Big Isn't Better, It's Just Better; The Restoration of St. Francis

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Everybody loves a big painting, in fact one of my professors once said that "big isn't better, it's just better." And he meant that even if the painting is banal and about something uninteresting like shoe laces, if it's big it commands attention and must be reckoned with.
Luckily this big painting isn't boring or banal, but it is big. And as any painting gets larger the complexity of a conservation does as well. From the duration any one procedure takes, to the equipment required to treat the painting and even little things like handling become obstacles that must be overcome.
Thus far most of the videos address smaller works that never face these challenges. I wanted to take the opportunity to show how a conservation changes as the scale does.

[@cactuskaktus6734]

Love him or hate him, he spitting straight tacks

[@Andrzejewskiable]

Cactus Kaktus this literally deserves more recognition and the fact that its not one of the most liked comments upsets me greatly

[@PercabethLovernot]

*get out*

[@maplegirl5915]

why isnt this the top comment this made me laugh irl

[@ViewingChaos]

That is a severely underrated comment you have right there....

[@RamdomGuy1337]

I have to imagine a very corpulent black man not unlike big smoke watching this video very carefully and with full attention, commenting this with the utmost vigor.

[@xemirahobbyless]

I always thought these painters just had a thing for dark, desaturated and depressing colors. Turns out, it's grime.

[@Natalija379]

Same! When I went to Italy 5 years ago, I've visited some important cathedral that had various artworks displayed and I was stunned by all the colours! The paintings were so lush that it almost made me felt like a sinner. I was thoroughly shocked.

[@janedoe2784]

Just like how classical sculptures were supposed to be painted, I actually like the white marble grim look

[@kaymarrand9970]

Mixture of grime, yellowed varnish and some pigment discoloration.

[@michaeltres]

I shouldn't be surprised, but I am, at how often much of the grime is tobacco smoke.

[@lofiwackpainting7439]

If I knew how to ain’t I would use those colors, as a way of setting the atmosphere most of my painting would have. After all, they are supposed to reflect off your emotions or lack thereof.

[@MrTearyOne]

Me, in my underwear on a beanbag chair eating cheetos: "Ah yes, the Belgian linen! Excellent choice! Exactly what I would have done!"

[@ferokitten7175]

Ron?!?!?! Hahahahahaha

[@kim8283]

hahahahahahh omg, i'm dead

[@laraluna9365]

😆

[@collettedobrocke5585]

Ha Ha, like you said you made a good choice ♥️

[@ash_1419]

Not funny

[@zimberticagames5291]

"I did not have a beard at the start of this project" *goes back to beginning of video to see a clean shaven man*

[@furiscafynn6275]

Ikr lol

[@debinthewheelchair7781]

@@furiscafynn6275 I didn't think to check (lol)

[@katzchen16]

I like to picture a guy 200 years from now restoring a painting that Julian restored and is like "omg there's nothing I hate more than Belgian linen"

[@chaosuniverse3999]

"tacks? tACKS? by far the worst and most inappropriate method of conservation, j u l i a n, staples are the only option" (of course they only know its julian from the neat belgium linen tacking edge held down with tacks)

[@betelguese18]

The inception painting?

[@D_4_N_]

this man used BRIDGING?!?!?!?!

[@amarantahh93]

Sacrilegious !!!

[@elseby]

Who spits on their tacks?!

[@lis4394]

Julian: “ **puts tacks into mouth** this is an old technique whereby the tacks are held in the cheek” Me: “lmao yea right ok” Julian: *doesn’t say “I’m kidding”* Me: wait what ???

[@ramayanaroxas5457]

I WAS WAITING FOR THE "I'M KIDDING"

[@normasea]

I couldn't help worrying what would have happened if he had accidentally swallowed any of them.

[@letswoofmeow]

God Lord it was hard to watch that part with tacks and not thinking Good Lord he's gonna swallowe it, oh nooo.

[@sassy0518]

He has such a (please, please pardon this) tongue in cheek type of humor, that it took a long time to realize he wasn't just bullshitting! LOL

[@maddiezapss]

That's exactly what I thought 😂 I was waiting for him to say "sike" lol

[@sandrobirnbaumer5444]

When he put the nails in his mouth I was like "oh funny haha, now what does he really do"... Well turns out he really did that.... My god

[@peterbonnez]

I'm glad my partner isn't an art restorer....

[@gabiferreira6864]

Thought I was the only one who thought that lol

[@bilbo_gamers6417]

it really is an alchemy

[@86fifty]

Right? Gave me anxiety about his poor scraped cheeks! What if a phone rings or something falls outside and he bites down in surprise?? Must have nerves of steel to be an art conservator...

[@arranaburden5667]

@@86fifty biting down isn't the worry. Ya know how you'll have a cheek full of sunflower seeds and accidentally swallow? That

[@claire9183]

“if ur ever transporting a painting...” ah yes those times when i, as a teen girl will be transporting an old piece of art. those times...

[@sholmes4593]

Me, putting my drawings on a dirty folder and throwing them on a school bag full of trash and open markers.

[@graphite1808]

@@sholmes4593 my old drawings in my old, distorted, folded, wetted and stepped on by my cats and myself sketchbook, are looking at me

[@almachizit3207]

You're not going to be a teenager forever

[@orangeismyfavoritecolor]

@@almachizit3207 No shit.

[@samuels1123]

@@almachizit3207 Yeah but the fact that they weren't transporting an old piece of art at that time will be forever

[@uzstone7937]

He protecc He attacc But most importantly His mouth full of tacc

[@123austinl]

Imagine if he swallows one OML

[@nof9469]

Laughed out loud at that 😂

[@TerriB88]

And with beard, he a snacc.

[@ashcom978]

Lmao

[@jimmyfleebot]

Solid gold comment!

[@melcee22]

Someone else: * puts tacks in their mouth * Me: you idiot wtf Julian: * puts tacks in his mouth * Me: there is no end to this man’s talents and skills. Amazing

[@elvingearmasterirma7241]

Me: Wait wh- Julian: *puts tacks in his mouth* My anxiety: *Spikes like hell*

[@lava_oreo]

@1ConnectT1 this is gold

[@Luckingsworth]

That is how you are supposed to do it. What a stupid comment. It's how humans have done it ever since nails and tacks have existed. And likely before then.

[@elvingearmasterirma7241]

@@Luckingsworth Not really. Because most people arent trained to do it, as well as the fact we are taught from a young ass age to NOT put sharp objects in our mouths.

[@almostover100]

@@elvingearmasterirma7241 Which world do you live in where you have to be specifically taught how to put a tack or a nail in your mouth without hurting yourself..?

[@jenniferl.8111]

The way he considers if future restorers will be able to restore the painting from his work is so amazing...even hundreds of years later, his art, his work, his dedication will hopefully be examined by another of his skill level and care.

[@TheRealColBosch]

He has a video where he had to go back and re-restore a painting he'd previously done. I seem to recall he still managed to throw some shade around.

[@jenniferl.8111]

@@TheRealColBosch I’ve seen that one lmao I think he still did a pretty good job though

[@jj-zs3dh]

By then they’ll be like “eugh, Belgian linen, how amateur”.

[@stylesoul]

@@TheRealColBosch do you remember what vidéo it was?

[@meeseification]

The restoration of Anne. Great video. He pats himself on the back a few times. 😂

[@alexandraalsabih4257]

Julian: "if it does need to be taken off in the future, it will be much easier than a big lead patch" wow the shade Julian is such a master of subtly dragging the previous convervators

[@Bedevere]

Luckily the potential recipient of that shade is probably already dead.

[@joeb4142]

Legendary

[@Giuggiulu.]

"average person eats 3 tacks a year" factoid is actually just a statistical error. The average person eats 0 tacks a year. Tacks Julian, who lives in a studio and eats over 10.000 tacks a day, is an outlier and should not have been counted.

[@Brandiwell]

Mm, Cookie Clicker flashbacks.

[@garuspiks]

underrated comment (nice reference)

[@ian_b]

Same as "the average person has less than two legs" or "the majority of people have more than the average number of legs".

[@lucyq1445]

I think tacks Julian and spiders Georg would get along quite well

[@ilaydak.9121]

Giulia mathematically seen-> doesn’t make sense at all. An average person wouldn’t even eat one in a year...

[@admirersreveries6663]

1983 : The joy of painting 2020 : The joy of restoring

[@fiveseven15]

Joy. Until staples and polyurethane show up

[@rigoapple]

@@fiveseven15 Oh no, no that again

[@sergejcod2]

Vandyke Brown Gang rise up

[@Tyrone4223]

I know you

[@Sailormoonwoot]

omg i listen to both of them when i sleep

[@horacio1464]

I'm not gonna lie, the trick with tacks in your mouth was pretty neat. And if you sneeze, you basically turn into a nailer :D

[@fnafenthusiast23]

If I were doing that, I would be at risk of BEING nailed IN THE MOUTH because I inhale really sharply right before I sneeze 😅

[@nicholasharvey7039]

"I did not have a beard when we started this..." is my favorite line in this narration. What a mood

[@alysaloha]

I love how he always talks to his viewers like we're all gonna be little art conservators ourselves one day. Kinda wholesome

[@kn1ght-788]

Yeah, it really makes me want to study to become a conservator, I mean, at this age I could go into that....

[@chloevaughn9755]

Oml it’s like we’re all his little kids coming into his work and he’s showing us what he does

[@clairehuang47]

@@chloevaughn9755 woahhhh that's right! i never thought about it like that...

[@joshuarosen6242]

What? You mean you aren’t?

[@coreflakes]

(The one kid who touches everything)

[@firstnlastnamethe3rd771]

*I was really hoping you'd be spitting* those tacks out, like a machine gun.

[@Forever_Rayne]

Glad I wasn't the only one 😆😆😆

[@RavenMacy]

😂

[@wonderwend1]

🤣🤣

[@skylordianandy2644]

Just like the cartoons of old! I miss those kinds of things.

[@Etienne_H]

You can tell some nasty accidents have happened that way before.

[@azrafrahman5986]

This guy and Bob Ross are one of the few people who have probably made people into an art major. The video was really cool, thanks for the work

[@fabulousfloof3546]

Can confirm, one of my friends ended up moving to the other side of the world in order to get her masters in art restoration and I refuse to believe she wasn't influenced by videos like this one

[@handuo6301]

Sometimes I get emotional thinking about that original artist who, unknown to them, will have their work be so lovingly treated and whose original vision will be so faithfully followed. As a student training to be a research scientist, part of my job someday will be to leave behind research and data for the next generation to build upon. I can only hope that my own legacy will be treated with such care, and watching Julian work on these paintings has influenced the respect with which I treat my predecessors in my own field. Both art and science are conversations that span centuries, and if you know how to listen, even long-gone masters can have a whole lot to say.

[@Pavlovska]

"I did not have a beard when we started this project."

[@Robberator]

Actually had to go back and see

[@salenebrom6476]

👏🏻

[@mousetreat]

@@Robberator Same here.. He really didn't have a beard :-D

[@LeeDee5]

I love his dry humor!

[@thisiscrazy4122]

@@LeeDee5 Not dry enough, needs to be but on the hot table and vacuum out the moisture !

[@jamesfullerton4625]

I love how passive aggressive he is to people who tried and failed to retouch it in the past

[@Leiveyy]

its the best part about the voice overs ngl

[@luongtran7054]

Aka passionate

[@jaydavie6463]

If it's worth doing it's worth doing right

[@bunhuii]

my favorite part of watching these videos is judging the (bad) past conservation attempts as if I have anything more than basic knowledge of art conservation

[@pavel-gubanov]

It seems to me that this is an expression of pain that the painting has not been treated in the best possible way.

[@jenniferl.8111]

My favorite part is when he cleans the painting; it's just so satisfying.

[@sf9145]

and my second favorite is when he removes the lines/cracks and brings back the softness of the Blessed Virgin Mary's face.

[@melissawalker5723]

Can we take a moment to appreciate how straight his work is on the Bridging technique to hold in that patch... holy crap... They are literally PERFECT and straight...

[@arranaburden5667]

Did you notice he lays them in every other woven row? Insanity. The best kind

[@madeleine363]

"I did not have a beard when I started this project" Well damn...

[@strange144]

I actually went back to check, lol

[@agsuvongiest]

@@strange144 Same!

[@elliepascoe5954]

Hum, yeah. Now better take of that beard again! 😬

[@Trixtah]

Hah, I noticed at 4 mins in - "man, is Julian having a rough week? starting to get some scruff on!" I admit it wasn't till I noticed a fair amount of growth on his neck, about 2 mins before he mentioned it, that I realised it was deliberate.

[@katiec3225]

baumgartner: so I’m gonna have to bridge this repair me: ah yes, no doubt with strips of Belgian linen

[@Iolovelita]

Katie C me lmao

[@Iolovelita]

No fucking polyurethane get that shit out of here lemme whip out my conservative grade reversible water-soluble archival adhesive

[@SuperSpable]

haha

[@andreasryden334]

Katie C so you were wrong even after watching the video? individual fibres not strips

[@glennmaillard9076]

Andreas Rydèn You are not familiar with wit?

[@an0nym0us_slash35]

I like how he sounds pissed off and tired but trying to keep his composure, like you can hear how tired and stressed out he is

[@wowsports8800]

Ok but DOES THIS MAN KNOWS HOW ATTRACTIVE HE IS?!?! His delicacy, he's manner of talking, his hands, his face, his KNOWLEDGE is attractive. Idk if you understand but DAMM

[@ms10089]

bro yeah.

[@sad-clown]

NO BC UR RIGHT AND SOMEONE HAD TO SAY IT.

[@gianinamorales8597]

We understand, we understand COMPLETELY

[@sydssolanumsamsys]

lesbian flag 💀💀

[@lemonshark4961]

@@sydssolanumsamsys that's how you know he's really attractive. If a lesbian thinks he is, then he is

[@MaryKurosawa]

"You may be thinking A: Thats disgusting. B: What about all the saliva." THIS MAN DOESNT EVEN CONSIDER DANGER AN OPTION THATS HOW GOOD HE IS.

[@sophieisawesomeoh]

My first thought was danger.

[@lemongraabtheforsaken1225]

My first thought was “huh I’ve seen my dad do that before and just thought he was doing that to hold them, huh”

[@corvidwyrm4113]

The tacks he was using didn't look very sharp, a duller variety from what I can see

[@simselchen2293]

Ripley the Skull dog I still wouldn’t want to swallow one. But I’d be even more worried to inhale one and have it stuck in my airways 😱😰

[@Oscitant_Otter]

@@simselchen2293 That's what I was thinking. I've known a few experienced, professional seamstresses who held pins in their mouth, and inhaled them. One woman got a pin stuck in her lung, and she had to have surgery to remove it.

[@dresthon4310]

Julian has to defend his palette every video. Alright, who’s the one complaining about his palette?

[@the_hate_inside1085]

It was me, the destroyer of worlds.

[@applejayz1987]

IT WAS ME, DIO

[@urdadscottie5131]

Applejayz19 DIOOOOOOOOO

[@whatthehhhhhddd]

@@elliespeed6357 it appears that the jojo fans have infested this comment section too, no video is safe from their rampage ig

[@angie_8189]

Ur mom

[@yandereshark]

This man speaks like a lifelong friend who has experienced more than you but never judges your own experiences and only wants to see you do well and improve as a person

[@garyarnold8288]

My grandfather was a carpet layer. He used the same hammer and method to spit the tacks. I always wondered why the tack packages all said sterilized.

[@kale0811]

seeing julien talk directly to the camera felt like something i wasn’t supposed to see

[@wikihowwikiwhy7176]

kaeli hes done this before and it’s always unsettling, i feel like he’s staring into my soul

[@dtebarrett]

Like peppy pig looking at you straight on

[@ashenrose2262]

same i feel like that every time he does that

[@Toscanilda]

It feels like he's breaking the 4th wall

[@stiannobelisto573]

Feels like I committed a sin

[@waifuman6000]

Everybody gangsta until the conservator guy start eating tacks

[@pineapple7024]

Every conservator gangsta until they accidentally swallow tacks

[@pieyield2255]

Everyone gangsta till

[@marshmellowmoon7990]

I thought he was kidding when he ate the tacks I thought 'spitting tacks' was just a strange name for a technique for quickly putting tacks in

[@Lucia-pt4mr]

gourmet

[@lucifugerofocale5847]

Jay Sage tis’ but a meal for the supreme conservatives

[@danielloughran2527]

Julian looks like he'd be a really good serial killer...Like dexter levels, I mean he's soooo neat. He'd never get caught!

[@fsheee3458]

Maybe he is you never know haha

[@hranf]

@@fsheee3458 just one time he makes a video and it’s a human body “I really love when I get to the eyes” *squsssh*

[@arandomhumanbeing2464]

@@hranf 🤣🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭😭😭

[@thedragon12]

Good thing these restorations are online, the future conservators masters will be able to see your methods and the why you used said methods to conserve the paintings. To me it's fascinating the work that is needed and that is put into these projects. Great job Julian !

[@bens.5127]

Julian: nobody’s paying me for speed, they’re paying me for quality. Amen.

[@DrWhom]

Well the time it takes is included in the price

[@caseybouquet]

Shit my teacher is grading me on both there’s no end to school’s inaccuracy to the real world

[@vicenteisaaclopezvaldez2450]

Cheap, quick, good. Pick two.

[@arranaburden5667]

@@vicenteisaaclopezvaldez2450 ofttimes it's pick one

[@thenavigator2559]

@@caseybouquet not really. Julian is just an exception because what he does takes long no matter what and it needs to be good. If I take a week to finish some quality reports but the deadline was 3 days I'm getting reprimanded or fired. Especially if their not even that good

[@mimikyoo]

mom, from other room: what are you watching? me: the conservation of a religious painting mom: *walks in to see a man pour himself a handful of steel tacks and eat them*

[@normasea]

LMAO!

[@VivianPinto]

right? LOL And I was like "no way, this has to be a joke", but it wasn't

[@hollygolightly8048]

Stupid

[@charliespinoza1966]

+

[@amyk4503]

Gold

[@petebutler5139]

I love restoring things and using power tools to do it. This video was on my feed and I thought painting restoration?? Give me a break… So I watched a few minutes of it thinking big whoop, but the longer I watched it, the more I began to understand the intricacies of each and every step and the type of personality equipped to manage such a restoration. Your patience, your knowledge and your equipment, blew my mind. Never did I think I would make it through 10 minutes let alone the full length of this video. Bravo my friend… Bravo!

[@dannicatzer305]

I like fixing things myself but unfortunately I was born without the patience gene I'd crack up after 5 minutes of scraping and put my foot through the painting..

[@DarienGolden]

I have never seen a more wholesome video with such a wholesome comment section. This man deserves the best

[@mihikas18]

‘you might think... gross’ NO IM THINKING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU ACCIDENTALLY SWALLOW THOSE

[@amnahamdan6367]

yeah me too getting them out will be painful

[@lamar6616]

Thinking about that gives me anxiety

[@houwab5998]

Yeah me too i only thinking how painful that is to get them out

[@VoidHeart1]

Funny story uhhhh I was helping my uncle who is an electricion He was doing this technic to hold big nails He accidentally swollen around 4 And my uncle grew up in a farm so he refused to go to the hospital So he decided to eat as mush as possible So they could get out naturally and he had around one week of pain from nails that damaged his stomach So my family convinced him to go to hospital then he had to go get surgery So yeah it is painful lol

[@Darumeii]

what min ?

[@jakspaniel]

"How long did this restoration take?" *one beard*

[@deliriaa]

yes how long?

[@GambinoTheGoat]

@@deliriaa just one very handsome beard

[@edilyaaang6107]

"I did not have a beard when we started this project" Me: *restarted the video to check because I wasn't paying attention to his beard* He really did not have a beard LMAO

[@joserosalesescobar3568]

as a dentistry student its surprising the amount of dental instruments you use

[@awaredeshmukh3202]

We use a fair number in my physics lab too!

[@dimsufferer9951]

My grandfather, in alarm at seeing the colors radically change: What is he doing?! My grandmother who has been taking care of her mother and grandmother’s paintings for the last 30 years: It’s called cleaning Phillip, maybe you should think of doing that sometimes.

[@dullahanic]

get fucked phillip

[@gaysonderulo5411]

My girl did not have to ROAST him like that but SHE DID. Iconic.

[@docchigahikaru]

Pfffft roast him like a turkey dinner, gramma 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@melissaexton8680]

Hahahaha!!! Go Grandma! This made my day!

[@dalecaicai5666]

that did not happen

[@emmanandoca8591]

Julian: I’m not really painting, I’m just applying little dots of paint on the canvas Pointillists: >:(

[@anoni6108]

They big mad😂 didn't they only use the 3 basic colours tho, or was that the one Guy specifically

[@aliceinclockworks]

I thought the same thing, when he said it. XD Have an upvote friend!

[@le_petit_lutin]

These videos make me want to be an art conservator so much. It looks like something I could focus on for hours every day for the rest of my life without getting bored. Really makes me wonder what local programs there are near me or how else I could go about learning that.

[@TJMartinek]

The Paint: I didn't kill my wife. Julian: *Dilutes solution* "I don't care"

[@nicholasplamondon3991]

so when is he going to getting his own Netflix show?

[@RezaChity-G]

Never

[@guguinha246]

There's this Japanese show where they show crafters and restorers, honestly, Netflix should either buy it and translate it or make their own version but going around the world and every season is another country dealing with same subjects but within their tradition

[@misteriomisterioso111]

@@guguinha246 which is the name of it?

[@imperialphoenix]

I'd binge watch that.

[@guguinha246]

@@misteriomisterioso111 just search for japanese book restoration it's the video with at least a 1 million views, i don't remember them showing the program's name in romanian(?) aka writing something with the western alphabet

[@Iolovelita]

Other conservators: polyurethane, staples rabbit skin glue, lead paint patches Julian: hold my conservator grade, fully reversible, water and alcohol soluble, archival adhesive

[@luciagc3383]

A real conservator would never put lead paint patches o polyurethane in an art work, but staples can be a very good choice in some cases and also rabbit skin glue is totally reversible. Your welcome

[@donaldwatson7698]

With a descriptive listing like that just for the adhesive, it makes you wonder what his coffee order looks like.

[@06_Gucci_Mane]

Lucía GC you’re

[@Iolovelita]

Lucía GC Excuse me, I sought to make a contrast between ineffective, archaic or simple materials and Julien’s state-of-the-art adhesive, not detail what a “real” and “not real” conservator would do. By the way, *you’re. You’re welcome.

[@luciagc3383]

@@Iolovelita thanks guys, English is not my first language

[@yahlirosenberg4913]

this is a cinematic masterpiece, I mean, WHEN HE BROKE THE 4TH WALL?

[@larak774]

Am I the only one that kinda likes those cracks? It just adds to the vibe. You appreciate how old and delicate that painting really is. Of course sometimes those cracks can be very disrupting but overall it adds a certain amount of depth and vulnerability

[@ajitasrivastava7019]

“I could remove that patch with a stern look”

[@scarletpimpernelagain9124]

Ajita Srivastava I love dry as a bone humour...

[@diray3474]

He said that just as i was reading your comment, what are the chances?

[@stookinthemiddle]

One of his best lines.

[@PiskeyFaeri]

"I'm going to have to... scrape... each. and. every. one. of. them. off." [Flashbacks to the Scraping Of The Painting]

[@Needsleep247]

PiskeyFaeri *Vietnam sounds*

[@haleydarby-miller4480]

But is it worse than polyurethane?

[@salenebrom6476]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@cloudyminja]

IM GETTING FLASHBACKS

[@twiggyjali]

@@haleydarby-miller4480 Nothing is worse than PU. Nothing.

[@frantavochcalpadlo2223]

He's one of the few people who use *literally* correctly

[@jamz391]

I started watching this hoping to make myself fall asleep... I just ended up getting immersed into the process and almost finishing the vid

[@aliciabanister8188]

I was waiting for the “just kidding” when he just casually threw a handful of tacks into his mouth but it never came

[@aliciarouinvy6271]

Alicia Banister Same 😭

[@piaachaval7972]

that image will haunt us from now one.

[@aya-yz6ro]

....when did he do this.....?

[@diocastile]

@@aya-yz6ro 26:30

[@Eva-ww8kx]

Imagine swallowing one by accident...

[@dudebro3825]

“Hey dude, wanna go to the bar tonight?” “Sorry bro, can’t make it. Gotta restore the painting of St. Francis”

[@margaretsmith7921]

😂

[@shiitakemushrooms3743]

Lol

[@men_del12]

"Dude...that sounds cool".

[@Stadtpark90]

life goals...

[@KpopLover1013]

💀💀💀

[@jurassictart6897]

i was waiting for him to turn and wink at the camera when he straight up ate the nails

[@anushkamukherjee8347]

omg what if he accidentally swallows the nails? I can't stop thinking about how easy that could be.

[@turkeysamwich00]

Julian: *turns to the camera* Me: squarespace

[@Margie555]

Come on at least he makes it entertaining

[@turkeysamwich00]

@@Margie555 I wasn't talking shit I was just saying it's completely telegraphed

[@KatlinMeeko]

@@DelPlays ME lol

[@memoriam.victoriam]

Somebody needs to make a compilations of him roasting past conservators lol

[@wonderwend1]

He does it so nicely too. I'd be like " what stupid feckin' eejit decided that lead paint and a hanky were appropriate canvas repair mediums?!"

[@doodlebug7250]

What Julian says: "Someone in the past covered this painting in polyurethane, which is about the WORST thing you could cover it with." What Julian means: *Gordon Ramsey voice* "WHAT the everloving SHIT was going through this person's head?! POLYURETHANE??? A MORON. A FUCKING DONKEY. AN IDIOT SANDWICH."

[@sethamederat5841]

* lovingly * we stan a shady bitch my dudes

[@amyk4503]

YESSSS

[@tedlich]

I don’t perceive it as roasting. I reckon it’s more that the earlier conservational work has been made at a time where the modern day’s materials, techniques and technologies weren’t available or even thought up/invented. My guess is that the lead paint may even be a century old or so (but it’s just a guess).

[@sinuslebastian6366]

From car repairs, PC Builds, removing toe nails, ear wax removals to THIS! This is a pretty wild 3 AM rabbit hole!

[@rainstorm_jo]

Then comes drain unclogging and unblocking culverts. You're welcoime.

[@aansimns2169]

Glad I'm not the only one, although pimple popping and cleaning hooves is on my list as well

[@sinuslebastian6366]

@@aansimns2169 ooh yeah! Love Dr Pimple popper too!

[@arranaburden5667]

@@aansimns2169 I honestly thought the hooves was from the crossover of enilsa brown and vet ranch, but it's the natural progression from post 10? Huh.

[@kathysausen6493]

I can imagine the old masters looking down from heaven and being impressed & pleased that you’ve done a beautiful work restoring their work of art! Not sure I made much sense! This is only the second restoration of yours I’ve watched & it’s truly fascinating!👏👏😊

[@lauren1646]

i love how this man is so professional and serious and we’re in his comments like “daddy tack man clean MY surface grime off

[@vanzemunac8723]

i hate this comment with a burning passion

[@404usernotfoundpleasetryag4]

Oop-

[@kottonkandy0962]

Nobody says stuff like this and I hope that you’re ashamed of yourself

[@fpw2223]

yeet this skeet I mean.....

[@Kgo-oo4jd]

Who tf would do such a thing I'm wheezing 😂😂😂

[@supremeleaderkimjongun5332]

roses are red staples are weird when he started the project he didnt have a beard

[@Lol69HahaFuni]

*claps furiously for Supreme Commander Kim

[@valedavidson4841]

Such a poet

[@ShannonD.999]

I didn't even realize they were angels until you de-grimed that gorgeous wing. It's so astounding to realize how much of an impediment it is to read a painting through such an accumulation of grime. I can't wait to see the vibrancy of this painting with the old varnish off, and so very exited to see the fully finished piece!

[@claudimagrinya9520]

imagine you’re cleaning a painting like this with all those cracks and a chunk just falls to the ground

[@alex0589]

Client, knocking on conservators' front door: Hi, i have an old painting i'd like you to take a look at, i- Julien: **spits 142 tacks in spit-bucket** , yes, of course, let me see here- Client:

[@grace-en9sm]

oh my, this is so underrated

[@vaibhavidave1613]

Gold😂😂

[@high-keylokistan5309]

😂😂😂

[@Adykayful]

Oh my god, this deserves way more likes, lol

[@paigeluvswolves1992]

🤣🤣

[@liv3130]

Julian: I’m gonna be doing a edge lining using Everyone: BELGIAN LINEN

[@LeeDee5]

me before this channel: Belgian linen who is she, I never heard of her? 👎 me after this channel: Mmmm Belgian linen, that's music to my ears! 🙌

[@scarletpimpernelagain9124]

Everyone: nodding sagely.

[@arranaburden5667]

There was one where he reenforced the existing tacking edge with silk!

[@llamalady]

as a belgian, it makes me feel validated lol

[@scarletpimpernelagain9124]

Arrana Burden gasps,clutches pearls,reels, Surely Not!😳😳😳(can you remember which one it was and let me know if you do please, cheers)

[@rivers30]

i thought he was joking at first about putting the tacks in his mouth and then he just throw them in there like some pills 😭😭😭😭

[@baldrbraa]

Oh, he actually OWNS a stapler. I see.

[@pr.dr.nachtigaller5154]

When he said " spitting tacks " I expected him for some reason to just cartoonishly spit the tacks straight into the wood

[@thepotatotubers8475]

SAME SAME SAME

[@guglyfugly8551]

the power he holds is not foolish enough for this action

[@alaaqui]

Omg same 😂

[@lostbusproductions8459]

You expected that because you know that he could've if he wanted to.

[@ana-bw1pi]

Now that's alotta damage! i thought it was a skit so i was surprised but he cONTINUED 😭😭😭

[@CharmingAthens]

"I'm pretty sure they used a white glue like Elmer's" Me: Sweet Mother of Christ what were they thinking?

[@oltedders]

Watch his video of removing a thick layer of polyurethane from a painting.

[@oberstul1941]

were you also eating chips while saying that?

[@danaondrackova3431]

I never ever even thought of any restoration working or school and now I am offended by some douchebag using elmers glue on a 100 yo painting

[@rescued1103]

Me too!!! And WHITE LEAD PAINT!!!

[@rosefortheKing]

@@rescued1103 this one really got me, only because of my very minimal knowledge of paint.

[@emilyfogerty6438]

When he said that he had to scrape off each and every dot... man, that's commitment. I just had this look on my face like... holy crap. I wouldn't even know where to start! That's amazing.

[@joeb4142]

Top left ;-)

[@antheajohnson4234]

Everybody's gangsta until Julian starts pulling out the stapler instead of Tacks

[@nikkiferretti]

When Julian turned around and started talking directly to the camera I didn't know what to do with myself

[@buddyboi7007]

I felt like a kid who had just been called on by the teacher. I thought he was going to ask me the name of the next tool he was going to use or something!

[@AbsoluteAbsurd]

lol

[@birdylady3332]

My mom walked in and said “are you on FaceTime with this man”

[@AbsoluteAbsurd]

@@birdylady3332 XD

[@tablelegz]

@Robert Lee, Countertenor pst lmaoo he’s just to attractive

[@janime9554]

"I did not have a beard when we started this project." me: *goes back and checks*

[@israeldlr4365]

Which minute is this?

[@byusaranicole]

Same.

[@eliza3986]

to those too lazy to go back, he did not XD

[@joellela5333]

Around 4:20 for the no beard part, look LEFT

[@heatherellis3471]

I went back and checked too! xD

[@Bugg_13]

I love that this guy was just like: “yeah I’m making money from doing commissions for conserving paintings, but what if I also got A D R E V E N U E” (And yes I do see the benefit of doing this it spreads information about paint to artists and it’s good publicity for his business)

[@frannehxpoopz]

I clicked on this video expecting to skip through atleast 35 minutes of it just to see the final result. But this was so interesting and inviting to watch, I'd watched it almost the whole way through before I realised I'd done so. A great educational video for even non-enthusiasts of art. I really enjoyed it.

[@Isabella-cm8wr]

"I'm gonna be using a technique called the spitting tacks technique" puts tacks on his hand me: haha what's he gonna do, eat them? him: shoves a handful of tacks into his mouth me: surprised pikachu face

[@michaelam9738]

Didn't really expect him to gobble them up from his palm like a terminal patient taking his fistful of meds but ok.

[@bassyscat4350]

I just laughed so hard at your Pikachu comment OMG made my day :D

[@Revelwoodie]

Roofers do it, too. When I was a kid, I had an older cousin fall off a roof, he swallowed several roofing nails.

[@lifeexpression5036]

@@Revelwoodie Oh my god was he ok !?

[@valentinazunigavaldes6391]

i really thought it was a joke until he actually did it and used that tack. i am still in shock

[@seangould3664]

Instead of a timer when you clean, you need a swab “kill count” somewhere on screen.

[@sherlock7898]

He’s unlocked the tactical nuke

[@mbbuckeyes8386]

I mentioned the same thing to him months ago about the amount of cotton swabs used in one particular restoration and a got a smart ass answer, like “a lot”. Ok. 😏

[@phenomenalplayer7049]

@@kaliamiller5313 Ah, I see...., a man of culture

[@sotzipporah177]

K L E O ayyyyyyyyy

[@leahsegura6614]

Yes!!

[@slothqueen6520]

I love how this painting takes so long to clean that we literally watched him grow a beard

[@albertocabezas282]

26:32 I was expecting Julian started to spit those tacks like a cartoon character's gun machine.

[@samdragonborn5864]

“Every last spot of paint needs to be scraped off” *polyurethane flashbacks*

[@pianoonparade]

oh gods, I had just forgotten about that D:

[@andromedator13.72]

LMAOO

[@johnlorraine4978]

The scratching , the painnnnnn .

[@user-un5xj1wl6p]

Scraping,scraping a slow decent into madness.

[@blaird9188]

please let me do it julien

[@bt_18]

9:28 "And so I have to go with my scalpel and scrape. EACH. AND. EVERY. ONE. OF. THEM. OFF." This man is such a massive mood

[@littlesweetrocky]

I think the polyurethane scraping broke a part of him

[@Creamms]

That bit made me chuckle

[@adalid4263]

y e s

[@Swankery]

Some insect poo is stubborn.

[@TenTimesTheTea]

Me: diluting paint to make thinner. Paint, now fugitive: Bolts out the door

[@judithgarcia5137]

I love how you wheel the painting in and barely squeaked past that corner and wooden shim… and just make it in without a scratch!🥰

[@sequoiatreez]

Julain: I'll be using a technique called spitting tacks Me: Haha, that's not a thing Julian: *puts tacks in his mouth* Julian: *keeps putting tacks in his mouth and spitting them out* Me: o.O

[@BaumgartnerRestoration]

Gotta do what works!

[@Teesixhundred]

@@BaumgartnerRestoration I realize that as you say"gotta do what works". However, I thought you might like to be warned that my Father who was an upholsterer, used to do the same thing with his tacks and he died of stomach cancer which was traced back to his usage of this technique.

[@sapienproductions]

@@Teesixhundred was he using lead tacks by any chance? Here steel tacks are being used.

[@PixelOverload]

@@Teesixhundred These tacks are modern stainless steel, the tacks your father used were probably some crude alloy with who knows what in them (probably lead). These tacks are likely as safe or safer than anything you use to cook your food.

[@SilverXeno]

...I just imagine the times I have accidentally swallowed gum or ice and knowing...this is how I would die.

[@chrome7651]

Julian: and I'm gonna be using a techinique called spitting tacks Me: lmao he's so funny Julian: *shoves tacks in mouth* Me: Me: say sike right now

[@laur1801]

i was like.. cut the cameras.... deadass

[@user-hr8pz6lh5w]

@@laur1801 tactful reply

[@awsomeman93]

@@user-hr8pz6lh5w get out

[@404usernotfoundpleasetryag4]

@@laur1801 *wHeEzE*

[@toddtruax4254]

@Neil Simmons I don’t think you got the *point*

[@WaitWhat99]

You are a master of your craft. Thankyou for putting the time in to show us “behind the scenes” of historical art conservation. Absolutely fascinating to watch.

[@susanandrews2294]

Wow, the attention to detail and exquisite amount of care you take with every single step in the process is just mindblowing. Incredible work, I bet the seminary was very happy with it!

[@ansermancer]

Julian: *takes out staple gun* Me: *confused and scared screaming*

[@COUNTERCOM]

Why, you are presumably behind a computer screen at home and he is at his place of business. plus he is an art restoration expert not a Delta force operator. Your meme is stupid.

[@sofiasalsabila9264]

@@COUNTERCOM r/woosh

[@Elmithian]

@@sofiasalsabila9264 I mean, it is a very niche joke which you have to watch number of his videos to understand.

[@ShpingoShpongo]

Elmithian bro i literally just watched one video before this one and get the joke already. i got it before i even watched the video because i saw the merch. it’s not that hard to understand.

[@Shivcel172]

@@Elmithian I'm new it doesn't take much to understand

[@finnyoak]

I THOUGHT HE WAS JOKING ABOUT THE TACKS WHAT

[@ciel9112]

I STARTED PANICKING BECAUSE OH MY GOD WHAT IF HE SWALLOWS THEM

[@valentinacf7417]

Wch minute?

[@louie-laur]

@@valentinacf7417 @26:29

[@elenaobradovic4181]

Hey Jolyne

[@finnyoak]

@@ciel9112 absolute madman

[@dingus_doofus]

Solid, honest work. It's good to see there is still an industry where professional pride and the drive to provide an excellent service isn't being compromised with cutting corners and cutting down time for profit maximisation.

[@ariana5812]

Me: *on the verge of a panic attack* Julian: “Say no more”

[@tiekogalaxylatte8839]

Julian: *pours tacks into hand* Me: "Ah yes, alrighty, time for the superior tacks, go Julian-" Julian: *puts the handful of tacks into mouth* Me: 👁️👄👁️ ⱼᵤₗᵢₐₙ, ᵢ ₗₒᵥₑ ᵧₒᵤ ᵦᵤₜ 𝓌ₕₐₜ₋

[@euginpark6910]

omfg this text i cant💀😂

[@user-rd3xc9in4y]

Lol I'm dying

[@private4043]

Oh 👁👄👁 no

[@chrisding1976]

Julian I love you but what?

[@luckystar3641]

@@chrisding1976I think they meant is as "I love you but what the [expletive]"

[@KazzyD]

You just bet this guy has a perfectly laid screen protector on his phone, without a single bubble, lol

[@BaumgartnerRestoration]

Oh please, nobody has that, it’s impossible!! 🤣

[@KazzyD]

@@BaumgartnerRestoration Lol

[@Yvolve]

@@BaumgartnerRestoration That omnipresent spec of dust.

[@katiemaymash]

my screen protecter is on perfectly but since it’s been on i’ve cracked the screen big time

[@NiaJustNia]

@@BaumgartnerRestoration buffing the bubbles out so much with a piece of Balsa that it ignites 😂

[@iluvcheese6679]

"The 2 concerns" Neither of them that he has tacks in his mouth

[@mrseal1662]

27:48 I like how he said "effecitive" instead of effective. level 100 speech right there, this man is a god.