notice - adhesive workshop

[Jan_Vuori@xxxxxxxxx]

2nd notice: Professional Development Workshop
'Adhesives for Textile and Leather Conservation: Research and Application'
September 11-15, 2000, at the Canadian Conservation Institute, Ottawa, Canada

Early bird registration is prior to June 30, 2000 (see below for further info)

Practical conservation techniques and science together in one workshop! Come
learn about old, new, innovative, and historical adhesive treatments for backing
and mounting textiles and backing skin/leather. At the same time, learn about
the most recent adhesives research at CCI as it relates to textiles and leather,
and the latest on CCI's textile and skin/leather research projects. This
five-day workshop combines extensive hands-on sessions and demonstrations with
informative interactive lectures and discussions.

Topics include:
- adhesives for support, backing, and mounting of textiles and skin/leather, and
for textile mount-making
- case histories and ethical concerns
- preparation and application of backings
- demonstrations of suction table, silicone pad making, BCIN searching
- CCI research on poly(vinyl acetate), acrylic, and vinyl acetate/ethylene
copolymer emulsion adhesives
- CCI research on skin/leather, textiles, and physical modelling

Participants will be given the opportunity to explore a variety of adhesives,
backing and mounting materials, and methods of applications. Each participant
will take home a book of samples along with extensive information on the
adhesives and materials they use during the workshop. Participants will
experience the various adhesive treatments first-hand and be able to make
personal decisions about their usefulness, which will be of assistance
when making future choices of adhesives for use with textiles and skin/leather
in their own laboratories. The workshop will also provide a forum for the
exchange of ideas and experiences among participants.

Instructors:
Jane Down, conservation scientist specializing in adhesives research
Janet Mason and Carole Dignard, objects conservators
Ela Keyserlingk, Jan Vuori, Renée Dancause, and Janet Wagner, textile
conservators

Contributors:
Gregory Young, conservation scientist specializing in leather research
Season Tse, conservation scientist specializing in the degradation of silk and
cellulosic materials
Stefan Michalski, conservation scientist specializing in modelling the physics
of treatment processes

Participants should have practical experience in the conservation of textiles,
and/or of leather and skin objects. Enrollment is limited. This workshop will be
presented in English.

Registration fee (includes all lunches, materials, exclusive participant?s
manual with samples):
- Early bird registration (prior to June 30, 2000): CAN$700 for Canadian
participants (includes GST), US$550 for International participants
- Registration on or after June 30, 2000: CAN$750 for Canadian participants
(includes GST) US$600 for International participants

For further information and registration forms please contact:
Christine Bradley
Canadian Conservation Institute
1030 Innes Road
Ottawa ON K1A 0M5
Canada
Tel.: (613) 998-3721 ext. 250
Fax: (613) 998-4721
E-mail: christine_bradley@xxxxxxxxx
http://www.cci-icc.gc.ca