by Dr Jing Han, Research Associate. 韩婧，助理研究员 374 Pages, 85619 words, 1245 days: when the final copy of my PhD thesis was printed, bound and lying quietly in front of me, I breathed a deep sigh of relief, and felt a great sense of accomplishment. From the archival research on historical Chinese dye recipes to… Continue reading
by Frances Lennard, Senior Lecturer in Textile Conservation. Regular readers of this blog will know about our tapestry monitoring project at Stirling Castle part of the wider research project: From the Golden Age to the Digital Age: Modelling and Monitoring Historic Tapestries. As a further contribution to this research, Historic Environment Scotland’s Digital Documentation team… Continue reading
By Dr Anita Quye, Lecturer in Conservation Science, Centre for Textile Conservation. Exposing textiles coloured with light-sensitive natural and synthetic dyes to light is risky. Even under controlled museum conditions with ultraviolet and short wavelength visible light removed, these dyes can fade. Why? Because visible light still has enough energy to change the molecular structures… Continue reading
Frances Lennard, Senior Lecturer in Textile Conservation. We recently gained three new members of staff who are all working on the AHRC-funded project, Situating Pacific Barkcloth Production in Time and Place. This three-year project has just started – you can find more information about it on the project website: www.tapa.gla.ac.uk Misa Tamura is our Research… Continue reading
by Harriet Perkins, 2nd year student, MPhil Textile Conservation. When a conservator is first presented with an object it is important to find out as much information about it as possible. This informs the conservator of the significance of the object, construction and materials used as well as indicating the causes of deterioration. As part… Continue reading
By Frances Lennard, Senior Lecturer in Textile Conservation. Tapestry conservation research has just received a great boost: the Leverhulme Trust has recently made an award of £200,000 to the University of Glasgow to carry out research into tapestry conservation and display. There are many magnificent collections of tapestries in museums and historic houses but they… Continue reading
by Geraldine Sim, 2nd year student MPhil Textile Conservation. About the project For my final year dissertation of the MPhil Textile Conservation course at the University of Glasgow, I am working with Dr Carol Christiansen from the Shetland Museum and Archives on the re-housing of a collection of archaeological textile fragments from the island of… Continue reading
By Frances Lennard, Senior Lecturer in Textile Conservation. We are delighted that a graduate of the MPhil Textile Conservation has been shortlisted for the prestigious Pilgrim Trust Student Conservator of the Year Award, one of the categories of the 2015 Icon Conservation Awards. Charlotte Gamper’s dissertation research on the conservation of viscose rayon is one of… Continue reading
By Maria Kinti, 2nd year student, MPhil Textile Conservation. Two years of studying Textile Conservation in Glasgow are about to finish with the final assignment, the dissertation, being in progress during this summer. This is a 15,000- words project that we undertake during 12 weeks. The topics each year are research based and range from… Continue reading
by Frances Lennard, Senior Lecturer in Textile Conservation. We are very excited to have begun a new research project in collaboration with Historic Scotland. A camera has been installed in the Queen’s Inner Hall at Stirling Castle to take time-lapse images of the newly woven tapestry, The Mystic Hunt of the Unicorn. The unveiling of the… Continue reading
