Objectives:

- To encourage a comprehensive approach to the problems intrinsic to wood conservation and restoration.
- To study the agents of degradation and pathologies related to wooden supports, as well as the main intervention methodologies involved in their conservation.
- Develop theoretical and practical skills that are fundamental to defining a basic preventive conservation methodology.
-Developing the knowledge needed to fill in an identification, diagnosis and intervention proposal form, which will form the basis for the final report.
- In class, carry out conservation and restoration work on carvings, sculpture and furniture, with or without polychrome coating.
- Develop the ability to define and argue about the choice of each specific intervention practice, supported by the development of knowledge of treatment products and materials, as well as appropriate terminology.
- By the end of the semester, students should be able to identify the most common problems in woodwork, draw up a diagnosis, define a treatment proposal and carry out the corresponding operations.