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Icon Textile Group retweeted
Applications are now open for the @truvueglazing Grant 2024!
Grants are available to small heritage institutions to support conservation projects that enable the safe display of an object in their collection.
Details: icon.org.uk/impact/the-tru-v…
Image: Colin Davison
Icon Textile Group retweeted
Still time to book tickets for our upcoming event on Tuesday 4th June @MuseumofLondon
Docklands. We have joined in a joint venture with
@Icon_Textiles to talk about Fashion x Synthetic textiles and accessories! icon.org.uk/events/textiles-…
Icon Textile Group retweeted
Calling museum staff! Upcoming deadline: 30 June. Raine grants of up to £500 are available to assist curators, conservators and researchers working in UK museums and public collections, for object-based research into #textiles & #fashion history: pasold.co.uk/raine-grants
Icon Textile Group retweeted
The Marsh Conservation Awards:
Award for Outstanding Student Conservators
Read details and apply: icon.org.uk/impact/the-marsh…
Icon Textile Group retweeted
Join us on Tuesday 4th June in a joint venture with @Icon_Textiles at @MuseumofLondon Docklands to talk about Fashion x Synthetic textiles and accessories!
icon.org.uk/events/textiles-…
Icon Textile Group retweeted
Can you help @Icon_Textiles ? 🪡
Textile conservation hive mind: where do you buy Stabiltex or Tetex from now?
Is there a substitute? My supply is running low! #textileconservation #Stabiltex
Icon Textile Group retweeted
Both in-person and online tickets are on sale for ‘Textiles: Conservation and Community’ the ICON Textile and Ethnography groups joint symposium on May 10th 2024 taking place at The Art Worker’s Guild Hall, London.
icon.org.uk/events/textiles-…
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We are so excited to share that @LeightonHouse_ exhibition 'Out Shopping' is now open! As you can see, a gorgeous lilac dress is on show - the conservation of this lovely dress by Janie Lightfoot was supported by our Elizabeth Hammond Grant!
Icon Textile Group retweeted
Janet Wood-who is The Costume Society’s Elizabeth Hammond Conservation Grant Coordinator- has authored a new book:
‘Creating the Perfect Form: How to Interpret and Display Historic Dress’
Icon Textile Group retweeted
Playing and practicing with this amazing tool developed by colleagues in Amsterdam! Amazing! Still much to learn!
Credits: Van Gogh Museum
Here the link for the ones interested:
olive-groves.github.io/butte…
Icon Textile Group retweeted
Call for Papers!
MEDATS' next online conference on Saturday, 21 April, 2024: "Fabric and Food, Food and Fabric"
Call for Papers Deadline: 21 January, 2024
Please submit your paper specifics in the Paper submission form:
medats.org.uk/events/call-fo…
Icon Textile Group retweeted
Join @KnitHistForum on 3 February 2024 for wide-ranging presentations on knitting history, techniques & traditions to suit all interests. Tickets £27 at our shiny new website! knittinghistory.co.uk/knitti… #knittinghistory #knitting #textilehistory #khfconference #khfconference2024
ALT A Korsnäs sweater at the National Museum of Finland
Icon Textile Group retweeted
My Common Threads Press zine is now available for pre-order! It covers centuries of embroidery made in prisons and mental health hospitals. Pre-order the book here: commonthreadspress.co.uk/pro……. And if you're in/near Norwich, join us for the launch event! eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-laun…
Icon Textile Group retweeted
Tickets for the Icon Textile Group's next in-person event are now on sale. Join us for a visit to Hats Made Me Exhibition on the 6th December at Stockwood Discovery Centre, Luton (@StockwoodDC). Tickets are £10 for Icon members, £15 for non-members: tinyurl.com/469tfnca
Icon Textile Group retweeted
If you work as a textile or furniture Conservator please consider filling in the Icon Textile Group's survey on Upholstery Conservation: tinyurl.com/25a5y47f
Icon Textile Group retweeted
#AskAConservator A generous Elizabeth Hammond grant from the @costume_society enabled us to conserve this amazing 18th century man’s suit. It is made from very delicate complex weave silk that was badly split in many areas. (1/2)
ALT a woman working on a champagne coloured dress coat at a lab desk. there is a lamp angled above her.
Icon Textile Group retweeted
Join the Textile Society at Braintree Museum and the Warner Textile Archive to explore the history of silk design in the nineteenth century in this exclusive behind-the-scenes event.
Friday 17 November at 11.30am.
All welcome, tickets from £5.
eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-artist…
Icon Textile Group retweeted
Hello November! If you're looking to score some CPD or catch up with the latest in conservation, you are spoiled for choice this month:
🍁3 Nov - @Icon_Textiles : An Introduction to Textile Conservation
🍁7 Nov - @ICONSci: Lab Tour at UCL and Lecture with @DiegoTamburini1
Icon Textile Group retweeted
We're delighted to announce that our long overdue Conference - the biggest event specifically targeting Conservation across the UK and beyond- will be taking place on 2-3 July 2024 at the fabulous @RGS_IBG
We are now calling for papers! Find out more: icon.org.uk/events/icon-conf…
