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West Dean College orf Arts and Conservation MFA alumnus Laura Luna Castillo has just been awarded the 'Best VR Award' by the Nexon Computer Museum in South Korea for her immersive Virtual Reality work developed in August 2019 for the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology at Virginia Tech.
The NCM Open Call is an annual contest held by Nexon Computer... Find out more
By Mito Matsumaru, MA Conservation Studies (Alumna, 2018)
In a previous post I described the initial stages of my research in the properties and preparation of wheat starch paste.
I will now continue with an outline description of the quantitative and qualitative tests my paste samples were subjected to in order to identify which parameters might influence the properties of... Find out more
The Solar Time Clock is attracting international attention as the first super complex mechanical clock which can be set for longitude and latitude, allowing it to tell the time virtually anywhere in the world. No other mechanical clock has ever been made with such a complication.
The clock is the creation of British clockmaker George de Fossard FBHI, who has spent more than three... Find out more
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.
As part of their professional training, student conservators at West Dean work on heritage projects from public and private collections. Study trips are spent at heritage organisations... Find out more
Spotted in New York - West Dean College alumna, Dorothy Cheng, doing a spot of cleaning. Dorothy who graduated from the college's Metalwork Conservation, MA last year completed a 10-week internship with the New York City parks department's Citywide Monuments Conservation Program.
As part of their professional training, student conservators at West Dean work on heritage... Find out more
By Mariko Watanabe
Since I left the West Dean College in September 2013, I've been working as a book and paper conservator at a local company, Q Art Conservation. Initially this company started as a framing company, Q Framing Group, offering framing services using conservation-quality materials.
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Author's Note: This post originally appeared on the Smithsonian Libraries' blog and has been re-posted here, featuring revisions geared towards the West Dean blog audience, with the generous consent of the Institution. Since this post was originally written and published, the project has progressed further, which will be discussed toward the end of this entry.
Greetings from America!... Find out more
Dear readers. It's been a very long time since my last post.
Since graduating from West Dean, I am now a self-employed horological conservator in Seattle, Washington and have my own blog called The Automata Cabinet where I catalogue my many ventures in the world of horology.
I'd like to share with you the story of Kingslydale the automaton bear.
Find out moreHaving worked at West Dean College since 1996 Norbert Gutowski is leaving us at the end of the summer term 2021. His contribution to the College has been huge and he has been ever-present for a quarter of a century. He is the stuff of legends.
MFA student Robin shares the inspiration behind the Law Quilt, seen at the West Dean Fine Art Summer Show 2021, the process of how it was made and where it can be seen next.
