Bath IRON will be a four-day festival of heritage ironwork in the historic city of Bath 14-17th June 2018 featuring live forging, craft stalls, music and street food. In keeping with this celebration of traditional skills, the Icon Metals Group one-day conference on the 15th of June will focus on the role of craft skills in conservation of heritage metals.
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME: 09.45 – 10.30 Registration and Refreshments, Guildhall 10.30 – 10.55 The Positive Synergy of Craft and Conservation - Alex Coode (Heritage Blacksmith Partnership) 10.55 – 11.20 Assessing Skills in Practice in an Academic Context - Jane Henderson and Phil Parkes (Dept. of Archaeology and Conservation, Cardiff University) 11.20 – 11.45 Revitalizing the Lost Art of Indian Swordsmithing – Material, Techniques and Rituals - Vandana Singh (formerly National Museum, New Delhi) 11.45 – 12.10 The Matilda Diaries: Engineering the Conservation of Tanks - Chris van Schaardenburg (The Tank Museum, Bovington) 12.10 – 13.30 Visit BathIRON Festival Site, Parade Gardens (food stalls available) 13.30 – 14.00 Tea and Coffee, Guildhall 14.00 – 14.25 Recreation of a Byzantine Style Ring with a Black Opal and Granulation -William Hawkes (Freelance Conservator) 14.50 – 15.15 A Matter of Experience: The Restoration of a Janvier Reducing Machine -Susan Sandford (The Royal Mint, Llantrisant) 14.25 – 14.50 18th Century Turret Clock, St John’s Hospital, Bath: Conservation and Automatic Winding - Andrew Nicholls (Tower Clocks, Bristol) 15.15 – 15.40 Using Traditional Metalsmith Craft Skills in the Education of Conservators in Hungary - Eszter Sz. Bakonyi (National Centre for Conservation and Conservation Training, Hungarian National Museum) 15.40 – 16.00 Closing Remarks 16.00 - onwards Social Book your tickets on Eventbrite: https://traditionalcraftskillsinmetalsconservation.eventbrite.co.uk Early Bird tickets are available to midnight 31st of May after which standard ticket rates will apply. Tickets include entry to the BathIRON festival area. More information about BathIRON may be found here: https://nhig.org.uk/bathiron/ We hope to see you in Bath in June! Jerrod Seifert, MSc PhD Researcher Department of Archaeology & Conservation Cardiff University Cardiff, CF10 3EU Treasurer, Metals Group Institute of Conservation ****** Unsubscribe by sending a message to [email protected] Searchable archives: http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/
