We dropped into the MA Conservation lab in Camberwell recently to see what our final year students are working on for their Summer Show. Here are just some of the images we snapped.
The tools of an MA Conservator
Colour wash samples in the MA Conservation lab
MA Conservation students working on pieces from The Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew
A piece from The Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew which is to be giving new backing
Student, Cathy, removing the current backing from a Royal Botanical Garden, Kew piece
MA Conservation Student Sam Foley in the lab
The book that MA Conservation student Sam Foley is working with
Children’s books that MA Conservation student Erin Murray is working with
Measuring out dried glue
Detailed folds in a book
‘The Snaitch’ from an illustrated book
Working on ‘The Snaitch’ illustrations
A book that was damaged during WWII bombings
MA Conservation student Chloe Mills is working with bespoke wall paper from 1960s
Working on prints from the Royal Asiatic Society
Photographs by Loula Mercedes and Jane Cuppage
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