Internship at Leather Conservation Centre and International Museum of Leathercraft (IMOLC)

Internship

Conservation of Leather and Collections Care
The Leather Conservation Centre and
the International Museum of Leathercraft (IMOLC)

12-month internship

Reference:IIP1506

Stipend: UKP16,000

Closing Date: 6 December 2015

The placement offers an opportunity to work on a wide range of
historic objects made wholly or partly of leather and its related
materials.  The intern will be involved in all aspects of
conservation, including condition assessments and conservation
proposals as well as practical treatments.

The time spent working with the IMOLC collection will develop
experience in collections care including condition reports for
individual items and groups of objects, prioritising conservation
options, environmental monitoring, packaging and mounting for both
storage and display.

Specific training and work-based activities will include:

    A range of conservation treatments from preventive conservation
    to more interventive treatments

    Leather chemistry and historic technology

    Understanding of leather and its deterioration

    Collections care

Requirements: This internship is suitable to applicants with a
recognised conservation qualification.  Candidates need to be
enthusiastic with excellent manual skills.  Leather objects usually
also involve other materials such as wood, metal or textile.
Therefore, some experience of working with mixed media objects is
desirable

Please apply using the application form available at

    <URL:http://icon.org.uk/what-is-conservation/internships>


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