Restoring Joints, Conserving Structures - 10th International Symposium on Wood and Furniture Conservation, organised by Stichting Ebenist.  

October 2010, Amsterdam

Call for papers

Masterclass

For more information, contact: info@ebenist.org

 

Preserving the Past, Protecting the Future

Collecting and Conserving Fine and Decorative Arts

14th - 16th September 2010, Buckinghamshire New University, High Wycombe

A Bucks New University Fine Arts Conference

Buckinghamshire New University is delighted to announce this inaugural conference, bringing together experts from industry and academia with enthusiasts of the collection and conservation of the fine and decorative arts.

Speakers include:

Rob Titian, regular contributor to BBC Televisions ‘Restoration Roadshow’
Dana Melchar, Senior Conservator at the V&A
Prof. Clive Edwards, Professor of Design History at Loughborough University
Paul Tear MBE, former Head of Conservation at the Wallace Collection
Clare Pardy, Fine Art Underwriting Manager, Ecclesiastical Insurance
Prof. Jake Kaner, Buckinghamshire New University, on 3-D Visualisation

Key Themes are:

• Evolving ideas in the conservation and restoration of private and public collections
• Examining issues in furniture, painting and ceramics
• Exploring contrasts between traditional techniques and the most recent breakthroughs in conservation and restoration.

The venue is the newly-opened, award winning Gateway Building on the Bucks New University campus, High Wycombe, with accommodation at the nearby historic Missenden Abbey.

Visit the conference website to find out more and book your place

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Exhibition Catalogue

Discovering Dennis: The search for Thomas Dennis among the artisans of Exeter.  

In November 2009, Marhamchurch Antiques staged  Discovering Dennis, an exhibition and sale of late sixteenth- and seventeenth-century regional oak furniture produced by artisans working in and around Exeter, Devon and by the colonial New England workshop of an immigrant English joiner. Over two-dozen examples of joined furniture were on view at the Guild Hall, Exeter,  objects fusing Continental designs with motifs and construction methods local to Devon, including three-dimensionally modeled foliage, vibrant polychromy, grotesque masks and strapwork based upon the ornament prints of Flemish designers, and an enigmatic moulding that appears as reliably as a signature. 

The exhibition items can still be viewed online  at :http://www.marhamchurchantiques.com/exhibition  and a 52 page catalogue is available, priced at £10 plus postage (£12 first class or £16 next day in the UK).