Codex Conservation Ltd. is a busy workshop based in London, that serves a wide variety of clients including national museums, academic institutions, corporate archives, and collectors. Our clients include the London Museum, Charterhouse Museum, the Natural History Museum Library, HSBC Archive, the Warner Archive and the National Trust. We are a trusted partner for with school and regional archives, libraries and museums, and private collectors helping them to look after their collections for the future. It is not just fixing books, sometimes it includes collection care advice; support with digitisation, exhibitions or training. It is incredibly rewarding helping to make history accessible in so many different ways.
Our Incredible Team of Conservators
Presenting our team of 4 talented conservators! Most often we work on different days which has resulted in this rather clumsily edited photo that brings us all together.
With Ann-Marie, there is Camilla, Chloe and Keara. All professionally qualified conservators who bring their skills and expertise to the workshop. Camilla, trained at Northumbria University, is a specialist in Works of Art on Paper and Archival conservation, who also runs her own conservation business. Chloe and Keara both trained at West Dean in conservation - although some years apart - and are specialist in Book and Archive conservation. We are pretty indomitable team and are all very passionate about our work.
With Ann-Marie, there is Camilla, Chloe and Keara. All professionally qualified conservators who bring their skills and expertise to the workshop. Camilla, trained at Northumbria University, is a specialist in Works of Art on Paper and Archival conservation, who also runs her own conservation business. Chloe and Keara both trained at West Dean in conservation - although some years apart - and are specialist in Book and Archive conservation. We are pretty indomitable team and are all very passionate about our work.
How it All Began...
Ann-Marie Miller ACR, MA, has been a practicing book and and archives conservator for over 25 years. She first studied the History of Art at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London, followed by post-graduate studies in Conservation at Camberwell College of Arts and 3 years of bookbinding courses at the London College of Printing. After graduating, she worked as a freelance conservator and part-time bookbinder. Ann-Marie worked as a book conservator at the British Library from 2004 until 2011, working on one of the richest and most diverse collections in the world. She conserved items from across the collections including treasures such as the first illuminated Zoroastrian Manuscript and the Mercator Atlas. She achieved ICON accredited status as a book and archives conservator in 2007 and is a mentor and assessor for the Professional Accreditation Scheme. Ann-Marie is a passionate conservation advocate and loves letting others know how great it is. She provides training for collections managers and volunteers, lectures about conservation practice and teaches practical conservation techniques.
In 2020, alongside Ruth Stevens and Ian Watson, she set up Impact Heritage CIC, a not for profit supporting community archives to care for their collections, achieve funding and create paid internships for conservation graduates.www.impactheritage.uk/
Codex Conservation Ltd. has a professional listing on the Conservation Register. Either scan the QR code or follow the link below:
https://www.icon.org.uk/resource/codex-conservation-ltd.html
Codex Conservation Ltd. has a professional listing on the Conservation Register. Either scan the QR code or follow the link below:
https://www.icon.org.uk/resource/codex-conservation-ltd.html
Here are links to the some recent publications by Ann-Marie Miller:
Blog post for the Institute of Conservation, hoping to inspire other conservators to create their own funding opportunities working with accredited museums. www.icon.org.uk/resource/looking-for-opportunities-in-lockdown-successfully-applying-for-ace-hlf-funding-as-an-individual.html?dm_i=6S6,79TM6,FZ0K41,THLCY,1
Blog post for the Institute of Conservation, hoping to inspire other conservators to create their own funding opportunities working with accredited museums. www.icon.org.uk/resource/looking-for-opportunities-in-lockdown-successfully-applying-for-ace-hlf-funding-as-an-individual.html?dm_i=6S6,79TM6,FZ0K41,THLCY,1
Ellie Darton-Moore & Ann-Marie Miller, "Creating a Sustainable Museum Within Historic Buildings and a Functioning Almshouse: The Charterhouse Museum", 2020 Studies in Conservation, Volumes 65: P60-P62
"Conserving Parchment Bindings - Working with the Middle Temple Archive", "Bookbinder, Journal of the Society of Bookbinders", Volume 32, 2018, pp.7-14.
"A New Approach for the Conservation of Parchment Stationery Bindings", ARC Magazine No.350, October 2018, pp.10-12
"Vacuum Storage Bags and Inexpensive and Convenient Tool for the Temporary Storage of Items Infested with Pests and Mould". ICon Book & Paper Group Publication 2018
thebookandpapergathering.org/2018/03/13/vacuum-storage-bags-an-inexpensive-and-convenient-tool-for-temporary-storage-of-items-infested-with-pests-and-mould/
"Conservation News People's Palace Press Cuttings Given New Lease of Life" www.library.qmul.ac.uk/archives/news/conservation-news--peoples-palace-press-cuttings-given-new-lease-of-life.html (an article about the conservation of an enormous stationery binding, written by the archivist, Adele Allen)
"A Team Effort - An Account of Hosting An Intern in Private Practice", ICon Book & Paper Group Publication 2017
https://thebookandpapergathering.org/2017/03/21/a-team-effort-an-account-of-hosting-an-intern-in-private-practice-2/
"The preservation of damage? The conservation treatment of a unique collection of bomb-damaged books", IIC "News in Conservation", Vol. 52, February 2016 https://www.iiconservation.org/node/6198
"Conserving Parchment Bindings - Working with the Middle Temple Archive", "Bookbinder, Journal of the Society of Bookbinders", Volume 32, 2018, pp.7-14.
"A New Approach for the Conservation of Parchment Stationery Bindings", ARC Magazine No.350, October 2018, pp.10-12
"Vacuum Storage Bags and Inexpensive and Convenient Tool for the Temporary Storage of Items Infested with Pests and Mould". ICon Book & Paper Group Publication 2018
thebookandpapergathering.org/2018/03/13/vacuum-storage-bags-an-inexpensive-and-convenient-tool-for-temporary-storage-of-items-infested-with-pests-and-mould/
"Conservation News People's Palace Press Cuttings Given New Lease of Life" www.library.qmul.ac.uk/archives/news/conservation-news--peoples-palace-press-cuttings-given-new-lease-of-life.html (an article about the conservation of an enormous stationery binding, written by the archivist, Adele Allen)
"A Team Effort - An Account of Hosting An Intern in Private Practice", ICon Book & Paper Group Publication 2017
https://thebookandpapergathering.org/2017/03/21/a-team-effort-an-account-of-hosting-an-intern-in-private-practice-2/
"The preservation of damage? The conservation treatment of a unique collection of bomb-damaged books", IIC "News in Conservation", Vol. 52, February 2016 https://www.iiconservation.org/node/6198
It was my absolute pleasure to present an online talk for one of the leading conservation suppliers, Preservation Equipment Ltd. We had a really mixed group of interested attendees and the whole presentation is now available for free online:
www.preservationequipment.com/Blog/Blog-Posts/How-to-describe-book-bindings-Webinar
www.preservationequipment.com/Blog/Blog-Posts/How-to-describe-book-bindings-Webinar
