by Marina Herriges, 2nd year student, MPhil Textile Conservation During the second year of the programme, students are given more complex objects to be treated. In my case, I received an exciting surprise – an Ethiopian rug! This was a very pleasant challenge for me, as I am quite keen on flat textiles, especially tapestries,… Continue reading
It is often easy to think you need to keep your head down: ‘to do’ lists don’t get any shorter on an away day, and unlike the story of the Tailor of Gloucester, work rarely gets completed by mice while your not looking! But our visit to Perth Museum and Art Gallery last week was… Continue reading
by Staphany Cheng, graduate MPhil Textile Conservation 2018, currently Andrew W. Mellon Fellow, Textiles, Conservation Center, Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Some time ago, I had the opportunity to attend the Workshops on the Conservation of Japanese Textiles, conducted by Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties (TNRICP) and National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU)… Continue reading
