Proceedings of the AICCM TSIG Symposium, Sydney, Australia 19 to 22 May, 2016 ABSTRACT The exhibition “Spirited: Australia’s Horse Story” at the National Museum of Australia (NMA) during September 2014 – March 2015, explored the relationship between people and horses and how they enriched our lives, built our society and shaped our environment. As textile […]
Proceedings of the AICCM TSIG Symposium, Sydney, Australia 19 to 22 May, 2016 ABSTRACT A prominent object in the exhibition Spirited: Australia’s Horse History at the National Museum of Australia (NMA) from September 2014 to March 2015 was a landau horse-drawn carriage ordered from Brewster & Co Carriage Builders, New York, by distinguished pastoralist William […]
Proceedings of the AICCM TSIG Symposium, Sydney, Australia 19 to 22 May, 2016 ABSTRACT In an Australian context, historical archaeological textiles are rare, and potentially significant finds. In 2015 during an historic archaeological excavation in Melbourne’s CBD, archaeologists unearthed a bundle of fabric and thread from an unlined rubbish pit that, when examined by conservators, […]
Proceedings of the AICCM TSIG Symposium, Sydney, Australia 19 to 22 May, 2016 ABSTRACT In 2007 during the re-housing of the Queensland Museum’s costume and textile collection, a strange silk brocade costume was discovered hanging in an old wooden cupboard at the back of the Social History Store. On further examination the costume was identified […]
Proceedings of the AICCM TSIG Symposium, Sydney, Australia 19 to 22 May, 2016 ABSTRACT The exhibition Gods, Heroes and Clowns: Performance and Narrative in South and Southeast Asian Art, curated by Carol Cains, showcased numerous textile based artworks from embroidered and painted narrative hangings to miniature garments on three dimensional wooden puppets. This paper focuses […]
Proceedings of the AICCM TSIG Symposium, Sydney, Australia 19 to 22 May, 2016 ABSTRACTUpon presentation of a box labelled ‘Birdwood Flag’ from storage in Newcastle, thousands of tiny fragments of silk were discovered inside. These pieces are the remains of the Birdwood Flag, created by the Field Forces Fund in 1917 and presented on the […]
Proceedings of the AICCM TSIG Symposium, Sydney, Australia 19 to 22 May, 2016 ABSTRACTThis research focused on the consolidation of modern synthetic textiles that have failing adhesive bonds within their surface decorations. The research stemmed from an exhibition at the National Museum of Singapore which highlighted the cheongsam. The term comes from Cantonese speaking Singaporeans […]
Proceedings of the AICCM TSIG Symposium, Sydney, Australia 19 to 22 May, 2016 ABSTRACTThe National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) has a dynamic exhibition programme with an emphasis on the display of Fashion. Repetitive mannequin handling and textile remedial repairs are intrinsic to textile conservation and were identified as risks for work-related musculoskeletal disorders. Movement and […]
Proceedings of the AICCM TSIG Symposium, Sydney, Australia 19 to 22 May, 2016 ABSTRACT Conservation treatments often involve the use of awkward static postures and intensive periods of fine detail work, which can lead to injury. Conservators at Artlab Australia, have worked collaboratively with an Occupational Health Physiotherapist / Ergonomist, over the past ten year […]
Proceedings of the AICCM TSIG Symposium, Sydney, Australia 19 to 22 May, 2016 ABSTRACTThe words ‘context’ and ‘conservation’ and their inter-relationship are worthy of examination as they relate to the fashion designer’s practice. A focus on the linkages between fashion design and conservation is important, as is the relationship between fashion design and textiles in […]