This report details the cleaning treatment pathway for an early 20th century papier-mâché frame in the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW). This process was undertaken during an internship at AGNSW in July 2018 under the supervision of Head Frame Conservator Margaret Sawicki. The Frame Believed to be the original frame […]
The Victoria branch of AICCM invites you to attend the next plastic focused Off the Record event: International Plastic Conservation Research and the PolyMuse Project. This event will be presented by Melbourne based members of the ARC-LP entitled ‘A National Framework for Managing Malignant Plastics in Museum Collections’, also known as PolyMuse (www.polymuse.net.au). Content: Dr Petronella […]
Join us at Melbourne Museum November 20-23 for four days of talks, panel discussions, seminars, posters, slide shows and tours. We have presentations about community archives, First Nations artworks, stone papers, 19th century Indonesian Islamic manuscripts, 17th century Dutch maps, iron-gall ink, painted photographic panoramas, and more. Our keynote presenters include Melbourne-based artist Patrick Pound, […]
What first attracted you to conservation as a profession and how did you get started in the field? I originally began studying a Bachelor of Arts in psychology, before majoring in European history. In my honours year a museum studies course was offered and I remember watching a documentary about the Historic Royal Palaces in the UK. […]
Membership Survey It is time for the AICCM bi-annual membership survey. The inaugural survey was in 2016 and now we will be able to start comparing data over time. The purpose of the survey is to register the priority of the AICCM against membership interest. It is a formal channel through which members can provide […]
From the 30th May till the 16th June of this year, I was fortunate enough to travel to the United States of America (US) to explore American and international conservation. My journey started with the 2018 AIC Annual Meeting in Houston, Texas and continued to the west coast of California where I visited as many […]
What’s been happening for student conservators over the last few months? We’re glad you asked. Second Life: Conserving Experience Now showing in the GPG Project Spaces (George Paton Gallery), student-led exhibition Second Life: Conserving Experience examines the importance of preserving everyday things. Photographs, toys, teacups, paintings, games, posters and other personally significant items are material […]
Warmun Partnership Ngarranggarni On Country Teaching The Grimwade Centre conducted its Ngarranggarni: Gija Art and Country subject at Warmun Community in the Kimberley region of Western Australia in June, coinciding with the Warmun Art Centre’s twenty-year anniversary. This is the fourth consecutive year of the two-way learning partnership, established between Warmun Art Centre and the […]
Driving across the Sydney Harbour Bridge is not an activity for the faint hearted. Traffic is heavy no matter the time of day, lanes appear, merge or veer off unexpectedly and drivers gaze at the bumper in front of them rather than the view below. Whether in a car or on the train, the Bridge […]
At precisely 11 am Perth time on Friday 3rd August, the golden shimmering mass of liquid bronze metal began to flow into the giant-sized mould at the VEEM Foundry in Canning Vale. Prior to this we had all been inducted into the safety procedures for watching the pour, but nothing could prepare one for the […]