What first attracted you to conservation as a profession and how did you get started in the field? At high school I was interested in both arts and science. Mum suggested conservation to me – a parent at her school was a conservator at the National Gallery in Canberra, so she knew it was a
The Western Australia state division is steadily getting into the swing of things for 2018. The state committee has had one planning meeting and another is planned for the near future. Our first event of the year is a ‘Round table discussion of recent AICCM National Meeting and the Richard Wolbers’ Gels in Conservation Workshop
Vic Division started the year in celebratory mode with drinks to coincide with the Wolbers course being held at Museums Victoria in January. The new committee then met for a half day planning session on Saturday 17th February. We took this opportunity to further discuss what we want to work towards this year and start
New South Wales NSW Division claims it is still recovering from National Conference last year and is wondering how long this excuse will wash. In the meantime, we are in the throes of planning some events—one on what would you do if put in a difficult ethical situation, we hope this will be a fairly
Student Conservators for Timor-Leste (SCTL) held a symposium on 27 October 2017, marking the beginning of a two-week exhibition, to commemorate fifteen years of East-Timorese independence. Developed and produced by the graduate student association group, Student Conservators for Timor-Leste (SCTL), with the support of Afalyca Arts Centre, Box Hill Community Arts Centre (BHCAC) and the
NSW State Library of NSW Exhibitions The branch has been busy preparing several loans recently, with work co-ordinated and overseen by Senior Conservator, Exhibitions and Loans, Helen Casey, and Conservator, Cath Bartley, along with Registrar Caroline Lorentz and Assistant Registrar Lauren Dalla. The creation of a large quantity of book supports, as well as the
We recently had the need to reconfigure our material roll rack storage. The rack we had been using was an awkwardly shaped metal one with legs that proatruded too far forward. It was also double sided and, as it had to be positioned against a wall, it was difficult to access materials on the back
The conservation of fans is challenging, having to take into account the variety and fragility of the materials used, and also the shape, volume and interconnection of the different parts. Moreover, fans are often masterpieces on a very small scale, displaying exquisite painting on leaves, fine engraving on sticks or precious jewelry to adorn rivet or sticks.
Claire Rowson, as a numismatic engraver at the Perth Mint, explores many aspects of numismatic creation and conservation in her role. The main topic of her address at the WA Shipwrecks Museum on November 30 was die-making innovation and the consequences of this. Coin dies, being essential in coin creation, stamp impressions on a piece
From the 24th to the 26th of November 2017, I had the exciting opportunity to attend the IIC-Palace Museum 2017 Hong Kong Symposium, held in the Chiang Chen Studio Theatre at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom Kowloon. The theme for this symposium was “Unroll and unfold. Preserving textiles and thangkas to last”. As