Hello!

My name is Amanda and I am a book & paper conservator, trained at the City & Guilds of London Art School. Prior to my training in conservation, I earned a Bachelor’s degree in art history from University of California, Los Angeles and a Master’s degree in Medieval art from Birkbeck College, London.

Across my time at the City & Guilds conservation lab and various work placements, I have learned practical and theoretical approaches to conservation including modules in:

• Conservation ethics, standards and codes of practice

• Research & documentation: condition analyses and reports, surveys, etc.

• Preventive conservation: risk assessment and management, environmental monitoring and control, integrated pest management, storage, preservation and disaster planning

• Remedial treatments on a range of objects and materials, including aqueous and non-aqueous treatments, consolidation, deacidification, adhesive & backing removal, etc.

• Conservation housing and display: archival enclosures, bespoke book cradles and mounting

• Exhibitions: preparation, installation, and deinstallation

• Conservation science, including modules in chemistry, biology and microscopy

• History, including binding, printing and papermaking history