By Frances Lennard, Senior Lecturer. First-year student Geraldine Sim and I recently visited Karen Finch OBE at her home in Walthamstow. Karen, who is now in her 90s, has an international reputation as one of the founders of modern textile conservation. She set up the Textile Conservation Centre (TCC) at Hampton Court Palace in 1975.… Continue reading
by Geraldine Sim, First year student, MPhil Textile Conservation Between the first and second years of the MPhil Textile Conservation programme students undertake a work placement of a minimum of six weeks. I’ve been so lucky to have the opportunity to undertake mine at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. I’m currently 8 weeks… Continue reading
by Frances Lennard, Senior Lecturer. I am delighted that Dr Sally Tuckett will be taking up a new post as Lecturer in Dress and Textile History from September. Sally was a guest lecturer last year on the MLitt Dress and Textile Histories programme and will lead the programme this year, working in collaboration with… Continue reading
by Julie Wertz and Jing Han, PhD students. This year the Centre for Textile Conservation and Technical Art History collaborated with the School of Chemistry to host a hands-on workshop for students aged 12-14. Two sessions of about 90 minutes each took place as part of the Glasgow Science Festival. The event was funded by the… Continue reading
by Frances Lennard, Karen Thompson and Sarah Foskett. We were as shocked as everyone else in Glasgow and beyond to hear the news of the fire at Glasgow School of Art’s Mackintosh building on Friday 23rd May, and have been delighted to be able to assist with the rescue of the textile collections held in… Continue reading
by Karen Thompson, Conservation Teacher. The Centre for Textile Conservation and Technical Art History held its annual open day on Wednesday 19th March 2014. This is an opportunity for the students and research and teaching staff to show the projects that they are currently working on and to meet other museum professionals, funders as well… Continue reading
We are delighted to report that the proceedings of our recent conference have just been published. The international conference The Real Thing? The Value of Authenticity and Replication for Investigation and Conservation was held at the University of Glasgow in December 2012. It was the culmination of a series of research meetings organised by the… Continue reading
by Geraldine Sim and Fiona Wain As part of the project to represent Stirling Palace launched by Historic Scotland in 2001, weavers from the renowned West Dean Tapestry Studio have been undertaking the reproduction of 7 tapestries depicting the Hunt of the Unicorn that are to line the walls of the newly refurbished Queen’s Inner… Continue reading
by Maria Grabowska, Second Year Student. The Principles and Practice courses run through each semester of the first and second year and aim to develop the core techniques of interventive and preventive conservation. In the second term of the second year there are no more science lectures or theoretical classes in this course, just a… Continue reading
by Sarah Foskett, Conservation Tutor. It was with great pride and pleasure that Frances, Karen, Anita and I attended the graduation of the second cohort of students from the MPhil Textile Conservation programme yesterday: Jennifer Beasley, Sarah Benson, Kate Blair, Stella Gardner, Nora Meller, Zoё Lanceley, Francisca Lucero and Michelle Oh. It was a super… Continue reading
