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London, GB

London, England, United Kingdom

I am the Project Conservator for the "Re:Entanglements" AHRC and HLF funded project between UCL, SOAS, Cambridge University, and the South London Gallery among other partners (https://re-entanglements.net/). My main responsibilities are:1. To carry out or supervise the conservation for exhibition of 30 objects from the N.W. Thomas Collection (Museum of.

Knole Conservation Studio - Sevenoaks

As the objects and decorative surface conservator, my role involved five different areas: 1. To set up, manage and deliver the object conservation programme for the Knole collection;2. To contribute to the development of the Studio’s reputation by developing conservation training and partnerships;3. To play an active part in visitor, volunteer and.

Institute Of Archaeology, 31-34 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PY

• As Conservation Researcher I worked on several conservation research projects:
• Transitional Objects Project: Documentation and assessment of a private collection of 79 objects with a view to its accession. I conducted the examination and entry level conservation documentation, created and.
• Coming Clean Project, UCL Qatar: Research conducted for UCL and the National Trust on changing attitudes and visitors’ perceptions of conservation cleaning.
• “Identification of adhesives in the textiles from the Spangled Bed in Knole”: Analytical Research and Technical report for the National Trust.
• “Testing for Hazardous Substances on the Skin Throws from Nunnington Hall”: Analytical Research and Technical report for the National Trust.My role as Teaching Assistant involved, among other things, the practical.

Sittingbourne, England, United Kingdom

• I managed this small project for the award-winning CSI lab set up as an open conservation facility within a shopping centre. The project focused on the micro-excavation and conservation to archive standard of the finds.
• Project preparation: source materials, plan work programme, and recruitment of student volunteers to ensure delivery.
• Training and supervision of students and other local volunteers.
• Micro-excavation of lifted blocks and conservation of the finds to archive standard.
• Engagement with the members of the public.
• Write up all treatment documentation.

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

• I was part of a team of three exhibition conservators, and worked across the University’s museums to prepare a large loan of ethnographic, scientific and social history objects to go to the Discoveries Exhibition (Two.
• Establish and follow work programmes so as to deliver all necessary conservation within the tight deadlines.
• Assess, condition report and conserve objects from the Archaeology and Anthropology Museum and from the Whipple Museum of the History of Science: object movement, condition reporting, photography, interventive.
• Liaise work with the other two exhibition conservators, and report to staff conservators within each museum as necessary.

London, England, United Kingdom

• I worked with conservator Barbara Wills on the Clothworkers funded project “Safeguarding a Body of Evidence: Researching and Conserving a Group of Exceptional Naturally-Mummified Nilotic Human Remains”. The project.
• Research into mounting materials and design and implementation of mounting solutions.
• Local environmental monitoring.
• Micro-excavation of some of the individuals and sampling of materials and textiles.
• Investigation and recording.
• Dry cleaning of the remains, leather and textiles present.