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Work placement at the National Library Board in Singapore
As William mentioned in his post, this year we had quite a range of destinations for our work placements. Mine would have probably been the farthest one since our tutor David started working at the co… more →
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Work placement at the National Library Board in Singapore
wrote 2 weeks ago: As William mentioned in his post, this year we had quite a range of destinations for our work placem … more →
Roman Holiday: Work Placement at the Accademia dei Lincei
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wrote 1 month ago: This year was an international one for Books postgraduate work placements, with students in the UK, … more →
Bookbinding Models
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wrote 2 months ago: By Rachel Day In book conservation it is important to understand the construction of the books we ar … more →
Gustav Doré, Signal Books, & Iron Gall Ink
wrote 3 months ago: The postgraduates are back from their work placements! The workshops are a lot noisier (I mean busie … more →
Recently in Books, Clocks, & Metals
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wrote 3 months ago: The postgrads are on their 6-week work placements, scattered about in the UK, the Netherlands, Spain … more →
Safety in Analysis: XRF and Radiation
wrote 4 months ago: Identifying the composition of both objects needing conservation and the materials used in their con … more →
Sellotape: why it's bad to put on paper, and removal
wrote 6 months ago: By Sibel Ergener Sellotape: the go-to, easy to use fix-it when there’s a tear through the page of yo … more →
Raphael Exhibition at the Teylers Museum
wrote 7 months ago: It’s already been two weeks since the Raphael exhibition opened at the Teylers Museum in Haarl … more →
The end of the year
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wrote 8 months ago: Awards Day was a while ago now (7 July) but the MA students have been working hard all summer so we … more →
Summer Internship in Haarlem: Mounting of Prints and Drawings
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wrote 8 months ago: I’ve been working as an intern at the Teylers Museum in Haarlem, the Netherlands, for 3 weeks. … more →
Repairing Pamphlets at the Library of the Religious Society of Friends
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wrote 8 months ago: By Sibel Ergener For two weeks in July I volunteered at the Library of the Religious Society of Fr … more →
Gross: 90 Years in an Acidic Mat
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wrote 9 months ago: This etching by the British painter/printmaker Anthony Gross came to the US after the World War II a … more →
Rebinding Gabriel Tatton's Maritime Atlas of the East Indies
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wrote 9 months ago: So once the charts were disbound (that part is here), they sat in a stack under light weight for a g … more →
Disbinding Gabriel Tatton's Maritime Atlas of the East Indies
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wrote 9 months ago: The manuscript charts in this atlas were made in 1620 or 1621, probably by Gabriel Tatton, an Englis … more →
Printmaking 101
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wrote 10 months ago: From the editor: We’re into the summer term now; all but the MA students have left, but we did … more →
A Family Bible—Part II
wrote 11 months ago: Welcome back to the wonderful world of family Bible conservation! I expect you, loyal readers, have … more →
Study Tour in Rome
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wrote 12 months ago: Each year most of the conservation departments at West Dean have a study tour, and this time the Boo … more →
Recent Press
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wrote 1 year ago: When this article in The Independent came out, featuring Brittany Cox (MA Conservation ’12) an … more →
Finishing with the Duke
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wrote 1 year ago: Maureen Duke, a much-loved local bookbinder, came to West Dean a few weeks ago to teach finishing to … more →
