I watched the revelation on TV a few weeks ago about the discovery by a conservator of a Kingfisher in Constable’s Millstream. I was lucky enough to have helped wrap this stretcher in protective blankets before it went off for forensic examination in 2013. Before it went I archived the image in the Wolsey Art […]
I heard the news ….. Oh Boy
Last night there was a snippet of news on the BBC about Constable’s painting, ‘The Mill Stream’ having undergone restoration and conservation work. I was very lucky to have worked with Emma Roodhouse, Curator of Art at Ipswich and Colchester Museum Service as part of an internship between my second and third years at University. […]
Orchidaceous
Last night I was invited to a Cafe Scientifique presentation at Arlingtons bistro in Ipswich. This building was the original Ipswich Museum and is a fitting venue for these meetings. This time, it was one of my fellow artists Sarah Bale who had invited me. She had collaborated with an Orchid expert Martin Sanford at […]
Unlocked
December 2013 has been a strange month for me with three exhibition hangs to curate, a dissertation draft to submit and degree project images to make. All this without the added drama of other incidents. Good to see Alex getting better though. I cannot begin to understand how he feels but given the stuffing it […]
Summer placement Ipswich Museum
I have just completed a 12 day placement at Ipswich Museum working with curator Emma Roodhouse. Never in a month of Sunday’s would I have imagined how interesting this assignment would be. I have had a fascinating insight to the workings of the museum, Ipswich Art School Gallery, and Christchurch Mansion including Wolsey Art Gallery […]