Yasemin Berber

I do research scraping on walls and ceilings and I am still working on it

I worked with famous collectors in Istanbul. I did countless restoration and conservation works on clay objects and metal objects.

• I was involved in the conservation and restoration of the stone heads on the pillars at the palace dock.
• I was the field manager of our Conservation and Restoration works in the Palace.

Ladikli Ahmet Hüdai Mosque

Restoration and Conservation

Applications

Wall plaster surfaces hand-drawn research

using mechanical rasping methods. Mechanical rasping application

on wooden surfaces. Checking the current condition of the walls and strengthening the structurally damaged areas

with injection.

Restoration of existing hand-drawn works with materials

appropriate to the original. Integration application with plaster repair mortar on wall surfaces. Mechanical

and

chemical cleaning of reused column capitals under wooden columns.

Main dome, semi-domes, courtyard domes, vaulted domes, pendentives, column capitals (muqarnas areas), moldings, calligraphy on the body walls and decorations on the window edges, arches, catwalk, decorations on the inside and edges of the main dome windows, decorations on the dome ribs, decorated ceilings of the muezzin and imam rooms, library cabinets and decorations on the body wall surfaces, the sultan's gallery.

After making the exploration and analysis in these areas, I reported them visually and in writing.

I took stamps of the existing decorations

the mechanical scraping technique inside the whole structure and the subsequent revivals and cements were removed from the structure.

After the scraping, I reported the historical decorations that emerged visually and in writing, took their stamps and protected them with Japanese paper

• I was involved in the conservation applications of the Golden Horn chains (chains used by the Byzantines to prevent ships from passing through the sea during the conquest of Istanbul)
• I was involved in the conservation of long-barreled metal cannons used in the conquest of Istanbul

Worked on Windows as a I was a field manager

• I was involved in the restoration work of the marble floor in the upper gallery of Hagia Sophia.
• I did the conservation of the gold leaf of the library door of Hagia Sophia

• I was involved in the restoration of the large brass door of the Yıldız Palace.
• I was involved in the conservation of stones and metal objects found in the Greenhouses of Yıldız Palace.
• I did conservation and restoration of various objects in the mansions and pavilions of Yıldız Palace, including tiles, metal, stone and earthenware objects.
• I was involved in the conservation of brass chandeliers belonging to some pavilions and greenhouses of Yıldız Palace.
• I scraped the artificial waterfalls and fountains in the garden.

I was involved in the restoration of amphoras found in the Pabuçburnu and Yenikapı shipwrecks. I did restoration and conservation of soil and wooden materials found underwater.

I did conservation and restoration of canvas ceilings and plaster works. I made mold purchases and mold castings.

(I also work there with German Conservators and Restorers )

• I started for an internship and they gave me the right to work for 1 year. I learned conservation of stone and marble objects in the Stone Workshop affiliated to the Palace.
• I worked in the Gold Leaf Workshop and the Metal Workshop affiliated to the Palace.
• I did stone carving and conservation applications on some stone objects belonging to the palace and metal objects.