Employment

King James Bible, Private Client

Training Day. photo courtesy of Matt Wreford

Theatre of Honor [sic], College of Arms

Some recent employment includes:

The College of Arms, London. October 2014 – Present
Senior Conservator
Working on-site as a freelance conservator, undertaking highly-skilled practical conservation treatments to a range of material as well as performing preservation assessments of the collection as a whole. Gaining experience treating objects from the 14th century to the present day, consisting of both parchment and paper. Other experience includes; environmental monitoring, managing library cleaning projects and condition surveying amongst other areas of collection care.

Sussex Conservation Consortium. August 2015
Project Conservator
Undertaking practical conservation treatment of a large, private collection of newspaper clippings. Treatments included, washing, de-acidifying, lining and re-mounting in polyester sleeves.

PZ Conservation C.I.C. January 2013 – October 2014
Book and Archive Conservator
Working in a private studio, undertaking practice conservation treatments to a wide range of materials, from both public institutions and private clients. Experience gained in community and outreach work, developing and leading collection care training days, on-site conservation estimating and treatment proposals, bespoke housing solutions and box-making, environmental monitoring, and the compilation of risk assessments.

The Wellcome Collection, London. August 2014
Project Conservator
Undertaking the preservation and housing of a large collection of fire damaged documents and bindings.