This past year has seen a personal and professional evolution in me. I began the year sick with chronic illness and questioning my ability to perform in my career choice and as a student. It was difficult to accept that I couldn’t hold a scalpel steady or walk to school without being exhausted. My professors … Continue reading 2018: The Year of Evolution
The Atkinson in Southport, England approached me while I was on my internship and asked if I would mind doing some work for them. The job would include cleaning some alabaster bowls that they had on display at their location...
One of the first things that I noticed when I entered Bolton Museum's off site objects store was that their energy efficiency rating was the highest I have ever seen in a building. And then I was told that didn't even include the solar panels on the roof...
Captain Caesar Bacon was from the Isle of Man and fought at the battle of Waterloo in the Napoleonic War. After 160+ years his uniform, along with a few of his fellow soldiers', has made its way to the workshop of Jacqueline Hyman for repairs and conservation...
As part of my internship I have been lucky to work a few private conservators as well as the museum. One such person is Julia Dalzell. She is the oil paintings conservator for the Cheshire area as well as often doing work in Northern Ireland and often works with the National Trust...
This week I used spit to clean alabaster. Yes, that's right. Spit. From my mouth. It is actually a common practice in conservation that I had heard about previously but had not yet had reason to use...
As part of my internship I have made a point of helping everywhere I can, not just in the conservation lab. So when I was asked to help out with a bug hunt at Smithills Hall I jumped at the chance...
As part of my work with the Egyptology Collection at Bolton Museum Anubis found his way to my desk. He was in two wooden pieces: the body and the tail. A simple reattachment project that shouldn't take long...
Sometimes a conservator receives a task that doesn't require any adhesives or cleaning. This past week I found myself with a task that simply used my hands and mind...
One of the Egyptology collection highlights at Bolton Museum is the bust of Nefertiti. While not the original (located in Berlin) this replica is an exquisite reproduction that does its sister justice...
Conservation Station 