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Leather Conservation

@LCCNorthampton

An internationally renowned organisation offering a comprehensive service in the conservation and restoration of objects made in part or wholly of leather

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📌15th - 18th April 2024 Booking is now open for our Conservation of Leather course @westdeancollege👏 Join us for a range of lectures, demos, and practical sessions centred around leather production and conservation. Tickets are available here🎫westdean.ac.uk/short-courses/…
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The studio is now shut for the holiday period until the New Year. We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, and thank you for your continued support. See you in 2024!🎄
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We also facilitate student placements and specialised tailored training in specific areas for conservators and heritage professionals of all levels of experience. More information about our Conservation of Leather course can be found here: shorturl.at/flD35
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We support training in the conservation of leather and related materials in a number of ways, including short courses like our upcoming course at @westdeancollege which takes place in April 2024 🙌
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In the #ConservatorsAlphabet, E stands for Education 🎓 Conservators come from a wide range of educational backgrounds, from Fine Arts to Sciences, History and Anthropology.
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It’s time for #AskAConservator! Simply drop your questions down below and our team of conservators will have a go at answering as many as possible 👇
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It's our job as conservators to research and assess the full context of an object at the beginning of a project and use this information to decide on the best course of action or inaction to care for the object.
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C in our #ConservatorsAlphabet stands for cuir bouilli, a Norman French term that translates to boiled leather. 👉Objects commonly crafted using leather-crafting techniques such as cuir bouilli include fire hats, boxes and drinking vessels.
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This course covers the history and production of skin-based materials, as well as practical sessions that are designed to provide an opportunity for conservators to test a range of techniques and materials. More information can be found here: shorturl.at/oACW4
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Back with the #ConservatorsAlphabet🔬 This week 'B' stands for Betty Haines, chemist and leather conserver. Over a 30 year span, Betty gathered over 400 leather samples prepared as grain and cross sections. These have been digitised and now form the Betty Haines Archive!
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