Please watch the video to see and hear about what I have been up to in the studio the last few months. Work has begun on one of the curtains, removing the bobbinet and the linings to reveal a little more about how the curtains were made and the history of their use:
From the studio
Part 1: The Conservation of the Naples Bed Hangings from National Trust Mount Stewart, Northern Ireland
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04 Jul 2023
Paper Conservation on YouTube
Earlier this year I collaborated with Masters of Craft to produce a series of films showing some paper conservation treatments. Please take a look. Thank you to my client, who ...
30 Jun 2022
Part 2: The Conservation of the Naples Bed Hangings from National Trust Mount Stewart, Northern Ireland
Repairing the paper I can't believe it is June already — I have been busy working on the curtains for over six months and have now repaired one of the two curtains, plus the out...
31 Oct 2021
A new project — the Naples bed hangings
The conservation of the Naples bed hangings from Mount Stewart, National Trust, Northern Ireland Have a look at this short film of me introducing my current project. Yes — they ...
07 Feb 2021
Looking after and conserving family documents
The stories told by a First World War soldier's demobilisation paper This interesting piece of paper arrived in the studio in the autumn of 2020: a soldier's demobilisation acco...