Friability
is the ability for a medium to crumble easily.
Related Terms
Synonyms in English
crumbly
Translation
| English | friability |
| French | friabilité |
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| Portuguese | friável |
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| Chinese (Traditional) | 粉碎性 |
Discussion
Often describing a media on paper, friability refers to the capacity of a material to crumble and separate from a support. This is frequently the result of inadequate binding in the medium. Friable media such as pastels, charcoal, and some paint may separate from a support due to abrasion or contact.
References
Friable. AICCM. Visual Glossary. http://www.aiccm.org.au/visual-glossary (accessed 16 March, 2014).
Friability. Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online. Getty Research Institute. http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/aat/ (accessed 16 March, 2014).
Quandt, A.B. (1996, June). Recent developments in the conservation of parchment manuscripts, delivered Book and paper specialty group session, aic 24th annual meeting, Norfolk, VA. Retrieved from http://cool.conservation-us.org/coolaic/sg/bpg/annual/v15/bp15-14.html.
Papierniak, K. (2012). Challenges of undertaking conservation treatment of mixed media artworks by john olsen: A case history in conservation of contemporary works of art. Paper for 7th Aiccm book, paper and photographic materials symposiym. Retrieved from http://www.aiccm.org.au/sites/default/files/PAPIERNIAKPaper.pdf