Held at Melbourne Museum, 20–23 November 2018, the AICCM Book and Paper and Photographic Materials Symposium brought together conservators from Australia and overseas to engage in talks and workshops about changes, challenges and innovations in conservation. This year marked the 10th symposium of the biennial event organised by the Book & Paper SIG and the Photon SIG. […]
Keeping up with new materials and modern printmaking processes is one of the big challenges in paper and photo conservation and I have always found it difficult to keep ‘digital’ printing methods straight—everything I learn tends to fall out of my head again. I was therefore very keen to take advantage of the Digital Print […]
In 2018 the annual Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) conference was held in Dunedin New Zealand/Aotearoa from 23 August till 31 August. This was the first time the conference was held in the southern hemisphere. The Conference was held in partnership with TDWG (Taxonomic Database Working Group or Biodiversity Information Standards). […]
The 10th Book, Paper and Photographic Materials symposium was held on 20-23 November, in Melbourne. It was a wonderful and inspiring event that really demonstrated the depth and breadth of conservation in Australia and beyond. As the co-convenors for these two SIGs, we wanted to put our closing thanks from the conference in writing: Firstly, […]
Vic Division have ended the year with some really exciting events. We helped host the National Council AGM on 20th September and then, along with the GCCMC, SC@M and the Macgeorge bequest, supported the excellent ‘Off the Record—International Plastic Conservation Research and the PolyMuse Project’ held at the Grimwade. This event was a wonderful opportunity […]
Scientific Analysis of Paper and Photographic Materials WorkshopThe Palace Museum, Beijing22 October – 2 November 2018 Little did I know when I sent through my application for a place on the IIC-ITCC’s Workshop on the Scientific Analysis of Paper and Photographic Materials, that I would actually be lucky enough to be offered a spot! The […]
On Tuesday 20th November the AICCM awards were presented at the Centre for Contemporary Photography in Fitzroy, Melbourne. It was the opening night for the 10th AICCM Book, Paper and Photographic Materials Symposium. It was a great evening with lots of yummy food and good conversation. Thanks to all who came and congratulations to the […]
What first attracted you to conservation as a profession and how did you get started in the field? I wanted to become a conservator before I even really knew it was a real thing. So, when I was younger I saw a movie you may have heard of—Titanic. I know you’re wondering how I’m going to tie […]
As part of the lead-up to the AICCM 10th Book, Paper and Photographic Materials Symposium, the organising committee asked some conservators of note to reflect on how our profession and our work has changed over the years. What advice would you give to someone starting out now? These reflections and revisitations take the form of ‘letters to a […]
On the 24th and 25th of October, second year students of the Masters of Cultural Material Conservation gave presentations on their minor thesis research. The projects were diverse and thoroughly interesting. Below is a small selection of abstracts from the projects presented. Congratulations to everyone who presented and completed their minor thesis! Evaluating Value: Significance […]