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Incredible Review of Online Lecture on Parchment Bindings
Thank you very much to Ruth Stevens ACR who reviewed my recent online lecture for "Conservation Today" the Archives and Records Association Preservation & Conservation Section Newsletter. I couldn't be more proud...
"Ann-Marie Miller started the series of lectures with the conservation of four volumes of Wine Accounts from Middle Temple Archive, guiding us expertly through research, assessment, and evaluation prior to the actual fascinating process of treatment. It is such a privilege to witness the mindset required to treat this type of material – to understand why we treat, and the balanced approach needed to make the right decisions for individual volumes. Ann-Marie had to deal with mould damage, iron gall ink and parchment loss, and was able to explain the logic behind every decision with clarity of purpose and conviction, as well as share some innovative repair techniques."
The link to my presentation is below and we are currently working on the written transcripts of all of the sessions, including the fascinating panel discussion, where each of the speakers compared notes, techniques, materials and approaches. Watch this space for a link when it is available.
"Ann-Marie Miller started the series of lectures with the conservation of four volumes of Wine Accounts from Middle Temple Archive, guiding us expertly through research, assessment, and evaluation prior to the actual fascinating process of treatment. It is such a privilege to witness the mindset required to treat this type of material – to understand why we treat, and the balanced approach needed to make the right decisions for individual volumes. Ann-Marie had to deal with mould damage, iron gall ink and parchment loss, and was able to explain the logic behind every decision with clarity of purpose and conviction, as well as share some innovative repair techniques."
The link to my presentation is below and we are currently working on the written transcripts of all of the sessions, including the fascinating panel discussion, where each of the speakers compared notes, techniques, materials and approaches. Watch this space for a link when it is available.
Sold Out: Online Parchment Workshop 10th &17th November 2-4.30pm GMT
Materials Kit for Workshop
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Sadly for some, my parchment workshop sold out within 2 weeks of being listed on Eventbrite and the first session has now taken place. Preparations for Week 2 of my first online historic binding course have been coming along well. The participants have already lined their goatskin parchment from William Cowley's using gelatine and without a press in sight. We have a truly international group, encompassing book conservators from Canada, the US, Sweden and Ireland. Which made mailing out the materials kits even more nerve-wracking, but they all arrived safe and sound.
Email me through the contact form if you want further information. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-parchment-stationery-binding-workshop-tickets-125066131165 |
Exciting New Collaboration - Conservation Training for Auction Houses
It is always a pleasure to work with other conservators and over the last few months I have been working on a couple of projects with Suzanne Press ACR (www.suzannepress.com/) an experienced conservator of works of Art on paper, also based in London. One of these has resulted in our collaboration to reach out to auction houses in and around London to offer conservation training on handling, assessment and how to offer and access advice for clients. We are currently preparing training for 2 of the major London auction houses on book conservation and are very much looking forward to sharing our knowledge.
Here is a link to the leaflet that we have created about the training: sp_cc.pdf
Please feel free to contact either of us to find out more, either via the information provided on the leaflet or use the contact form on this website.
Here is a link to the leaflet that we have created about the training: sp_cc.pdf
Please feel free to contact either of us to find out more, either via the information provided on the leaflet or use the contact form on this website.
Virtual Open Studio - Now Live via ICon Accreditation Website
I am very proud to have my virtual open studio featured as part of the 20th Anniversary of the Institute of Conservation Accreditation Scheme. I went through the application process in 2006 and since achieving accreditation in 2007 have been a mentor for conservators from a variety of conservation disciplines including textile conservators and preservation managers. It is a hallmark of quality in terms of practical work, ethics, judgement and decision-making, similar to charter-ship in other professions. Here is a link to the Icon website which also features incredible conservators from other disciplines and their work.
https://icon.org.uk/accreditation/20th-anniversary-of-icon-accreditation/virtual-open-studios
https://icon.org.uk/accreditation/20th-anniversary-of-icon-accreditation/virtual-open-studios
Parchment Bindings Lecture - Available Online
I have also given a lecture on the conservation of 4 parchment stationery bindings as part of the virtual training programme for the Archives & Records Association. I was in great company in this lecture series and the talks by Victoria Stevens and Katherine Beaty are a must for all those obsessed by parchment stationery bindings like me!
Here is the link to the video of my conservation of parchment stationery bindings video:
https://play.webvideocore.net/popapp.php?l=324413&w=720&h=800&p=4GE35AGFE12D4C4&title=Make%2C+Mend+%26+Do%E2%80%A6The+Conservation+of+4+Eighteenth-Century+Parchment+Stationery+Bindings&bgcolor1=%23ffffff&bgcolor2=%23e0e0e0&hide_playlist=&hide_description=&hide_live_chat=1&layout=default&is_inversed=&theme=light&image=https%3A%2F%2Fmember.streamingvideoprovider.com%2Fpanel%2Fserver%2Fclip%3Fa%3DGenerateThumbnail%26clip_id%3D0%26size%3Dlarge%26playlist_id%3D324413%26is_playlist%3D1%26segmentName%3Dsingle&use_html5=1&live_id=&sel_playlist=1g2ab52ge47574c&sel_multiplaylist=&is_responsive=1&is_vertical=&one_thumb_per_row=1&thumbs_size=medium&disable_hash=1&skinAlpha=50&colorBase=%23250864&colorIcon=&colorHighlight=%237f54f8&fs_popin=&start_volume=&close_button=&player_align=NONE&player_bar=1&auto_play=&auto_hide_player_controls=1&chat_position=&description_position=&playlist_position=&allow_fullscreen=1&player_start_volume=&widget_height_behavior=0&template_published_fields=-1&play_button=1&play_button_style=pulsing
Here is the link to the video of my conservation of parchment stationery bindings video:
https://play.webvideocore.net/popapp.php?l=324413&w=720&h=800&p=4GE35AGFE12D4C4&title=Make%2C+Mend+%26+Do%E2%80%A6The+Conservation+of+4+Eighteenth-Century+Parchment+Stationery+Bindings&bgcolor1=%23ffffff&bgcolor2=%23e0e0e0&hide_playlist=&hide_description=&hide_live_chat=1&layout=default&is_inversed=&theme=light&image=https%3A%2F%2Fmember.streamingvideoprovider.com%2Fpanel%2Fserver%2Fclip%3Fa%3DGenerateThumbnail%26clip_id%3D0%26size%3Dlarge%26playlist_id%3D324413%26is_playlist%3D1%26segmentName%3Dsingle&use_html5=1&live_id=&sel_playlist=1g2ab52ge47574c&sel_multiplaylist=&is_responsive=1&is_vertical=&one_thumb_per_row=1&thumbs_size=medium&disable_hash=1&skinAlpha=50&colorBase=%23250864&colorIcon=&colorHighlight=%237f54f8&fs_popin=&start_volume=&close_button=&player_align=NONE&player_bar=1&auto_play=&auto_hide_player_controls=1&chat_position=&description_position=&playlist_position=&allow_fullscreen=1&player_start_volume=&widget_height_behavior=0&template_published_fields=-1&play_button=1&play_button_style=pulsing
To accompany my publications and work on the Conservation of Parchment Bindings I have compiled a downloadable bibliography.
| stationery_binding_1500-1800_july_20.pdf |
Making conservation more accessible online - using video footage to demonstrate conservation work in action!
The above video was produced during the conservation of the Beadnell Album for the Dickens Museum in London. The repairs were part of a programme of work which was made possible by the National Manuscripts Conservation Trust. It demonstrates the complexity of the repairs to return the pop-up elements to working order, whilst trying to keep as much of the original structure as possible. It was also an excellent opportunity to promote conservation work in action.
