‘The Wonderful World of Paste & Paper’ – not an advert for a fancy wallpaper show, but rather an insight into the daily workings of a Conservator with West Yorkshire Archive Services.
It was a delight to welcome Shirley Jones to our Weaving Voices event in the Bobbin Room on Saturday to give us an insight into her world. A real treat for paper lovers.
Shirley talked us through the options open to a paper conservator from dry treatments all the way through to paper washing. Yes its a thing! We looked at the mouldy and grotty; cleaning; tears, repairs, infills and what can go wrong. It was a thoroughly enjoyable session with fabulous demonstrations by Shirley and opportunities to get hands on and have a go.
Demonstrations and opportunities to get hands on
As with all our Weaving Voices events, everyone was invited through to the Museum & Archive and were able to have a look at our very own grotty and mouldy. Many of them are battered and bruised from a lifetime of use and we can’t underestimate the difference it makes being able to clean and if possible repair them knowing we can give them a future.
We couldn’t do it without help and guidance and also our committed team of volunteers who every week literally get their hands dirty joining ‘the mucky hand gang’!
Books and paper artefacts in the Museum & Archive
Many thanks to Shirley for being our guide through this fascinating and very hands on look at paper conservation.
If you missed this event, but would like to attend some of the other ‘Weaving Voices’ events be sure to visit the Collection at Eventbrite here where you can book tickets. We now have all speakers confirmed to 25th May, with just our closing exhibition to be announced. So if you would like to find out more about the Museum & Archives and how it has been the inspiration for ceramics and its relevance to dyeing both historically and materially, get your tickets booked now!
We would like to thank National Lottery Heritage Fund for making this series of events possible.
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