Establishing new conservation practice

We are in the process of setting up a conservation practice in the
historic town of Rye, East Sussex, UK, with the aim of providing a
professional conservation service to local authorities, museums and
galleries, churches, heritage preservation NGO's, archaeologists,
developers and private individuals in the South East of England.

With the ongoing reductions in conservation posts and funding across
all sectors of the public sector it is hoped that we can fill the
gap by become both a regional focal point for freelance conservators
from the local area and a central source of expertise for those
requiring conservation services. We hope to be able to supply
facilities on an as-required basis for local conservators and
professional support in the way a pool of expertise that can be
drawn on to help complete freelance projects requiring more
resources and skills than are available to the individual.

We would love to make contact with other freelance conservators in
the southeast of England so as to be able to build up a picture of
the skills and resources locally available. If you would be
interested please email a short CV and if possible a small portfolio
(small images of the typical projects you undertake) to
c.cleere<-at->gmail<.>com. More information on the type of work we are
ourselves involved in can be seen at

    <URL:http://www.chriscleere.co.uk>

As we are freelance conservators and are funding this enterprise
from our own resources, set-up costs are a big issue when trying to
offer across the board services. For this reason we are also asking
for any individual or organisation who has conservation equipment
that is no longer required, but that could be of use, be it old,
broken or out of date, to consider donating or loaning it to us so
that it can be restored and put back to work.

Chris Cleere
The School Creative Centre
New Road, Rye
East Sussex TN31 7LS
United Kingdom


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