This year has been like no other for all of us and Friday 4 December 2020 saw another first – the virtual graduation for the MPhil Textile Conservation class of 2018 – 2020! And despite being a rather radical departure from the usual University of Glasgow graduation ceremony it was still a hugely celebratory and… Continue reading
Signe Marie Thøgersen, 2nd year student. Earlier this semester, the 1st and 2nd year students in the MPhil Textile Conservation Programme at The University of Glasgow all took a one-hour break from their studies and lab-work in order to visit the textile conservation department at The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design – in… Continue reading
by Catherine Harris, 2nd year student, MPhil Textile Conservation. My virtual placement experience, like all my classmates, was unexpected and came with challenges as well as tremendous rewards. The research project, which made up my virtual placement, was with Zenzie Tinker Conservation Ltd (ZTC), an independent conservation studio based in Brighton, United Kingdom. Started by… Continue reading
By Yufei Xiang, Catherine Harris, Beth Gillions, Anna Robinson, Callie Jerman, Ásgrímur Einarsson and Signe Marie Thøgersen This year placements were undertaken remotely with students working with their placement host and mentor on a project of interest and relevance to the institution. In this blog, the now second year students give an overview of their… Continue reading
by Frances Lennard. We were fortunate to receive follow-on funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council to continue our Pacific barkcloth project this year – the funding was intended to help us to take our research to a wider audience. We originally planned to hold barkcloth workshops in five museums around the UK earlier… Continue reading
By Beth Gillions and Anna F Robinson Setting the scene March 2020: lockdown of the UK in response to the COVID-19 global pandemic has been declared and we, two first year textile conservation students, make a journey to the northwest of England to weather the uncertainty of lockdown with Beth’s family. The decision to leave… Continue reading
Nicole Giacomantonio As a conservation student with a background in textile art, I tend to linger in the textile world even outside of the formality of my studies. This lockdown has provided generous free time to return to some of my favorite textile hobbies, namely quilting and knitting, that keep my manual skills in check… Continue reading
On March 16th the University of Glasgow stopped all face to face teaching and by the end of that week Scotland, along with much of the rest of the world, was in lockdown. For the students on the MPhil Textile Conservation programme the ramifications have been significant – dissertations have had to be re-conceived to… Continue reading
Megan Creamer, Isabel Bader Research Fellow, Queen’s University, Art History and Art Conservation Program. Stapheny Cheng, Andrew W. Mellon Fellow, Textiles, Conservation Center, Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The study of fashion, dress, and textiles has always been closely aligned with research on the presentation of self, and socio-cultural identities of all kinds including… Continue reading
by Anna F Robinson, First-year student, MPhil Textile Conservation Historic portraiture and art provide a unique and dynamic visual way for conservators to look at, understand, and contextualize how historic costume was worn and looked. Analysing period artwork for shape, style, drape and distribution of weight, was a valuable tool in a recent mounting project… Continue reading
