So hey it's been awhile! But I have news. Just finished an interview for a permanent job as a conservator at a museum on Alberta! I have no idea how it went, and I get to wait two whole weeks to find out! Yay! it's hard to feel positive about this process when its so stressful... anyway that's my news livejournal friends!

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A week and a half ago, Princess Anne, Queen Elizabeth's daughter, came and officially opened the new Centre for Textile Conservation and Technical Art History here at the University of Glasgow. It was pretty cool to get to meet royalty! She came to see the labs and spoke to each one of us students and the staff. Following this there was a reception ( Read more... )

Last week was a loooong week. We had extra hours in the lab and they certainly were full! Last week was mostly our wet cleaning practical. To get us all started we were given various plain white textiles (coloured textiles are a whole 'nother ballgame). My piece was a lace collar, looked early 20th century to me, that was a combination of machine ( Read more... )

So I just finished my first week of classes and I'm feeling.... alright I guess. Not exactly an enthusiastic response but, while I'm glad to be back and making progress again, I am feeling a little intimidated by the semester schedule for my Principles and Practice class. This class makes up most of my class hours, two full days and one half day.

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So my father works as an archaeological conservator and he brought me home a( present! )