Professional Conservators in Practice
West Dean College has joined with other institutions to develop a series of short courses designed for professional conservators to refresh their skills and update their knowledge of developments in materials and techniques.
Collaboration with relevant organisations and specialists has resulted in an outstanding range of expertise on each course. Teaching approaches vary according to the demands of the subject matter. Some courses are workshop-based with a high practical content while others are conference-style events.
2010 Courses
11-14 October: Care and conservation of historic floors
Course Code: PC1007
Course Leader: Jane Fawcett
25-28 October: Reading Early Woodwork: Reconstructing, raw material production, tools, techniques and woodmanship
Course Code: PC1008
Course Leader: Dr Damian Goodburn
29 November-2 December: The practice, potential, pleasure and pitfalls of conservation outreach projects
Course Code: PC1009
Course Leader: Dana Goodburn-Brown
2011 Courses
24-28 January: Archival Documents: an introduction to their care and conservation
Course code: PC1101
Course leader: Chris Woods
20-25 February: An introduction to the conservation of transport and industrial collections
Course code: PC1102
Course leader: Chris Knapp
14-17 March: Integrated pest management workshop
Course code: PC1103
Course leader: David Pinniger
4-8 April 2011: Art and object handling
Course code: PC1104
Course leader: John Bracken
16-19 May 2011: Conservation for horologists
Course code: PC1105
Course leader: Trevor Waddington
Principal tutor: Elliott Nixon
16-19 May 2011: Conservation of leather
Course code: PC1106
Course leaders: Yvette Fletcher and Roy Thomson
27-30 June 2011: Reinterpretation of the historic interior
Course code: PC1107
Course leader: Allyson McDermott
5-8 September 2011: Conservation of historic wallpapers
Course code: PC1108
Course leader: Allyson McDermott
26-29 September 2011: The anthropology of cloth and clothing
Course code: PC1109
Course leader: Dinah Eastop
5-8 December 2011: Conservation Methodology: Exploring the relationship between theory and practice
Course code: PC1110
Course leader: Helen Hughes
