Supporting Acts: Mounting a Suit of Maximilian Armour
This spring term, the metals conservation students were given a whole suit of armour to clean, conserve and rebuild.
This spring term, the metals conservation students were given a whole suit of armour to clean, conserve and rebuild.
MA Conservation Studies student Carola, who specialises in Metalwork, considers how best to preserve a heavily corroded shield boss belonging to Worthing Museum.
This iron casket needed to be treated following an unfortunate incident in water, which caused it to develop a coating of rust. Graduate Diploma Conservation Studies student Carola discusses the condition and treatment of the object in this blog post.
Kate Jennings on adhesion, cohesion, and repairing a lead elephant.
Dorothy Cheng, who graduated from West Dean College's Metalwork Conservation MA last year, is on a 10-week internship with the New York City parks department's Citywide Monuments Conservation Program.