could crumble to dust.
So I decided to do it myself.
That day, I stood at the conservation table for eight hours straight.
I gripped the edge of the
