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Maple Leaves, ironed between sheets of waxed paper. If stored carefully, they can last forever. These autumn hangings are over thirty years old. #craft #crafting #craftproject #leaves #fallleaves #mapleleaves #waxedpaper #iron #ironing #ironingwaxedpaper #oldfashioned #oldfashionedcraft #conservation #conservator #storing #storage #vintage #heirloom #careful #decor #decorating #decoratingforfall #decoratingforautumn #Halloween #fallequinox #equinox

My Mother bought me the drop leaf table when I "took to housekeeping," Nana made the lamp in Senior Citizens' Ceramic Class, and Aunt Ida gave me the family chairs. I still have all of them. 1982. #conservation #conserving #conservator #antique #antiques #dropleaftable #chair #chairs #canedchair #canedchairs #ceramics #ceramic #ceramiclamp #ceramiclamps #senior #seniorcitizens #seniorcitizen #home #house #firsthome #firsthouse #Pennwood

Senior Textile Conservator, Charlotte Gamper, shows us the conservation work being undertaken on the wool strips taken from the Tester of Queen Caroline's Bed, part of the Royal Collection.

© Royal Collection Enterprises Ltd 2025 |
@RCT @HRP_palaces #globalmuseum #conservator

Please enjoy my small guide to looking after your metals, now available on PEL's blog: https://www.preservationequipment.com/Blog/Blog-Posts/Making-Friends-With-Your-Metals

#CollectionsCare #metals #collections #museums #advice #conservator

Sharing a project that recently left my workshop after far too many months: this ceramic piece was quite challenging mentally for me, and I had huge imposter syndrome about the whole thing.

I don't like sculpting hands, so the lass with the missing digits frightened me no end (I did okay in the end). I also needed to combine aluminium mesh and putties to recreate the sash, which was a pain in the bum.

#conservation #ceramics #ArtNouveau #restoration #ceramic #conservator #WorkbenchWednesday

Another thing I brought along to the show was these little zines I made with information on #CollectionsCare and #metals - they're hand-written and crudely illustrated, so not the most accessible, but I wanted people to be able to take away something useful.

Not available digitally, but I'm glad people picked them up on the day!

#conservator #zine #advice #zines

I've #upcycled an old, knackered #thermohygrograph from a museum into a very bling doorstop. ✨

Amazing what a bonkers old contraption and some golden spray paint can do!

#reuse #conservator #upcycling

Happy #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek!

I'm Jenny, I'm a #neurodiverse #conservator in Wales. I like my brain. It works differently than yours in a number of ways, and that's frankly quite cool.

On a practical level it means I approach tasks differently, I often struggle with not knowing what's expected of me, and I behave outside of norms in some ways.

Anyway, shout outs to my fellow neurospicy people! This week we should remember that we're actually very awesome.

#NeurodiversityWeek #NCW

I've just landed back in the UK after a bloody lovely trip abroad. Can you guess where I've been? Clues in the alt text!

#conservator #travel #FreelanceLife #museums

#magicthegathering #mtg #Conservator #AmyWeber

Today I'm in #Sittingbourne and I've held my first #ToyHospital session. It was really fun and a few people brought in patients or asked about treasured toys! 🏥🧸

#conservation #toys #conservator #events #plastics #outreach

Today I got to deliver something that's been living in my head for a while: a course on the #identification and #care of #metals in #collections! 🪙

If you came along (it was open to Welsh professionals): thank you, I hope you learned something useful to your day-to-day!

If you'd like to do something similar: get in touch, I'd love to do this again. ⚙️

Now I can briefly stop thinking obsessively about metal and corrosion products...

#training #CollectionsCare #conservation #events #conservator

Happy #FindsFriday!

Today I dropped by my local museum and had a squint at their 'Into the West' display (somewhat unceremoniously in the corridor upstairs). It contains some beautiful #finds I worked on earlier this year - a delight to see!

Not sure why one case was so empty - possibly those #artefacts are back in Aberystwyth?

You can read more about the hoard here:
https://cofgar.wales/what-s-on/into-the-west-the-late-bronze-age-hoard-from-llanddeusant/
and
https://cofgar.wales/collections/into-the-west-the-late-bronze-age-hoard-from-llanddeusant/

#archaeology #collections #BronzeAge #conservation #conservator #Wales

What's the average work day for a paintings conservator? Though no two days are alike, usually it's a mix of research, collection care, treatment, analysis...and emails.

Today is #AskaConservator Day. What other questions do you have for Kari?

Getty @GettyMuseum #museums #conservator #conservation #art

I've just returned from my travels, during which I saw almost nothing of the green isle and instead worked my freelance butt off in a delightful way. 🇮🇪

I had the great joy of working on some of the #NaturalHistory #collections from the National Museum of Ireland plus delivering some training for them, so I'm all atwitter from my flying visit.

Here are some lovely photos of my #conservation adventures 🪶

@PaoloViscardi - hopefully we get to chat more next time!

#conservator #museums #taxidermy

‘Magical’ self-portrait was hidden for decades — until the canvas was flipped

When a conservator at a British museum removed a board at the back of a prominent Norman Cornish artwork for an upcoming exhibition, he made a “magical” discovery: On the reverse was a self-portrait by the coal miner turned celebrated artist.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/07/21/norman-cornish-bowes-museum/ #museums #art #conservator

#DOTD: Chang Shuhong 常書鴻 (1904–1994), , #painter and #conservator of the #art of the #Mogao Caves or Grottoes #莫高窟 at #Dunhuang #敦煌, now a UNESCO #WorldHeritage site, gaining him the epithet 'Guardian Spirit of Dunhuang' 敦煌的保護神. #ChineseArt https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/440/

Free Webinar | Aging Futures: Conserving Time-based Media Art | Join Pitt’s University Art Gallery (UAG) | Explore how to preserve and protect digital artworks for future generations | Thursday, April 25 at 4pm ET | Register here 👇
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/aging-futures-conserving-time-based-media-art-tickets-874018110697 #webinar #museums #conservation #conservator #mediaArt #art

#BOTD: Chang Shuhong #常書鴻 (1904–1994), #painter and #conservator of the #art of the #Mogao Caves or Grottoes #莫高窟 at #Dunhuang #敦煌, now a
UNESCO #WorldHeritage site, gaining him the epithet 'Guardian Spirit of Dunhuang' 敦煌的保護神. #ChineseArt

https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/440/

Oh boy, it's been a busy few days! Last week I taught a beginners course in how to identify textiles in collections, and today I've delivered a similar training session on how to ID plastics. 🔎 🧶 🎞️

My brain feels like it might be full of ONLY knowledge about polymers and fibre types now.

If someone needs me I'll be a heap on the sofa with the doggo.

#conservator #CollectionsCare #collections #textiles #plastics #identification #webinars #training #museums

And last but definitely not least, here's our SECOND new permanent co-host:

Meet Phedra Komodromou. 👋

She's joining us as Emerging Professional Co-Host and she's a conservator of antiquities in sunny #Cyprus. 🏺 🇨🇾

Phedra has also dipped her toe into the podcast pond before so you may have heard her voice elsewhere. 🎙️ We're very lucky to have her!

#TheCWordPodcast #conservators #podcasting #conservation #antiquities #conservator #podcasts #cypriot

Alright, alright, we can't contain ourselves any longer!

Let us introduce our new podcast team members to you:

Meet Liz Hébert, one of our TWO new permanent co-hosts! 👋

Liz joins us as Emerging Professional Co-Host and she's a paintings conservator based in #Amsterdam. 🎨 🇳🇱

Liz used to host the ECPodcast for emerging professionals so may be a familiar voice!

#TheCWordPodcast #conservators #ArtConservation #ArtConservators #podcasting #conservation #paintings #conservator #TheNetherlands

Last week I had the pleasure of installing an #exhibition at #TwoTemplePlace in #London: it's a gorgeous venue that does a show every year, completely free of charge, between January and April.

This year it's called 'The Glass Heart' and it's (you guessed it) all about #glass. It was a little nerve wracking to install, not gonna lie!

I love being a #freelance #conservator for stuff like this: I get to see some marvellous things.

Go see it if you can: https://twotempleplace.org/exhibitions/the-glass-heart/

Big news for #conservators in the UK (and elsewhere, seeing as the scheme runs internationally): Icon has changed up its #accreditation scheme! 🎉

Highlights:
- simplified application process
- e-portfolio system to allow for easier case studies and evidence gathering
- option to submit audio and video material rather than written stuff
- more flexible timings
- flexible payment options as standard

Fee is now £950 💸

Read more here: https://www.icon.org.uk/resource/the-icon-accreditation-assessment-process-is-changing.html

#conservator #conservation

Not your usual #conservator and not your usual conservator photo either! 📷

The other week (maybe month at this rate) I had my first ever photo shoot with a professional photographer and it was actually really fun.

Here are some of the results! Mischief, tools, and lots of yellow - a pretty good representation of me.

#ThrowbackThursday #conservation

@thecwordpodcast As a #conservator in private practice I get to make a lot of decisions myself, which is both great and awful, but mostly great!

I can make the decision to:
✅ Use suppliers committed to sustainability (or shout at them until they are)
✅ Reduce my dependency on single use plastics or overly toxic chemicals
✅ Use public transport
✅ Reuse materials in a variety of ways
✅ Repair equipment or source it second hand rather than buying new

So I do.

#EnvironmentMW #MuseumWeek

Are you even a #conservator if you haven't scraped old animal glue off a ceramic for an hour this week? (Just kidding. You are.)

Here's my workbench wonder for the week: a #ceramic #bull back to his old self.

Happy weekend, folks!

#conservation #BeforeAndAfter #ConservationRestoration