A Hurdy-Gurdy Experience TAGS: Hurdy-gurdy | musical instruments | West Dean College Today’s blog post comes from Michelle Kirk, a West Dean College student (MA Conservation of Furniture and Related Materials) who undertook a conservation placement with the CRC this Summer… Although …Continue reading →

Shooting the breeze TAGS: book of the dead | egyptian | papyrus | polyester sling | rehousing It’s not every day that you are asked to conserve a magic spell on papyrus, but this is exactly what happened when I was asked to take a look an …Continue reading →

Conservation Placement – Northumbria University TAGS: float mounting | indian paintings | Northumbria University | tasawir | v-hinge Lisa Mitchell, conservation placement student from Northumbria University, describes her experience of working at the CRC in this week’s blog post… Over the past two weeks I have had the …Continue reading →

A Passage to India – Part 2 TAGS: adhesive removal | gellan gel | indian paintings | rigid gel | tasawir In this week’s blog, Special Collections Conservator, Emily Hick, describes the next stage of conserving a collection of Indian paintings, and explains how she used a rigid gel to remove …Continue reading →

Student Placement – Joey Shuker Joey Shuker, conservation placement student from Camberwell College of Art describes her experience of working at the CRC in this week’s blog post… I have been very fortunate to have …Continue reading →

Volunteer Voice – Laura Keizer TAGS: paper conservation | volunteer In this week’s blog, we interview a conservation volunteer to find out what they do in the studio and the benefits of volunteering…. 1.What is your name? Laura Keizer 2. …Continue reading →

Uninvited Pests TAGS: Integrated pest managment | sticky blunder traps In this week’s blog, Project Conservator Katharine discusses the new Integrated Pest Management Plan for the CRC Special Collections, and describes the common pests found in heritage institutions…. Integrated pest …Continue reading →

Paper Conservators: News and Ideas Exchange 2016 TAGS: discussion | ideas exchange | Paper conservators This week’s blog post comes from Conservation Volunteers Mathilde Renauld and Paula Burbicka, who recently attended a paper conservators new and ideas exchange event at the CRC…. Scotland’s Paper Conservators …Continue reading →

A Passage to India – Part 1 TAGS: conservation | indian paintings | tasawir In this week’s blog, Special Collections Conservator Emily, describes the first stage of conserving a collection of Indian portraits… I was recently asked to complete a condition report and treatment …Continue reading →

George, in Focus: Hidden Text Revealed TAGS: George Focus | hidden text | Imaging techniques | Infra-red | MA-XRF | Photoshop | Recueil de Desseins Ridicules In this week’s blog, Special Collections Conservator, Emily, discusses how she is using different imaging techniques to reveal concealed script. I was recently challenged with a seemingly impossible task in …Continue reading →