John Thallon was Melbourne’s preeminent picture framer for artists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Through the work of the National Gallery of Victoria’s Centre for Frame Research, Thallon’s ledger book of client orders has been transcribed and digitised, and is now available for all on the NGV website This historic primary source […]
In 2023, AICCM celebrated individuals and groups contributing to the conservation profession in Australia across eight award categories, and announced the 2023 ADFAS Mid-career Scholars. On Wednesday 15 November at the Welcome event of the AICCM 50+/-50 National Conference 2023, the AICCM President Alice Cannon presented the awards and announced the scholars. Thank you to […]
Back in 2009, in the middle of an Australian summer, I was contracted by the NSW Office of Rail Heritage (ORH), to assess their Small Movable Heritage Collection, then housed in an original carriage works building in Eveleigh, Sydney. The project was to undertake a full survey of the collection in order to clean and […]
For a few years prior to undertaking the short course ‘Conservation and Repair of Structural and Architectural Metalwork’, I’d been hearing from friends in the conservation community how amazing the short courses are at West Dean College in Chichester, UK. At the midpoint of my career, I also found myself wanting to further explore conservation […]