Repair maps 01—06

Six ways condition becomes visible.

Move from fracture and join to fill, surface, reconstruction and dated comparison. Observation stays separate from diagnosis.

Describe fracture, finished boundary and later loss separately before proposing when an edge formed.

Separate securely joined fragments, fills, support and visual alignment instead of smoothing them into one surface.

Keep restored volume distinct from surviving material while respecting the purpose of the current installation.

Use surface images to locate observations, not to identify material change, treatment or instability.

Keep surviving fragments, proposed position, support and missing volume distinguishable and reversible.

Build comparisons that expose differences in date, camera, light, crop and installation before claiming object change.

Record the whole first

A detail needs a complete object, location frame, current mount and viewpoint. Without them, a feature loses scale and context.

Material, treatment, cause and stability require accountable conservation or collection documentation.

Separate observed features, source-supported interpretations and unresolved areas. Keep every annotation reversible.