Conference on conservation of basketry

ICON Ethnography Group Conservation of Basketry conference
Royal Botanic Gardens
Kew Gardens
Saturday 18 September, 2010

There is still time to register to participate in our one-day
conference focusing on basketry conservation.  We have a number of
both national and international speakers discussing technology,
history, conservation and storage solutions.  This is certainly not
an event to miss.  Please see below for a full programme of the
day's papers.

Registration information: Simply fill out the form at

    <URL:http://www.icon.org.uk/
        index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1090&Itemid=16>

and email to basketry.reg<-at->googlemail<.>com

Cost:

    Student/concession: UKP25
    ICON Member:        UKP45
    Non-member:         UKP65

Registration 10-10-30 am
Opening Remarks 10.30

    Session 1: Chair Pieta Greaves

        10:35-11:15             Basketry - it's all connected

                                    Marian Kaminitz, Susan Heald,
                                    Kelly McHugh, Deborah McConnell,
                                    Briannon Fraley

        11:15-11:35             The saga of the fancy baskets:
                                technical study and treatment of a
                                group of German baskets in an
                                Americana collection

                                    Samantha Springer, Katherine
                                    Cuffari, Sara Creange,  Bruno
                                    Pouliot, and Jennifer Mass
                                    Winterthur Museum, and
                                    Winterthur/University of
                                    Delaware Program in Art
                                    Conservation

        11:35-12:00             Morning Break

    Session 2
    Chair Monika Harter

        12:00-12:20             Colours in basketry

                                    Barbara Wills
                                    The British Museum

        12:20-12:40             Basketry in the Economic Botany
                                Collection, Kew: plants, processing,
                                techniques

                                    Mark Nesbitt and Ruth Stungo
                                    Economic Botany Collection,
                                    Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

        12:40-14:00             Lunch

    Session 3
    Chair:  Kate Jackson

        14:00-14:20             Western red cedar

                                    Peter McElhinney
                                    University of the Arts London

        14:20-14:40             Bor neo Baskets

                                    Marieanne Davy Ball
                                    University of Oslo

        14:40-15:00             19th century leather-covered willow
                                baskets from Franconia/Bavaria

                                    Verena Kotonski
                                    National Museums Scotland

        15:00-15:30             Afternoon Break

    Session 4
    Chair: Arianna Bernucci

        15:30-15:50             Packaging and storage solutions for
                                archaeological basketry: A selection
                                of practical designs

                                    Gemma Aboe
                                    British Museum and Petrie Museum
                                    of Egyptian Archaeology

        15:50-16:10             Basket conservation treatments and
                                DNA studies

                                    Sherry Doyal and Julie Eklund
                                    British Museum

        16:10-16:15             Closing Remarks


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