ASCSA Agora 2013
Workplacement
Organised by Cynon Valley Museum
ICCROM cc Interim Meeting, Newcastle
Working with conservation team at AC-NMW
Finds Intern at Aberdulais Tinworks
Explaining the work of conservators
Condition reporting collections
Recording and conserving rock art
Public Engagement & Additional Experience
Collections Assistant
Royal Mint Museum
1st September 2014 - Present
Working towards documenting and stabilising the collection in storage in preparedness for onsite relocation. Main responsibilities include, undertaking condition assessments of the collection, implementing a collection database, reviewing preventive conservation measures, pest management and making recommendations on future care of the collection. The collection comprises a vast assortment of materials including metals, rubber, plasters, wax, organics and an archive that documents the history of the Royal Mint.
Finds Officer
Caerau Heritage Excavation
1st July 2014 – 25th July 2014
Providing onsite conservation and finds processing to support the 2014 excavation. Working with local community volunteers, site visitors and schools providing them with practical experience in the processing of archaeological material.
Archive Preservation Assistant
Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales
December 2013 - July 2014
During this project I work as part of a team tasked with cleaning and cataloguing the historic photographs archive gaining practical archive experience and working a Conservation Officer in the Museum learning paper preservation techniques including dry cleaning and storage.
Conservation Intern
National Trust, Aberdulais Tinworks & Waterfalls
May 2013 – February 2014
This project involves the accessioning, condition assessing and implementing long term storage solutions for the collection Aberdulais. The collection consists of both archaeological and historical material including metals, textiles, leather, photographic materials and paper. This project has been the subject of two papers presented at conference, please refer to the Publications page for more information.
Placement
Glamorgan Archives
December 2013
Assisting the conservation team in the day to day workings within the conservation department.
Archaeological Conservation Intern
American School of Classical Studies in Athens
June 2013 – August 2013
I spent nine weeks working as part of the Conservation Department at the ASCSA providing on-site support for the Summer 2013 Excavation Season. During the internship I had the opportunity to work on bone, marble, stone, ceramics, copper alloy, silver, iron and lead objects. I was also required to re-treated objects including desalination and removing old, aged and failing adhesives.
Role: Archive Preservation Assistant
Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales
November 2012 – June 2013
During this project I worked as part of a team tasked with cleaning and cataloguing the Geology archive gaining practical archive experience and working a Conservation Officer in the Museum learning paper preservation techniques including dry cleaning and storage.
Placement
Cynon Valley Museum & Art Gallery
July 2012
Throughout this invaluable placement I gained a practical and working knowledge of cleaning and preparing objects for storage including condition checking, identifying weaknesses in a variety of materials and making bespoke packaging.
Tour Guide
Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales, Archaeology Department
August 2011 – 2013
Training and the experience of giving tours have provided me with the skills to convey precise and sometimes complex information to a wide variety of audiences.
Volunteer
Valcamonica Field School, Italy
July 2011
This project involved the study of prehistoric rock art and learning about how to document and protect the art from decay and physical damage.