Thinking Arts Demo News http://www.thinkingarts.com Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:21:45 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://tetleyworkshop.co.uk/webdb/application/html/images/ta_rss_logo.gif http://www.thinkingarts.com Thinking Arts Logo http://www.thinkingarts.com/webdb/application/Application.php?_ReferenceQuery=NewsIndex&_RecordKey=13 Remedial Conservation was undertaken on the Chenille carpet, which was designed and made for Queen Mary. It bears her insignia in each corner and was chosen my the Queen Mother for the Dining room at the Castle http://www.thinkingarts.com/webdb/application/Application.php?_ReferenceQuery=NewsIndex&_RecordKey=12 http://www.thinkingarts.com/webdb/application/Application.php?_ReferenceQuery=NewsIndex&_RecordKey=11 TTW are delighted to host Ellin Belton HLF Junior Conservator for this year, thanks to an ICON internship grant. Ellin has proved herself an enthusiastic member of our team whilst gaining valuable experience in the wider aspects of dealing with historic carpets - everything from support treatments to dealing with unexpected moth infestation whilst on a house visit! She has been working with an interesting project through the Winter, assisting in the conservation of a narrow Loom carpet from the Sultana Room at Attingham House for the National Trust. The project has included mapping and tagging the small separate pieces of the carpet, which had been cut and joined many times through its life. These were wet extraction cleaned and repaired before bringing the jigsaw pieces of carpet back together, with careful stitching. Ellin will return to Attingham to reinstate the carpet, which is in three pieces joined by Velcro to enable safer relaying. The other people in the photograph are Susie Stokoe and Holly MacInnes-Hurd, two of the carpet conservators at the Tetley workshop, working on the sewing treatment of the Aubusson from Harewood House, another Winter 2007 project.. http://www.thinkingarts.com/webdb/application/Application.php?_ReferenceQuery=NewsIndex&_RecordKey=8 TTW have been undertaking an interesting project in Northern Ireland for the National Trust, replicating the early Spool Axminster from the Dining Room and overseeing the instatement of the other historic carpets, working closely with Linney Cooper, the historic carpet layers form North Wales. The Argory is a delightful Irish Country house, housing amongst other treasures, a unique collection of early 20th century power-loom carpets. http://www.thinkingarts.com/webdb/application/Application.php?_ReferenceQuery=NewsIndex&_RecordKey=7 We have been undertaking the infestation treatment of a private collection of approximately sixty rugs, which had been badly infested with Moth. The program of vacuuming, freezing, wet cleaning and correct storage has been an ongoing project throughout the winter of 2007. Luckily the owner discovered the moth frass and eggs in the textiles in his security storage facility before the spring hatching. Which is happening now!! http://www.thinkingarts.com/webdb/application/Application.php?_ReferenceQuery=NewsIndex&_RecordKey=10 Jonathan Tetley of TTW recently attended a course at North London University hosted by Dr. Richard Wolbers of Delaware University, USA. Dr. Wolbers demonstrated the crucial importance in assessing and implementing cleaning treatments in conservation by knowing not only the pH of the piece, but also the conductivity. TTW has absorbed this idea which has been successfully implemented in the cleaning of problem carpets and flatweaves in our cleaning Studio. The photo shows Susie Stokoe and Will Vevers setting up the Aubusson carpet from Harewood House for wet cleaning, which was undertaken using a new wet vacuum cleaning system. See the presentation poster in the ICON Textile Section AGM. http://www.thinkingarts.com/webdb/application/Application.php?_ReferenceQuery=NewsIndex&_RecordKey=9 TTW have been assisting English Heritage for some years in the monitoring of effect of public access to carpets conserved in the early 1990's. including the behaviour of druggets and underlays at Brodsworth Hall. Brodsworth House is a fine example of Victorian decor, with around 160 carpets in the collection. Since we undertook the conservation treatments to the collection in the early nineties, we have been monitoring how well they stand up to visitor traffic and other threats and have compiled an interesting body of information on underlays and fixings as well as overlays (druggets). Heather Tetley, who has been overseeing the project says: - We spent some time before the reinstatement of the carpets in 1995 in designing the druggets and their interlining and fixings. During the monitoring of the damage caused by the druggets, we have been very pleased by the resulting diminution of fibre breakage and movement because of these methods.