Workshop on leather conservation

Understanding Leather:  From Tannery to Collection
The Leather Conservation Centre and
Northampton University Institute of Creative Leather Technologies
The University of Northampton
Boughton Green Road
Northampton NN2 7AN
Monday - Friday, July 4-8, 2016

Run by the Leather Conservation Centre and the Institute for
Creative Leather Technologies

5 days CPD training for Conservators, Curators and other Museum
Professionals (10 -12 participants only)

Main Subjects

    Understanding Leather

    Understanding the threats to the preservation of leather in your
    collection

The course is a mixture of theory and practical (tanning, handling
different leathers and examining deterioration problems).

Each aspect of leather production is explored in both a theoretical
and practical way, and explained in relation to deterioration
processes and resultant care and conservation problems.

Participants will have opportunities to try some of the production
methods using both modern and traditional techniques.

Experienced professionals are on-hand to answer questions and the
course takes place in an informal group, where students are
encouraged to take part and get involved.

Participants: This course is aimed at conservators, curators and
other museum professionals with responsibility for collections which
include historic leather items, who wish to understand leather
making processes and common deterioration problems found in historic
leather objects.

Those who attended the course in 2014 and 2015 found it to be
immensely useful as well as enjoyable.

Cost - UKP495 tuition only.

An accommodation list will be available shortly.

NB The course will not run with less than 10 participants.

For further information or to book a place on this course please
contact by email:

    Yvette Fletcher
    Head of Conservation
    The Leather Conservation Centre
    lcc<-at->northampton<.>ac<.>uk

Lab coats, gloves, boots and other necessary PPE will be provided.

Please note the course does not cover conservation treatments or
techniques

For information on CPD course on conservation of leather) please
visit the West Dean website

    <URL:http://www.westdean.org.uk>


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